Tapani Hyypiä is a Finnish artist, who lives and works in Helsinki.
He has been active in the Finnish art field for over twenty years, with a dedicated painting practice. His artworks are heavily process based, with a focus on abstraction and a strong emphasis on the craft of painting. His paintings pursue the ephemeral meditative qualities of light and colour.
His methods of working include a special focus on the nuances of colour and purposeful repetition in the form of self imposed restrictions, where a recognizable form emerges again and again mutating from painting to painting. Hyypiä builds up each painting in a slow meticulous method of using several thin translucent layers in a delicate play between clarity and opacity, creating a deep and intense feeling of vibrancy.
He has exhibited his works extensively in Finland, and internationally with exhibitions in Estonia, Latvia and Germany. Recent solo exhibitions include; Paintings, Galleria Nuovo, Lahti, Finland (2019), Paintings & Drawings, Galleria Ama, Helsinki, Finland (2018) and recent group exhibitions include Summer Exhibition, Galleria Ama (2020), and The Collectors Gaze, Pori Art Museum, Finland (2019). He has also taken part in different artist residency programmes such as the Heinrich Böll Cottage on Achill Island, Ireland and at the WerkStadt in Berlin.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Utuisaa / Haze, Custom House Studios & Gallery, Westport, Ireland (Upcoming July 29 – August 22)
2019 Galleria Nuovo, Lahti, Finland
2018 Paintings & Drawings, Galleria AMA, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Galleria AMA, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Galleria Just, Turku, Finland
2007 Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland
2002 Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, Finland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Summer Exhibition, Galleria AMA, Helsinki, Finland
2019 With the eyes of my mind, The Collectors Gaze, Pori Art Museum, Pori Finland
2018 ooo collective, Lapinlahti Galleria, Helsinki, Finland
• Rasi637, Kouta Gallery, Kouvola Art Museum, Finland
2017 Reflecting Rothko, Rietumu Bank Art Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2016 ooo collective, Mältinranta Gallery, Tampere, Finland
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ooo collective, Galleria Huuto, Jätkäsaari, Helsinki
2015 Landscape Metropolis, Gallery G11 at Former power station Rathenau Hallen, Berlin
• Reunion, Poriginal Gallery, Pori, Finland
2014 Reunion, Porvoo Art Hall, Finland
2011 Post-session, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki
2009 SKjL 09: Finnish Art, Kouvola Art Museum
• Never retire, Vantaa Art Museum, Finland
• Painters ‘Union’s 80th anniversary exhibition, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
2008 summer light, Gallery Leo, Helsinki
• Luonnollisisa things, Art Brewery, Lahti, Finland
2007 The Quartet, Helsinki Artists’ Association, 40th anniversary, Vuotalo, Helsinki
• Deep Purple in 2007, SKjL’s anniversary exhibition, Lapinlahti Art Museum,
2006 Echo, Ahjo Art Centre, Joensuu, Finland
2005 SKjL 05: Finnish Art, Porvoo Art Factory
2004 New works of the Uusimaa arts organizations in collaboration with Porvoo Art Factory
• Mode, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Bits And Pieces, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
• Power! Province of Uusimaa regional exhibition, Porvoo Art Factory
2000 Bullseye, Free Art School Graduation exhibition, Helsinki
• Gallery 3 h + k, Pori
2002 Near the surface, Brinkkalan Gallery, Turku Cultural Center
1999 Gallery Johan S. Porvoo
• A Dozen Painters, Cultural Centre Stoa, Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
1996-2000 Fine Art Painting, Vapaa Taidekoulu (Free Art School), Helsinki, Finland
1984-85 English, Drama, Aesthetics & Drawing studies, University of Helsinki, FI
1974-75 Fine Art, Vapaa Taidekoulu (Free Art School) Helsinki, FI
GRANTS
2021 Finnish Cultural Foundation (Travel Grant)
2020 Taike (Arts Promotion Centre, Finland)
2018 Taike (Arts Promotion Centre, Finland), Exhibition Grant (ooo collective)
2016 Taike (Arts Promotion Centre, Finland), (Travel Grant)
2011 Taike (Arts Promotion Centre, Finland), Exhibition Grant
2005 Taike (Arts Promotion Centre, Finland), Exhibition Grant
2004 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Working group grant
2002 Taike (Arts Promotion Centre, Finland), Regional Arts Council of Uusimaa, Working grant
RESIDENCIES
2021 Áras Éanna Arts Centre, Inis Oirr Island, Co. Galway, Ireland (August 2021)
• Tuulensuu Ateljeetalo, Viitasaari, Finland
2020 Aspan Ateljee, (SKJL) Lohja, Finland
2019 Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill Island, Ireland
2017 BetOnest, Artist in Residence, Stople/Oder, Brandenburg, DE
2016-17 WerkStadt, Berlin, Germany
2016 RASi637, Artist in Residence, Tirva, FI
PERMANENT PUBLIC ART WORKS / COLLABORATIONS
2006 Public Wall Mural “cave paintings”, University of Helsinki (Kaisaniemi) metro station
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Pori Art Museum Deponointikokoelma / AJ
Finnish State Art Deposit Collection
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Finnish Art Society
Nurmijärvi Municipality
HUS (Helsinki University Hospital)
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Painters’ Union
Helsinki Artists’ Association