Håkan Karvonen
CV
Education
2018-2022 Gerrit Rietveld Academie BA Fine Arts & Design
2017/2018 Åredalens Konstskola
2016/2017 Åredalens Konstskola
Exhibitions/Experience
(Autumn 2025) Guest Teacher at Åredalens FHSK Konst, Hålland, Sweden.
2025 Duo Exhibition with Sam Lee (CAN), Beast-Bornholm, Denmark.
27/2 2025 Artist-talk together with photographer Sam Lee (CAN), Beast-Bornholm, Denmark.
2025 Artist-in-Residence, Beast-Bornholm, Denmark.
22-23/11/2024 Open Studio, RUD AIR, Dalsland, Sweden.
2024 Artist in Residence, RUD AiR, Dalsland, Sweden.
2024 Work-Residency, Oerslev-Kloster Arbejdsrefugium, Oerslev, Denmark.
2024 Workshops and lectures based on the concept of deconstructed painting at Åredalens FHSK Konst, Hålland, Sweden.
2023 Campaign Solo show exposing selected work from the series Paradise on selected streets of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2023 Artist-talk at Moving Gallery moderated by Alyxandra Westwood, curator and writer. Including all exhibiting artist in the show Over De Grens, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2023 Over De Grens Group show at Moving Gallery, Utrecht, Netherlands. (Including the artists: Maria Atanasiu, Alexander Koch, Lorenco, Iver Uhre Dahl, Pedro Kastelijns and Håkan Karvonen).
2023 Assisted Tim Mathijsen for the exhibition Voyage at MSimons Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2023 Assisted Tyna Adebowale with painted works concerning her Nigerian youth in traditional Nigerian family constellations, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2023 Assisted Praneet Soi on occasions with priming canvases and other material preparations for upcoming works and projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2023 Assisted Fransix Tenda Lomba with painted works for the Open Studios at The Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten 2023.
2023 A Hook’s Eye (Backstage Academy). Group Exhibition at KunstRAI 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Selected Works from Gerrit Rietveld Academie Alumni 2020-2021-2022.
2023 Clouded by a Mirage, I went in Pursuit of a Loophole at Personeelskamer, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Duo Exhibition with Machiel Beijeart)
2023 Initiated the project space Personeelskamer in Amsterdam, Netherlands in collaboration with Machiel Beijeart, Kiana Girigorie, Zwaantje Kurpershoek. @Personeelskamer
2023 Assisted Hadassah Emmerich with Botanical Body Bliss at Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022 Assisted Ana Oosting at Kunstkerk, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2022 Assisted Meeus Van Dis with M2 Office Fixtures at Our House, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022 Project Assisted Meeus Van Dis, and Neal Groot with Happy Days at Flevo Lacus, Almere, Netherlands
2022 Assisted Meeus Van Dis with Sweet Harmony, Out of the Underground at Het Hem, Zaandam, Netherlands
2022 Guest Teacher and Studio Visits, Åredalens FHSK Konst, Åre, Sweden
2022 Graduation Show BA Gerrit Rietveld Academie at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Group Exhibition)
2022 A Portrait, A Still-Life, A Landscape at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Solo Exhibition)
2022 Fullstop. Continuum at M4gastatelier, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Group Exhibition with Es Gandrup)
References
Anne Lass, Beast-Bornholm AiR, beast.bornholm@gmail.com, (Phonenr on request).
Lina Berglund, RUD AiR, rud5air@gmail.com, (Phonenr on request).