Sex / Female

Year of birth / 1973

Website / www.sallatykka.com

Salla Tykkä was born in 1973 in Helsinki, Finland, where she lives and works today. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki 2003. She has been working with photography, video and film since 1996. Her work mainly deals with audiovisual memory and the power structures within the everyday life visual narratives.

Her latest solo exhibitions include: Hayward Gallery Project Space, London, 2010; Norrköping Konstmuseum, Norrköping, 2009; City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, 2007; Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, 2006; S.M.A.K., Gent, 2006; De Appel, Amsterdam; Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, 2006. She has participated in numerous group shows in museums and public institutions among others: 17th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2010; Momentum, Moss, 2009; Sguardi da Nord - Reflecting with images, Galleria Civica di Modena, Modena, 2007; Tropico-Vegetal, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2006; La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2001. Salla Tykkä’s films have been shown at international film festivals like: 36th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2007; 21st Brest European Short Film Festival, Brest, 2006; Tribeca Film Festival, New York, 2003; International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, 2003 and 2002.