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![To hide the power you have aqcuired]( "To hide the power you have aqcuired")
infoShown at Prospect, Art Rotterdam
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![Perservere]( "Perservere")
infoShown at Prospect, Art Rotterdam
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![ENDLESSDEFENDLESS]( "ENDLESSDEFENDLESS")
infoShown at Prospect, Art Rotterdam
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![Soft Power]( "Soft Power")
infoAt Springboard Art Fair
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![Who´s laughing now]( "Who´s laughing now")
infoPerformance during a launching event hosted by a cyber-security company. The house of cards was rebuilt together with the visitors for 8 hours.
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![Forgive / Forget]( "Forgive / Forget")
infoClose up of work at the exhibition Love After Love
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![As you read this everything changes]( "As you read this everything changes")
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![You are sitting on it]( "You are sitting on it")
infoChair for the dinner during the exhibition But, S/he indoorsed the sheen at Vrij Palais Amsterdam
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![Nothing really]( "Nothing really")
infoPart of installation for the exhibition and festival Wasteland
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![Have A Seat!]( "Have A Seat!")
infoTablecloth for the dinner Have A Seat! At Mama Rotterdam
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![With love for those who failed us]( "With love for those who failed us")
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![Fortune]( "Fortune")
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![Dear god I am eventually dying]( "Dear god I am eventually dying")
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![Basking in its own glory]( "Basking in its own glory")
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![We are the superlative conspiracy]( "We are the superlative conspiracy")
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![Guts]( "Guts")
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![Laughing curtain]( "Laughing curtain")
infoAt Het Hem
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![Laughing curtain]( "Laughing curtain")
infoClose-up
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![Utopian products]( "Utopian products")
infoFor the show A palliative Turn (more to come)
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![Utopian products]( "Utopian products")
infoFor the show A palliative Turn (more to come)
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![Utopian products]( "Utopian products")
infoFor the show A palliative Turn (more to come)
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![I really like denim]( "I really like denim")
infoShown at Quartair for the show Case Study: A Corporate Stoner
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![Still life study]( "Still life study")
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![A pile of shit]( "A pile of shit")
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![Gap]( "Gap")
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![Laughing curtain]( "Laughing curtain")
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![How to trap nothing]( "How to trap nothing")
infoA part of my thesis, where I investigate perception, mental health, language and its metaphors.
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![Nothing to say]( "Nothing to say")
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![I´m horrible]( "I´m horrible")
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![GOOD_ _ _]( "GOOD_ _ _")
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![Clingy]( "Clingy")
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![utopian]( "utopian")
infoUtopian is an artwork who pretends to be a company who sells products to handle the dark urges we have, relying on studies of the placebo-effect.
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![We´re home now]( "We´re home now")
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![The Palliative Turn]( "The Palliative Turn")
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![Dependency/To be found in your guts]( "Dependency/To be found in your guts")
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Websites
official website
www.karinkytokangas.comSocial media
Member of a professional association/artists’ association
https://www.palliativeturn.org/
Curriculum vitae
Education
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2016 - 2020Fine Arts Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
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2015 - 2016Administrative work for cultural workers Tidaholms folkhögskola, Sweden
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2012 - 2014Prepatory art school Lunnevads folkhögskola, Sweden diploma
exhibitions
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2024Prospect Van Nelle Rotterdam, Netherlands Prospect by Mondriaan Funds at Art Rotterdam. Group
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2024After The Orgy 003 Pharmakon Gallery Bucharest, Romania Show curated by Christian Roncea. Group
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2023Logos Gallerie Joseph Paris, France Durational performance during a launching event for a new communication app by Logos. Duo
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2023Big Art Bajes Amsterdam, Netherlands A pop-up platform for XL artworks and huge design objects, by a blend of established galleries, artists and designers as well as upcoming talents. Group
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2023I Still Care Eurocenter Amsterdam, Netherlands An inspection of the climate collapse from an elastic point of view, curated and organized by Wumen Ghua. Group
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2023Xoxoxo From the Vault Heejsteck Gallery Utrecht, Netherlands Exhibition with artworks that have a minimum of 10 years of age. Group
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2023Art that makes you travel Heden Gallery The Hague, Netherlands The phenomenon of traveling from a varied perspective. This was a co-production of Heden and Bermuda Open Studios. Group
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2023Springboard Art Fair Werkspoorkathedral Utrecht, Netherlands A one-time-only art fair presenting 100+ recently graduated artists. Group
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2023Bermuda Open Studios Trixie Gallery The Hague, Netherlands Five artists were invited by Trixie to host a simulated studio in the gallery space. Together with visitors I worked on the final production for the Springboard Art Fair. Group
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2023Common Grounds Grey Space In The Middle The Hague, Netherlands A collective show by the artists participating in the Bermuda Open Studios, which is an artist-run initiative that provides an opportunity to explore contemporary art in the city center of The Hague. Group
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2023Love After Love The Green Room Amsterdam, Netherlands An art exhibition that asks and offers answers to the fundamental human question: What does love mean for us? Curated and organized by Wumen Ghua. Group
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2023The Other Art Fair Truman Brewery London, United Kingdom Presented by Saatchi Art. The fair offers work from more than 120 artists chosen by a selection committee. Group
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2022RSVP #2 Billytown The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2022
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2022Wasteland Grey Space in the Middle The Hague, Netherlands Wasteland is a trans-disciplinary festival on waste ecologies. I exhibited an installation made from recycled materials. www.metropolism.com/en/features/47314_waste_wasteland_at_the_grey_space_in_the_middle_art_and_ecology_2 Group
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2022But, S/he indorsed the sheen Vrij Palais Amsterdam, Netherlands Invited to create a chair for the climate-conscious dinner Group
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2022Handle with Care / H22 City Expo Pixlapiren Helsingborg, Sweden Eight artists were invited to exhibit, each had one of the remade containers during the month-long city festival. Solo
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2022Almost a performance Pogo Bar, KW Berlin Berlin, Germany An evening with the group The Palliative Turn, performances chosen by a wheel of fortune Group
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2022With love for those who failed us De Aanschouw Rotterdam, Netherlands Hanging sculptures from a tree outdoors, at Witte de Withstraat. Solo
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2021Case Study: A Corporate Stoner Quartair The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2021The Palliative Turn BKV Kunstverein Potsdam, Germany A ongoing project with core-members from various fields founded by Olav Westphalen www.palliativeturn.org/ Group
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2021The New Current Spaanse Kub Rotterdam, Netherlands The New Current produces a yearly thematic exhibition solely with works of artists that graduated no longer than five years ago www.thenewcurrent.org/ Group
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2021ALL INN Het Hem Zandaam, Netherlands For the first time in history, recently graduated art academy students from all fine arts bachelor’s programmes in the Netherlands presented their work together. hethem.nl/en/Het-Hem/Calendar/2021/03/ALL-INN#About-ALL-INN Group
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2019Art Night London Art Night London, United Kingdom 2019.artnight.london/artist/central-saint-martins/ Group
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2018
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2016Moving Art Project Moving Art Project Moving National exhibition, Sweden, Sweden Jury-nominated exhibition. Through April-June the exhibition moved from the north to the south of Sweden. www.movingartproject.se/ Group
Projects
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2023
Reinventing the Wheel Cycloon The Hague, Netherlands Together with fellow colleagues from the delivery company Cycloon, we organized a one-day exhibition in the garage of the bikes, under the theme The Bike.
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2020
A post-remote production Royal Academy of Art The Hague Den Haag, Netherlands www.karinkytokangas.com/in-the-back-of-the-spine-which-i-doubt-we-even-have Exam-work
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2019
Utopian Central Saint Martins London, United Kingdom karinkytokangas.com/utopian For Art Night London
International exchanges/Residencies
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2021
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2019Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK London, United Kingdom Exchange-studies during the spring-term www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins
Commissions
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2022Have A Seat! Gallery Mama Rotterdam, Netherlands Invited to hand paint a tablecloth for the dinner table www.instagram.com/p/Cb-j65SsHO1/ finished
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2021Mural A Tenor The Hague, Netherlands Together with the illustrator Dunya Atay I created a Mural for the Real Estate company´s home office www.instagram.com/p/CZt8JdysFE3/ finished
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2016Mural Malmö Sjukhus Malmö, Sweden A mural for the lobby of the hospital in Malmö, Sweden finished
Publications
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--Overrompelende expo in Het Hem: van mensenratten tot straathonden, helaas alleen via livestream Het Parool Jan Pieter Ekker Netherlands www.parool.nl/kunst-media/overrompelende-expo-in-het-hem-van-mensenratten-tot-straathonden-helaas-alleen-via-livestream~bb7b6570/ Karin Kytökangas (KABK Den Haag) hing een enorm gordijn in de gigantische ruimte, dat zachtjes heen en weer deint omdat erachter een ventilator staat te draaien. Het doet denken aan Show IX, Curtain Room (1965) van Marinus Boezem, maar diens gordijnen waren wit, en op dat van Kytökangas staat een patroon gevormd door ontelbare keren ‘ha ha’ onder en naast elkaar.
Awards and grants
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2023Individual exhibition (sinds 2004) Stroom, Den Haag The Hague, Netherlands Economical support for participating in The Other Art Fair, London
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2022Artist Start Grant Mondriaan Fonds, Netherlands Netherlands
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2017Grant Stockholm, Sweden Anna Whitlocks stiftelse. Grant of 2000 euros for art-students
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2013Grant Linköping, Sweden Liljesonska stipendiet. Grant of 2000 euros for promising young artists
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2012Grant Linköping, Sweden Liljesonska stipendiet. Liljesonska stipendiet. Grant of 2000 euros for promising young artists
Secondary art-related activities
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2014 - 2016Member of FRANK Gallery & Studios, Malmö, Sweden