Raisa Raekallio b. 1978 Kittilä, Finland
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lahden Taideinstituutti, Finland, 2002
Misha (Enrique) del Val b. 1979 Bilbao, Spain
Current: Masters in Practical Philosophy, National Distance Education University, Spain
Masters of Art (Printamaking), Collage of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2008-2009 (deferred)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Basque Country, Spain, 2003
Duo Exhibitions (as Raisa Raekallio and Misha del Val)
2024 Espacio Marzana - Cultural Projects, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2023 Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland
2022 Makasiini Contemporary Studio, Turku, Finland
2022 Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
2021 Makasiini Contemporary Studio, Turku, Finland
2020 Tm•galleria, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Torre de Ariz, Basauri, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2018 Kemi Art Museum, Finland
2018 Espacio Marzana - Cultural Projects, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2018 Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland
2017 Galleria Valo, Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland (with photographer Juha Tolonen)
2016 Galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany
2015 Aitta-studio, Sirkka, Finland
2015 Buddhistisches Tor Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2014 Aitta-studio, Sirkka, Finland
Group Exhibitions - Selection (as Raisa Raekallio and Misha del Val)
2022 Navigating North – Works from Wihuri Foundation Collection, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki / Rovaniemi Art Museum, FI
2022 Untitled Art Fair Miami, USA
2022 Mañana Incierto Filet Art Space, London, UK
2022 Mañana Incierto Espacio Marzana - Cultural Projects, Bilbao, Basque Country, ES
2022 Väylän väki, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, FI
2022 Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, FI
2022 Arts Nartae, curated Tanja Köistinen, Galleria Kellokas, Äkäslompolo, Finlnad
2022 Galleria Rankka, curated Mikko Paakkola, Helsinki, Finlnad
2021 Lumipalloefekti / Snow Ball Effect 2021, curated Pauliina Leikas, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
2021 ISEAS (International Socially Engaged Art Symposium) exhibition, curated Katja Juhola, Korundi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
2021 Pohojonen, Galleria Rankka, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Peep Space, New York, USA (Raekallio)
2020 Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland (Raekallio)
2019 Ars Kärsämäki 2019, curated Konsta Huusko, Finland
2019 MEM, Experimental Arts International Festival, curated Txema Aguiriano, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2019 Taidemaalariliiton juhlavuoden näyttely, curated Tuomas Korkalo, galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland
2019, 20, 21 Kuvataideviiko, galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland
2018 Echoes from the North / Kaikuja pohjoisesta, curated Hanna Kress, Galleria Kakslauttanen, Finland
2018 Polte, curated Anu Riestola and Esa Meltaus, Galleria Kellokas, Äkäslompolo, Finlnad
2017 Portrait Now, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark and Ljungbergmuseum, Sweden
Curatorial Projects
2023 ‘A Home Near the Precipice. Painting Practice in Finland Today' Anna Tuori, Camilla Vuorenmaa, Eeva Peura, Henri Hagman, Konsta Huusko, Liisa Karintaus and Reima Nevalainen. Galeria Napa and Mustanapa, Rovaniemi (del Val)
2022 'Kittilän Lapset' Reidar Särestöniemi, Kalervo Palsa and Kittilä artists since WWII, Kittilä (del Val)
2021 III Sirkka Arte Biennale
2021 'Northern Affinity: Artists from Lapland and Basque Country’ Galleria Napa, Studio Mustanapa and seminar at Korundi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland (del Val)
2021 ‘Wiping the Ice-Cream Off Your Face - 30 Nordic Artists’ Perspectives on De- Arcticfication to Celebrate 30 Years of the Artists’ Association of Lapland’ curated Misha del Val and Andreas Hoffmann (Arctic Culture Lab, GL), galleria Valo, Rovaniemi
2020 Ars Kärsämäki 2020
2019 II Sirkka Arte Biennale
2017 Sirkka Arte Biennale
Performance Work
2020 ‘La nación transparente y la casa de madera’ Bilbaoarte Foundation, Basque Country, Spain
2018 'Nervión - Ounasjoki', Espacio Marzana, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2018 'Not Very Sure If We Did It, But We Take Full Credit For It' Kemi Art Museum, Finland
2017 'The Misgivings of Perfect Love' Aitta-studio, Sirkka, Finland
2016 ‘The Joy of Not Being What I Think I Am’, galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany
2015 ‘So, How Do You Do in Finland? Well, It Depends When You Are Asking’ Aitta- studio, Sirkka, Finland
Podcasts
2021/present, God Liver (An after-breakfast experimental podcast on art and stuff)
2022 On Painting Podcast (del Val)
Comic
2022 'Saturnuksen Renkaat' Staalo magazine, issue 1
2016 ‘Ulkomaalainen’ Kielmukka magazine, issue year 2016
Residencies
2022 Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, Finland
2021 Arctic Culture Lab, Ilulissat, Greenland
2020 ISEAS (International Socially Engaged Art Symposium) Äkäslompolo, Finland
2019 Arctic Art Week, Kakslauttanen, Finland
Grants
