Miklos Gaál     Werke     Vita
*1974   Espoo, Finland
.
EDUCATION
1993-1995 Borga School of Crafts and Industrial Art, Porvoo, Finland.
1995-1999 Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design) University of Arts and Design Helsinki, Finland.
1997-1998 University for Photography and Film, Göteborg, Sweden.
1999-2004 Master of Arts (Photography), University of Arts and Design Helsinki, Finland.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Fluid Street – alone, together, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland (G).
Locked- in, Casino Luxemburg, Luxembourg (G).
2007 Sights, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Royal Wedding and other Works, Bo Bjerregaard galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2006 Sightseeing Tour (S), Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany.
2005 Sightseeing Tour, Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany.
New Works, Galerie sphn (HERRMANN & WAGNER), Berlin, Germany.
Hyppolyte Photographic Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
Populaaria triviaa, Galleria Titanik, Turku, Finland.
2004 Imitation of Life, Scalodieci, Milano, Italy.
Imitation of Life, Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany.
Imitation of Life, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany.
Imitation of Life, Mikkeli Photographic Centre, Finland.
Imitation of Life, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany. ( with Lois Renner)
2003 Imitation of Life, Galerie sphn (HERRMANN & WAGNER), Berlin, Germany.
Galerie Anhava, project room, Helsinki, Finland.
2001 Imitation of Life, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
1999 Ideal, University of Fine Arts Gallery (with Kim Simonsson), Helsinki, Finland.
1998 Vardag om natten, City Museum Böteburg, Sweden.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Galleria Alkoni, Helsinki, Finland.
Industrielle Bildwelten. Tiroler Industrie in zeitgenössischer Kunst. Stadtforum, Insbruck, Austria.
Photo Finnish – The Helsinki School. The Stenersen Museum,Oslo, Norway.
Helsinki School. Art Foyer DZ-Bank, Frankfurt, Germany.
Laatikko, Galleria Alkovi Helsinki, Finland.
2006 "Centro Mariantonia de Arte Contemporanea, Brazil.
„Out of the Camera. Analoge Fotografie im Digitalen Zeitalter.“ Bielefelder Kunstverein, Germany.
"Photography Now and the next 30 Years", Photographic Resource Center, Boston, USA.
"On the Road", Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany.
"reGeneration", 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Aperture, New York, USA.
"The Faraway Nearby: Multimedia Show from Finland", White Box, New York, USA.
"Based on a true story" – photographs (with Juha Nenonen), TR 1, Rautahalli, Photographic Center Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland.
"Arbeitsplätze/Work Places", Europäischer Architekturphotographie-Preis 2005, vhs-Photogalerie Stuttgart, Germany.
"post_modellismus" (with Cindy Sherman; Oliver Boberg; Thomas Demand et al.):. Kunsthalle Bergen, Norway.
"Fictions abound", Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Great Britain (with Gregory Crewdson, Joan Fontcuberta et al.)
"PEACE gerollt -   euroPART": Aktuelle Kunst aus Europa. Öffentlicher Raum, Vienna, Austria.
Pingyao Photography Festival, Pingyao, China.
2005 Kidding: Children and Childhood in Contemporary Art. (with Santeri Tuori et al.) Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, USA.
post_modellism. Krinzinger Projekte. Vienna, Austria (with Deman,Boberg,Sherman et al).
The Helsinki School, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic.
ReGeneration – 50 Photographers of tomorrow: 2005–2025, Musée de l’Élysée, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Metropolis, National Museum in Szczecin, Poland.
Heavy Snowflakes, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru; Lönnstrom Art Museum, Rauma, Finland.
The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Malmö Konsthal, Malmö, Sweden.
Fractures of Life, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland.
2004 Galerìa Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Porin taidemuseo (Pori Art Museum), Pori, Finland.
Zwei Positionen zeitgenössischer Fotografie, Kunsthalle Tübingen (with Lois Renner), Tübingen, Germany.
Believe it or not, Kunstraum Bethanien, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.
What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Tallinna Kunstihoone (Tallin Art Hall Gallery), Tallin, Estland.
30 by TaiK – The Helsinki School, Suomen valokuvataiteen museo (Finnish Museum of Photography), Helsinki, Finland.
What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Former House of the City Council, Riga, Latvia.
The Helsinki School, Museet for Fotokunst - Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark.
Heavy Snowflakes, Exteresa Arte Actual, Mexico City; Capacete Entretenimentos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA), Argentina.
models and (e)motion, Ars Baltica exhibition of photographic art, Hanse Office, Brussels, Belgium.
The Helsinki School – Photography by TaiK, Gallery TaiK c/o Maxwell, Berlin, Germany.
Finnische Fotografie (Gaál, Luoma, Kolehmainen), 14-1 Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany.
Quand la photo fait son cinéma, Galerie Photo du Pòle Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France.
Heavy Snowflakes, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico.
What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, SMC Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania.
2003 Quand la photo fait son cinéma, Usine Corot, Galerie Nathalie Parientè Paris, France.
Fünf Positionen finnischer Fotografie, Kunstverein Arnsberg; Kunstverein Schwerte, Germany.
„ParisHelsinkiShanghai“ – 6 finnische Fotografen, curated by Andréa Holzherr, Marseille, France.
What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art: Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany; Kunsthall Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Schloß Plüschow, Germany; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania; The Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland; Art Museum of Estonia, Tallin, Estonia.
Rydals Museum, Gotheburg, Sweden.
Rogalands Art Centre, Stavanger, Norway.
Other Sight, National Center of Photography of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2002 Korrelationen, Fotagalerie Wien, Austria;   Fotoforum West, Innsbruck, Austria.
Lquitos-Helsinki.com, Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, France ; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland.
Symptomania, Kunsthalle Lophem, Brügge, Belgium.
Masters of Art, Suomen valokuvataiteen museo (Finnish Museum of Photography), Helsinki, Finland.
2001 Kollisionen, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany.
6. Internationale Fototage, Herten, Germany.
2000 sic, Kulturzentrum Västeras, Sweden.
Lebegés – Floating, Hungarian Center for Commerce and Science, Helsinki, Finland.
1999 Ideal, University of Arts Helsinki (with Kim Simonsson), Finland.
WORKS IN PUBLIC AND COMPANY COLLECTIONS
Katjes Company, Germany
Red Bull, Austria
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland
Saastamoisen Säätiö Foundation, Finland
FNAC, Paris, France
Sammlung   DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Rectus AG, Collection Peter Klein, Germany
Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
Uppsala Konstmuseet, Sweden
Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Calder Foundation, New York, USA
Microsoft Collection, Seattle, USA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Austria, Finland, France, Sweden, USA, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Switzerland
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008 Rijksakademie post- graduate programme, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2007 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2006 Finnish Arts Association
2005 SPHN- Artist in Residency Programme
EXO Experimental Sao Paolo
Arts Council of Finland, 1-year artist grant.
Swedish Cultural Foundation of Finland, exhibition grant.
Arts Council of Finland, exhibition grant.
2004 Oskar Öflund foundation
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
Arts Council of Finland
2003 Catalogue grant by FRAME.
Arts Council of Finland
2001 University of Arts and Design, Helsinki, exhibition grant.
Arts Council of Uusimaa, exhibition grant.
Wihuri Foundation, exhibition grant.
2000-2001 Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, travel grant.
1999 Arts Council of Finland, work grant.
1998 Crimson, exhibition grant, Sweden.
1997 Nordplus.