KARIEL on sveitsiläis-suomalainen taiteilijaduo, jonka muodostavat Muriel Lässer (s. 1981, Zurich) ja Karri Kuoppala (s. 1976, Helsinki). KARIELia kiinnostaa kokonaisvaltainen taidekokemus, jossa tila on keskeisellä sijalla. Yhdessä he tutkivat henkisyyden mahdollisuuksia materialistisessa kulttuurissa ja tapoja, miten sitä voi ilmaista taiteen keinoin.

CV Muriel Lässer

Education

2005-09 BFA/MFA Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Painting department

2004-05 Exchange Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Painting department

2003-04 HGKZ, School for Art and Design Zurich, Department of Art

1998-02 Diploma in Graphic Design, Zurich

1997-98 Basic Art year, School of Art, Vienna

Solo Exhibitions

2009 WISDOM STONE, Galleri Bergman, Helsinki

2008 …And The Gods Made Love, Gallery of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

2005 Teach me Tiger, Myymälä2, Helsinki

Group Exhibitions

2010

• KARIEL / Summer Exhibition, Pori, Finland
• KARIEL / Version10 Festival, Territories, Zhao B. Art Center, Chicago, USA
• KARIEL / Sihlhallenstrasse Neunzehn, Zurich

2009

• Family & Friends, NAPA Gallery, Helsinki
• TSIIGAA ART EXHIBITION, Art goes Kapakka, Helsinki
• Faces Festival, Billnäs, Finland
• ONE HUNDRED YEARS, Gallery Kunsterforbundet, Oslo
• MA Degree Show 09, Gallery of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
• Aavistukset/Premonitions, Oksasenkatu 11 Gallery, Helsinki

2008

• Have You Ever Walked to Croton With the Lost Tribe? Richie Budd Workshop, Kaiku gallery, Helsinki
• LIEBE MALAREIS, MALER ME, Showroom, Helsinki
• 15 Maler russisch gehängt, Splügen gallery, Zurich
• Adieu Interessant, curator Tal R, Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin, Berlin
• I have a Feeling We Are Not in Kansas Anymore, The Psychedelic Salon 2008, curator Lars Bang Larsen, FAFA, Helsinki

2007

• Piirustusluokka, Taidehalli / Kunsthalle, Helsinki
• Joulusalonki, Myymälä2, Helsinki
• No Way Out, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
• Home Drawing, Välivuosi gallery, Helsinki
• Kontexmex Film Festival, Stockholm
• Who am I now that I am Dead, curator Shahin Afrassiabi, FAFA gallery, Helsinki

2006

• Collaboration on site, curator Mika Hannula, ARS Sense of the Real, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
• New Territories Trilogy Part 3, curator Rombout Oomen, Amsterdam
• Camp Laboratory, curator Pilvi Kalhama, ARS Sense of the Real, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
• New Territories Trilogy Part 2, curator Rombout Oomen, Muu gallery, Helsinki

2005

• BULL ́S EYE, curator Denise Ziegler, Swell gallery, San Francisco
• Bar Nr. 9, Helsinki
• BULL ́S EYE, curator Denise Ziegler, Kaiku gallery, Helsinki

2004

• Helsinki Hall of Fame, Myymälä2, Helsinki
• Maremonti, Bollag gallery, Zurich

Collections

Finnish Academy of Fine Arts

Helsinki Finnish Art Association

Grants

2010 FRAME

2010 The Paulo Foundation

2010 Art Council of Finland

2008 Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki

2007 Kulturkontakt Nord

2005 Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki

CV Karri Kuoppala

2001–2008 mFA, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Helsinki

2004 Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (HGKZ), Bildende kunst, Zurich, Switzerland

1999–2000 Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia, New media design, Helsinki

1997–1999 the Surrey institute of Art & Design, Visual Communication, Certificate in higher education, Great Britain

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Daydreams and Nightmares, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki

2008 A Dieu, Helsinki City Art museum/Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki

2007 Faster than 24 fps, Gallery Huoltamo, Tampere, Finland

2006 Solo Show, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki

2003 Kohtauksia/Scenes, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010

• KARIEL, Version 10 Festival, Public media institute, Chicago
• KARIEL, Sihlhallenstrasse Neunzehn, Zurich, Switzerland
• KARIEL, Diamond, Pori, Finland
• Urban Studies, The Nut, Shanghai

2009

• Forest, Public media institute/Co-Prosperity Spere, Chicago
• Think about Death, Stockholm Culture Festival / Mobile Art Production, Stockholm
• Innocent when Dreaming, Myymälä2, Helsinki; Steinflandberliner, Stockholm; Oro, Gothenburg

2008

• Liebe Malarei, maler me!, Showroom X, Helsinki
• Ex Vandals, Curating and participating as an artist, Kiasma, Helsinki, together with Timo Vaittinen
• Psychedelic Salon 2008, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki

2007

• Yeah-yeah-yeah, urB festival, Kiasma, together with Timo Vaittinen
• No Way Out, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Island
• The 10th Istanbul Biennale/ Nightcomers -project, Istanbul
• What Next?!, european Economic and Social Committee, Bruxelles

2006

• Collaborations on Site, ArS iV workshop, Kiasma, Helsinki
• Mänttä XI Art Festival, together with Tuomas Siitonen, Mänttä, Finland
• Degree Show of Finnish Academy of Arts, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki
• Finnish Artists’ 111. Exhibition: Nuoret 2006, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki
• Fokus Finland, Kultur Byro Barcelona and Carmelitas, Barcelona
• Exociti, taksim public space, Istanbul

2005

• First We Take Museums, Kiasma, Helsinki
• Bull’s Eye, Swell Gallery, San Fransisco

2004

• Continental Breakfast – How-2-End-a-Message, Gallery Zvono, Belgrad
• Nordur og Nidur, Nordens Hus, Reykjavik
• Mare o Monti, Galleries Bollag, Zurich, Switzerland

2003

• Kuvasto, Printed art work delivered to 15000 Helsinki homes, Group project
• AVBILD, Galleri Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden

Curating and Arranging Exhibitions

2008 Ex Vandals, co-curated with Timo Vaittinen, Kiasma

2004 Helsinki Hall of Fame, Gallery Myymälä2, Helsinki

Screenings

2009 My Forest, Co-Sperity Sphere, Chicago, USA

2006 Limited Access, Parking Gallery, Teheran, Iran

Works in Public Collections

Helsinki City Art Museum

Finnish Art Association

Art Pedagogical Work

2009 Working title: Puistola project, together with Part, the City of Helsinki

2006-2008 Art workshops, Kiasma theater, City of Helsinki (with Muriel Lässer), City of Vantaa (with Muriel Lässer)

2006 Working as a guide, Kiasma museum of Contemporary Art, ArS06 -exhibition

2004-2005 Espoo Art School, basic art studies for kids

Grants and Stipendium

2010 Uusimaa Art Council, Finnish Art Council

2009 Finnish Art Council, FrAme – Finnish Fund for Art exchange, Finnish Art Council

2008 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Majaoja Foundation, Uusimaa Art Council

2007 ViSeK, Nordic Culture Point, Finnish Art Council, Finnish Art Association

2006 Helsinki City Culture Board, Finnish Art Council, Frame – Finnish Fund for Art exchange,Finnish Academy of Fine Arts/Kesko Stipendium

2005 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts

2004 Finnish Art Council

2003 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts