Ilona Charlotta Lehtonen
Born 1990 in Tampere, Finland
Currently living and working in Helsinki, Finland
ilonaleh@gmail.com
ilonalehtonen.net
Education
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2015–2020 |
Master of Arts, Aalto University, Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland |
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2010–2014 |
Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, the Degree Programme in Fine Art, Tampere, Finland |
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2013 |
Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Erasmus Exchange: the Degree Programme in Photography, Porto, Portugal |
Solo exhibitions
2020, Phantasmagoria, Kallio Stage, Helsinki, Finland
Selected group exhibitions
2020 Fears or Fierce?, Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Dark Matter, Kulttuuritalo Valve, Oulu, Finland
2017 Out 2, Sala del Camino, Research Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2017 In-between – Extensions in Artistic Practice, ADD Lab, Espoo, Finland
2016 Space Invaders IV: Heterotopia, Elsankuja 5, Espoo, Finland
2016 Invisible Environments, Art House, Espoo, Finland
2015 Immersion, ADD Lab, Espoo, Finland
2014 Top button undone, TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere, Finland
2013 Culture Bus, Y-Festivaali with Tampere Public Transport, Tampere, Finland
2012 Y: Generation Stories, Näsilinna, Tampere, Finland
2012 Tampere Art Factory, TAMK Finlayson, Tampere, Finland
2012 BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), Screening, Ikuinen Gallery, Tampere, Finland
2011 Seili Baltic Sea Film Festival, Screening, Parainen, Finland
2010 Pop-Up, TAMK Finlayson, Tampere, Finland
Visual concerts
2019 Aalto Aesthetics, Lakeuden Risti Church, Seinäjoki, Finland (Live video)
2017 Cyclogenesis, Särkänniemi Planetarium, Tampere, Finland (Live video)
Publications
2020 Phantasmagoria: Kuinka katse, katsominen ja katsotuksi tuleminen rakentavat kuvaa sukupuolesta. Master’s thesis, Aalto ARTS.
2015 Ajan tuntu, DOT-lehti 3: 50–51, DesignOnTampere ry, Tampere, Finland
2015 The Other Guide to Tampere: Comic Conversations on Urbanism, SAFA, Tampere, Finland
2014 Top button undone – exhibition publication, TAMK, Tampere, Finland
Given lectures & workshops
Space Invaders V – Tolerance, Lielahti Mansion, Hiedanranta, Tampere, Finland 17.5.2017.
Versus workshop, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland 29.10.2015. ”Sarjakuva kaupunkiympäristön kuvaajana sekä tutkimuksen ja keskustelun väylänä”
Performances
2018 Yield, durational group performance with video projection, Otakaari 1 X, Espoo, Finland
2016 Art intervention in Kamppi shopping mall, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Hang with us in #urbanotaniemi group performance / art intervention through Periscope livestream, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Death Parade group performance, Turku, Finland
2010 FREE WALL group performance, Tampere, Finland
Other artistic activities
2017 In a Flock of Pigeons, Minifestivaali X7, Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland
2015– d/func.t collective
2012– VJ Visukisu
2012– Y-Festivaali, Tampere, Finland, event organizer, graphic designer, photographer
2011 Pekka Niskanen: Art in Conflict, Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, Tampere, Finland, trainee
Grants
2019 Aalto Grant
2017 AVEK Travel Grant
2012 Tampereen kaupungin tuotantotuki