2023 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Working Grant
2023 VISEK working Grant
2022 William Thuring Prize, Finnish Art Society
2022 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Working Grant
2022 Shortlisted Below Zero Art Prize 2023
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Corona Working Grant
2021 Kordelin Foundation, Working Grant
2021 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Working Grant
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Central Fund, Project grant 'III Sirkka Arte Biennale'
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Lapland Regional Fund, Project grant 'III Sirkka Arte Biennale'
2020 Anita Snellman Foundation
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Central Fund, Project grant ‘Northern Affinity: Artists from Lapland and Basque Country’
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Lapland Regional Fund - Working Grant
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Corona Assistance grant
2020 Bilbaoarte Production Grant, for exhibition at Torre de Ariz, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2020 Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Traveling Grant - Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2020 Kone Foundation, 1-month Working Grant, ISEAS project, Äkäslompolo, Finland
2020 Nordic Cultural Fund – ‘Wiping the Ice-Cream Off Your Face’ exhibition
2020 Kiitilä Municipality Kulttuuriavustus
2019 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Lapland Regional Fund - Working Grant (6 months) for artisitc project ‘Space Refugees’
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Traveling Grant for exhibition at Espacio Marzana, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Lapland Regional Fund – Working Grant (3 months) for exhibition at Kemi Art Museum
2016 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Traveling Grant for exhibition/residency at galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany
Raisa Raekallio and Misha del Val in Collections
Janny Antti Wihuri Foundation
Saastamoinen Foundation Collection
Lars Göran Johnsson Collection at Turku Art Museum
Rovaniemi Art Museum
Oulu Art Museum
Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
Palsa-museo/Kauko Sorjonen Foundation
Bilbaoarte Foundation, Bilbao, Spain
Kittilä Council, Finland
Savukoski Council, Finland
Gällivara Council, Sweden
Memberships
Painters Association of Finland - Taidemaalariliitto
Artists' Association of Lapland - Lapin Taiteilijaseura (del Val Board member)
Staalo Artists' Association, Kittilä (del Val Board member)
Contact
Sales
frej@makasiinicontemporary.com
+358 40 540 8748
Other enquiries
raisaandmisha@gmail.com
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lahden Taideinstituutti, Finland, 2002
Misha (Enrique) del Val b. 1979 Bilbao, Spain
Current: Masters in Practical Philosophy, National Distance Education University, Spain
Masters of Art (Printamaking), Collage of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2008-2009 (deferred)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Basque Country, Spain, 2003
Duo Exhibitions (as Raisa Raekallio and Misha del Val)
2024 Espacio Marzana - Cultural Projects, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2023 Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland
2022 Makasiini Contemporary Studio, Turku, Finland
2022 Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
2021 Makasiini Contemporary Studio, Turku, Finland
2020 Tm•galleria, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Torre de Ariz, Basauri, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2018 Kemi Art Museum, Finland
2018 Espacio Marzana - Cultural Projects, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2018 Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland
2017 Galleria Valo, Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland (with photographer Juha Tolonen)
2016 Galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany
2015 Aitta-studio, Sirkka, Finland
2015 Buddhistisches Tor Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2014 Aitta-studio, Sirkka, Finland
Group Exhibitions - Selection (as Raisa Raekallio and Misha del Val)
2022 Navigating North – Works from Wihuri Foundation Collection, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki / Rovaniemi Art Museum, FI
2022 Untitled Art Fair Miami, USA
2022 Mañana Incierto Filet Art Space, London, UK
2022 Mañana Incierto Espacio Marzana - Cultural Projects, Bilbao, Basque Country, ES
2022 Väylän väki, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, FI
2022 Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, FI
2022 Arts Nartae, curated Tanja Köistinen, Galleria Kellokas, Äkäslompolo, Finlnad
2022 Galleria Rankka, curated Mikko Paakkola, Helsinki, Finlnad
2021 Lumipalloefekti / Snow Ball Effect 2021, curated Pauliina Leikas, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
2021 ISEAS (International Socially Engaged Art Symposium) exhibition, curated Katja Juhola, Korundi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland
2021 Pohojonen, Galleria Rankka, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Peep Space, New York, USA (Raekallio)
2020 Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland (Raekallio)
2019 Ars Kärsämäki 2019, curated Konsta Huusko, Finland
