Timo Aho (b.1980 Finnish) Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
2019 – 2021 Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, MFA, Sculpture, FIN
2013 – 2016 Glasgow School of Art, BA Honours, Sculpture and Environmental Art, UK
2010 – 2013 Pekka Halonen Academy, Visual and Media Arts, Sculpture & Printmaking, FIN
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2024/10 Titanik, (solo) Turku, FIN
2024/01 LUX Helsinki, (collab) Helsinki, FIN
2023/11 Kino Expanded, (group) HIAP Suomenlinna, Helsinki, FIN
SOLO, DUO & COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2023 Nadiiri, (duo w/ Timo Vaittinen), Galleria Saltbodan, Loviisa, FIN
2022 Volume, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki, FIN
2021 Paradise Lost, Exhibition Laboratory – Project Room, Helsinki, FIN
2019 Some Forces Unknown, VS Gallery, Fiskars, FIN
2016 The Cross, The Ladder and The Cloud, Cleland Lane Arches, Glasgow, UK
2015 With Its Words Cut Into Stone, (collab w/ Will Kendrick) Pig Rock Bothy, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
2014 Top To Bottom (collab w/ Samuel Bich), Glasgow School of Art, UK
2014 Dem Lighted, Tres Bones, Helsinki, FIN
2014 Enlighted, Gallery 3H+K, Pori, FIN
2012 Nowhere, Surf Cafe & Gallery, Helsinki, FIN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Lux Helsinki, Stoa Culture Center, Helsinki, FIN
2022 RA Summer Exhibition, (collab w/Pekka Niittyvirta), Royal Academy of Arts London, UK
2021 On The Air, Kerava City Art Museum Sinkka, FIN
2021 Kuvan Kevät, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FIN
2020 Wie Wir In Den Wald Hineinrufen, (collab w/Pekka Niittyvirta), Atelierhaus Aachen, Aachen, GER
2020 Transitions, (collab w/Pekka Niittyvirta), Maif Social Club, Paris, FR
2019 Dimensions Tomorrow, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FIN
2019 Haihatus, Joutsa, FIN
2019 Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, FIN
2018 Fire/Light, Black Hall, Fiskars, FIN
2018 Agora, Botanical Garden Tuin Zuidas, Amsterdam, NL
2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture, Scottish Pavillion, Happenstance -18, Venice, IT
2018 Earthly Pleasures, Hirvitalo, Tampere, FIN
2017 SWAC 89, Generator Projects, Dundee, UK
2017 Hortus Redux, Scottish Sculpture Park, Caoud Ruadh, UK
2017 TH4Y, Generator Projects, Dundee, UK
2017 RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
2016 Parallel Dimensions, Cleland Lane Arches, Glasgow, UK
2016 Glasgow School of Art degree show, Glasgow, UK
2014 Pori Biennale, Pori, FIN
2014 – Ongoing. Light Interventions, Finland, Scotland, England, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Lithuania
PUBLIC & ONLINE ART
2023 Lines (Blackrock park), (collab w/ Pekka Niittyvirta & Línte na Farraige) Creative Ireland, Dublin, IRL
2022 Lines (Wexford), (collab w/ Pekka Niittyvirta & Línte na Farraige) Creative Ireland, Wexford, IRL
2022 Lines (Galway), (collab w/ Pekka Niittyvirta & Línte na Farraige) Creative Ireland, Galway, IRL
2022 Sediments of Time, public artwork at Kannisto roundabout, Kerava, FIN
2021 Lines (Durham), (collab w/Pekka Niittyvirta)Lumiere Durham, Durham, UK
2021 Lines (Turku), (collab w/Pekka Niittyvirta) WAM Turku City Art Museum, Turku, FIN
2019 Lines (Miami), (collab w/Pekka Niittyvirta) UNTITLED Art, Miami Art week, FL, USA
2020 Ars Electronica, (collab w/Pekka Niittyvirta), In Keplers Gardens, Paris, FR
2020 Coastline Paradox, (collab w/Pekka Niittyvirta) The Heartbeat of the Earth, an online art project with Google Arts and Culture
2018 Lines (57° 59′ N, 7° 16’W), (collab w/Pekka Niittyvirta) Taigh Chearsabhagh Art Centre, Lochmaddy, UK
PRICES AND MENTIONS
2021 Academy of Fine Arts: Academic Council Award for MFA thesis
2019 – 2021 Mentorship Program, Saastamoinen Foundation
2019 DesignBoom: Top 10 Large-scale Art Works of 2019, Lines (57° 59′ N, 7° 16’W)
2017 Avenir Magazine: 10 Emerging Artists
2016 Royal Scottish Academy: RSA New Contemporaries, selected artist
2016 Generator Projects: They Had Four Years, selected artist
MEMBERSHIPS
2021 FLASH, Finnish Light Art Society
2017 The Association of Finnish Sculptors