Biography

Salla Tykkä (b. 1973) works with film, video and photography. Her works often touch questions on socio-political issues of power, domination, and images. In his works there is always a strong indirect relationship with the personal. In her practice recurring themes include those of gaze, gender, memory. Tykkä graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2003 and participated in the Ventsian Biennale in 2001. She has held several solo exhibitions both in Finland and abroad: Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku 2019; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2018, M - Museum, Leuven, 2016; Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, 2015; Turku Art Museum, Turku, 2015; BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, 2013. He has participated in several group exhibitions including: Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg 2015; MAXXI, Rome 2014; The Metropolitan Arts Center, Belfast 2013; Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, 2013; Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, 2012; Turner Contemporary, Margate, 2011; 17th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2010; Momentum, Moss, 2010. Her films are widely screened in festivals.