CONTACT: essikausalainen (at) hotmail com
EDUCATION
Performance Art and –theory studies (MA)/ Theatre Academy, Helsinki 2005 – 2007
Performance Art and –theory studies (BA)/ Arts Academy, Turku 1999 - 2003
PERFORMANCES (selected works)
2011
ACTS –festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde (Denmark)
Skånes konstförening, Malmö (Sweden)
2010
Litla Gjörningahátídin, Vogar (Iceland)
Extensions -Performance Series, Grimmuseum, Berlin (Germany)
Supermarket -Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm (Sweden)
Mindelact -festival, Mindelo (Cap Verde)
2009
Mostra Cariri –festival, Crato and Juazeiro (Brazil)
Open – performance art festival, Beijing (China)
ANTI- contemporary art festival, Kuopio
TROUBLE –performance art festival, Les Halles, Brussel (Belgium)
Performer Stammtisch, Berlin (Germany)
Lived Spaces –event, Meilahti Art Museum, Helsinki
Amorph –extra –event, gallery Kalhama&Piippo, Helsinki
2008
7a*11d –festival, Toronto (Canada)
Live art event. Helsinki Kunsthalle
La-bás –festival, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Amorph!08 –festival, Paris - Helsinki
2007
Tehdas –Factory –event, Espoo Museum of Modern Art.
Performance Art Festival, Kunstbanken Hamar (Norway)
Ensemble of Women, Matucana 100 Cultural Centre Santiago (Chile)
Performances in the exhibition ”Exercises for gravity and light”. / Gallery Jangva, Helsinki
2006
Satu Kali –festival, Kuala Lumpur (Malesia)
Future of Imagination #3 –festival, Singapore
Unknown City –Live art event, Helsinki
2005
The evening of Live Art, Theatre Academy, Helsinki
Harava performance event, TR1, Contemporary art museum, Tampere
Shining Bodies -festival, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Art Contact event, Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki
2004
La mois de la performance –festival, gallery La Centrale, Montreal (Canada)
The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow (Scotland)
Art Goes Camping –festival, Helsinki
La bás –festival, Cable factory, Helsinki
2003
La-bás performance event, Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki
International Performance Conference, Gallery SoToDo, Berlin (Germany)
La-bás performance event, Taidepanimo, Lahti
Muu-maanantai -event, Muu Gallery, Helsinki
2002
Anti -contemporary art festival, Kuopio
Travelling performance, Helsinki-Moscow-Beijing-Chengdu (Russia, China)
ArtGenda -02 –festival, Hamburg (Germany)
2001
Polis –city laboratory festival, Turku
Exit –festival, Helsinki
2000
Realm of senses festival, Turku
Exit –performance art festival, Helsinki
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Living Beings. Galleri Sinne, Helsinki
Tender Nerves (together with Mikko Kuorinki), Skånes konstförening, Malmö
2010
Performance Portraits, Muu –gallery, Helsinki
2008
By Heart. Gallery Huuto! Helsinki
2007
Exercises for gravity and light. Gallery Jangva, Helsinki
2003
Dorothy -travelling over the rainbow and back. In collaboration with Wilma Hurskainen. Peri –centre of photography, Turku.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Turku Biennal, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku
2009
Local Nature. Solyst, Jyderup (Denmark)
Anti –festival, VB-Photography Center
2008
Amorp!08. Muu gallery, Helsinki
2007
What’s Live Art in Finnish? Muu gallery, Helsinki
2006
Unknown Töölö. Gallery Välivuosi, Helsinki
2005
Muu 18th Anniversary. Helsinki Kunsthalle
2004
Traces. Gallery La Centrale, Montreal (Canada)
The Last Escape: Titanik gallery, Turku
2001
Tarik is in Africa: Köysirata gallery, Turku
MEMBERSHIPS
Muu Artists Association
Helsinki Artists Association
Gallery Huuto