Artist Biography

Born in Helsinki in 1973, Salla Tykkä is a leading young Finnish artist working in film and photography. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Lucid Dreams’, de Appel, Amsterdam and Museum Het Domein Sittard, the Netherlands (2006); ‘Salla Tykkä’, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland (2006); and ‘Salla Tykkä’, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wales (2006). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany; Galician Center for Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and the Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania. This is her first exhibition in New Zealand.

Exhibition initiated and toured by City Gallery Wellington, with the support of FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange. Salla Tykkä: Cave and Zoo will be exhibited at Dunedin Public Art Gallery from 19 May until 15 July 2007.