2019 MEM, Experimental Arts International Festival, curated Txema Aguiriano, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2019 Taidemaalariliiton juhlavuoden näyttely, curated Tuomas Korkalo, galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland
2019, 20, 21 Kuvataideviiko, galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland
2018 Echoes from the North / Kaikuja pohjoisesta, curated Hanna Kress, Galleria Kakslauttanen, Finland
2018 Polte, curated Anu Riestola and Esa Meltaus, Galleria Kellokas, Äkäslompolo, Finlnad
2017 Portrait Now, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark and Ljungbergmuseum, Sweden
Curatorial Projects
2023 ‘A Home Near the Precipice. Painting Practice in Finland Today' Anna Tuori, Camilla Vuorenmaa, Eeva Peura, Henri Hagman, Konsta Huusko, Liisa Karintaus and Reima Nevalainen. Galeria Napa and Mustanapa, Rovaniemi (del Val)
2022 'Kittilän Lapset' Reidar Särestöniemi, Kalervo Palsa and Kittilä artists since WWII, Kittilä (del Val)
2021 III Sirkka Arte Biennale
2021 'Northern Affinity: Artists from Lapland and Basque Country’ Galleria Napa, Studio Mustanapa and seminar at Korundi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland (del Val)
2021 ‘Wiping the Ice-Cream Off Your Face - 30 Nordic Artists’ Perspectives on De- Arcticfication to Celebrate 30 Years of the Artists’ Association of Lapland’ curated Misha del Val and Andreas Hoffmann (Arctic Culture Lab, GL), galleria Valo, Rovaniemi
2020 Ars Kärsämäki 2020
2019 II Sirkka Arte Biennale
2017 Sirkka Arte Biennale
Performance Work
2020 ‘La nación transparente y la casa de madera’ Bilbaoarte Foundation, Basque Country, Spain
2018 'Nervión - Ounasjoki', Espacio Marzana, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2018 'Not Very Sure If We Did It, But We Take Full Credit For It' Kemi Art Museum, Finland
2017 'The Misgivings of Perfect Love' Aitta-studio, Sirkka, Finland
2016 ‘The Joy of Not Being What I Think I Am’, galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany
2015 ‘So, How Do You Do in Finland? Well, It Depends When You Are Asking’ Aitta- studio, Sirkka, Finland
Podcasts
2021/present, God Liver (An after-breakfast experimental podcast on art and stuff)
2022 On Painting Podcast (del Val)
Comic
2022 'Saturnuksen Renkaat' Staalo magazine, issue 1
2016 ‘Ulkomaalainen’ Kielmukka magazine, issue year 2016
Residencies
2022 Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, Finland
2021 Arctic Culture Lab, Ilulissat, Greenland
2020 ISEAS (International Socially Engaged Art Symposium) Äkäslompolo, Finland
2019 Arctic Art Week, Kakslauttanen, Finland
Grants
2023 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Working Grant
2023 VISEK working Grant
2022 William Thuring Prize, Finnish Art Society
2022 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Working Grant
2022 Shortlisted Below Zero Art Prize 2023
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Corona Working Grant
2021 Kordelin Foundation, Working Grant
2021 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Working Grant
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Central Fund, Project grant 'III Sirkka Arte Biennale'
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Lapland Regional Fund, Project grant 'III Sirkka Arte Biennale'
2020 Anita Snellman Foundation
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Central Fund, Project grant ‘Northern Affinity: Artists from Lapland and Basque Country’
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Lapland Regional Fund - Working Grant
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Corona Assistance grant
2020 Bilbaoarte Production Grant, for exhibition at Torre de Ariz, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2020 Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Traveling Grant - Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2020 Kone Foundation, 1-month Working Grant, ISEAS project, Äkäslompolo, Finland
2020 Nordic Cultural Fund – ‘Wiping the Ice-Cream Off Your Face’ exhibition
2020 Kiitilä Municipality Kulttuuriavustus
2019 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Lapland Regional Fund - Working Grant (6 months) for artisitc project ‘Space Refugees’
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Traveling Grant for exhibition at Espacio Marzana, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Lapland Regional Fund – Working Grant (3 months) for exhibition at Kemi Art Museum
2016 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Traveling Grant for exhibition/residency at galerie Pleiku, Berlin, Germany
Raisa Raekallio and Misha del Val in Collections
Janny Antti Wihuri Foundation
Saastamoinen Foundation Collection
Lars Göran Johnsson Collection at Turku Art Museum
Rovaniemi Art Museum
Oulu Art Museum
Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
Palsa-museo/Kauko Sorjonen Foundation
Bilbaoarte Foundation, Bilbao, Spain
Kittilä Council, Finland
Savukoski Council, Finland
Gällivara Council, Sweden
Memberships
Painters Association of Finland - Taidemaalariliitto
Artists' Association of Lapland - Lapin Taiteilijaseura (del Val Board member)
Staalo Artists' Association, Kittilä (del Val Board member)
Contact
Sales
frej@makasiinicontemporary.com
+358 40 540 8748
Other enquiries
raisaandmisha@gmail.com