Curriculum Vitae

Born 1981

Lives and works in Helsinki and in Kirkkonummi, Finland

Education

Master of Arts

2010-2013 Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Media, Photography MA

Academic Entrepreneurship

2010-2012Aalto University, School of Business

Bachelor of Arts

2006-2010 Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Media, Photography BA

Visual Artisan 

2002-2000  Pekka Halonen akademy, Photography and Graphic Design

1997-2000 Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Visual Arts

Memberships

Association of Photographic Artists (FI)

The Helsinki Artists’ Association (FI)

Cooperative Lilith (FI)

Positions of trust

2017-2020 Association of Photographic Artists, VTL, member of board

2010-2011 President of Student Association Vau:n, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Works in Collections

State Art Deposit Collection (FI)

Private Collections

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Trace, Juniper Hall, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, AU

2018 Jälki - Trace, The Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, FI

2018 Pieniä ilmakuoppia vain – Just Small Hiccups, Galleri Zebra, Karjaa, FI

2016 Pieniä ilmakuoppia vain – Just Small Hiccups, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI

2015 Pieniä ilmakuoppia vain – Just Small Hiccups,  Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, FI

2014 Pieniä ilmakuoppia vain – Just Small Hiccups, B-Galleria, Turku, FI

2006 Puutarha (Garden), Galleria omahuone, Helsinki, FI

Selected Group Exhibitions and Presentations

2022-2023 Identity, Curator Finnish Spirit / Noora Leinikkä, Lapinlahden lähde, Helsinki, FI

2022 Otos, Association of Photographic Artists, Helsinki, FI

2019 Wiesbadener fototage, Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, DE

2018 Confusing Public and Private, 3rd PhotoBienal Beijing, Organised by Cafa Art Museum, curator Caj Meng, CN

2018 Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Ateena, GR

2018 The Best of LensCulture, Voies Off Festival, Arles, FR

2018 Lens Culture Emerging talent exhibition, Klompching Gallery, New York, USA

2017 Art Fair Suomi, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki; FI

2016 Happiness, a place in the sun, projections, Encontros da Imagem - International Photography Festival, Braga, PG

2016 Berlin Foto Biennal (4th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography), Berlini, DE

2015 Nordic Dummy Award, Fotogalleriet, Fotobook festival Oslo 2015, NO

2015 Nordic Dummy Award Tour

  • Fotobok GBG2015, Göteborg, SE

  • The Photo book Week, Galleri Image, Århus, DK

  • Fotografisk Center, Kööpenhamina, DK

  • Pohjoinen valokuvakeskus, Nordic Comic Festival, Oulu

2015 Hide&Seek, Galleria Hladilnica, Pekarna, SI

2015 Barcelona International Photography Award, BIPA, ES

2015 Little Circulation(s), Beaux arts Museum, Le Locle, CH

2015 Circulation(s) Tour 2015

  • Belfast Foto Festival, IE

  • BIP Biennale internationale de la Photographie et des Arts visuels de Liège, BE

  • Encontros da Imagem de Braga, PG

  • Format Festival (Grande-Bretagne), FR

  • Fotografia Europea de Reggio Emilia, IT

  • Lódz Fotofestiwal, PL

2015 Festival Circulation(s), Pariisi, FR

2014 Portrait, SKjL,Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, FI

2014 Summer School, Photographic Centre  Peri, Turku, FI

2014 Summer School, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI

2012 Paris Photo, Gallery Taik Berlin, Pariisi, FR

2012 Photography = Fiction? Galleria beim Engel, LU

Monographs

2016 Pieniä ilmakuoppia vain - Just Small Hiccups; Anni Hanen, Kehrer Verlag, DE, ISBN 978-3-86828-723-3

  • 40 photography, 5 text artworks

  • Prologue: Timothy Persons

  • Translations: Henrika Ruppel

  • mage Prosessing: Petri Kuokka / Aarnipaja

  • Desingn: Anni Hanén ja Matti Tuominen/Prakt

Works in Publications

2022 Vostok magazine, Vol.7 Poetry and photgraphy, KR 

2019 Changes magazine, IT

2019 Wiesbadener fototage catalog, DE

2019 Head On Photo Festival catalog , AU

2018 The Best of LensCulture Vol2, Schilt Publishing, ISBN 9053309020

2018 Athens Photofestival 2018 catalog, ISBN 978-960-5183-05-9

2018 Länsi-Uusimaa, Pieniä ilmakuoppia vain, FI

2018 Västä Nyland, Rytmen bär i poetisk helhet, FI

2018 Etelä-Uusimaa, "Pieniä ilmakuoppia vain" on visuaalisia runoja FI

2016 Berlin Foto Biennale, catalog, Kehrer Verlag, DE, ISBN 978-3-86828-742-4

2016 Encontros da Imagem - International Photography Festival - katalogi, PT, ISBN 978-972-98537-8-4

2015 “7th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers” - kirja, USA

2015 Festival Circulation(s) 2015 Katalogi, FR, ISBN 978-2-36744-073-6

2013 Väritettyjä totuuksia - a book of Lies, Musta taide - Aalto Photo Books, FI, ISBN 978-952-292-003-4

2013 Masters of Aalto 2013 katalogi, FI, ISBN 978-952-60-0056-5

Selected Online Publications

2018 Dodho magazine: Just Sall Hiccups by Anni Hanén

2018 Finnish Spirit, Anni Hanén

2018 Europe Now Journal, Nordic Artist

2018 C-type magazine:Anni Hanén, Just Small Hiccups

2018 Lensculture, Anni Hanén, Trace

2018 AINT-BAD magazine: Anni Hanén Just Small Hiccups

2017 C41 Magazines: The memories of a life content in a house, the story of Anni Hanén

2016 What you will remember blog: Our favorite photography books of 2016

2016 Uncommin Tendency blog: Anni Hanén

2016 Photobooks from Finland: Anni Hanén, Just Small Hiccups

2015 Lens Culture, Päätoimittajan valinta (Editors ´Pick)

2015 Nordic Exchance: Artist representation, Anni Hanén

2015 Corridor Elephant magazine: Anni Hanén, Just Small Hiccups

2015 The Eye of Photography magazine: Interview with Nathalie Herschdorfer, Circulation(s) 2015 "Godmother"

2015 LensCulture, Circulation(s)2015: Young European Talent

2015 Le Monde, Circulation(s)2015: Young European Talent européenne

2015 Atribune: Anni Hanén - Just Small Hiccups

2015 Icon panorama.it, La Giovane Fotografia Europea a Paragi

Awards, Grants & Subsidies

2023 Public display grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2022 Covid support, Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2019 Travelling grant,  Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2019 Head On Portrait Prize, semifinalist

2017 Emerging Talent, Emerging Talent Awards 2017, LensCulture

2016 Finalist, Photography Award Emergentes dst, Encontros da Image -International Photography Festival, PT

2016 Finalisti, Discovery Award, Encontros da Imagem - International Photography Festival, PT

2016 Project grant, Frame Contemporary Art Finland

2016 Travelling grant,  Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2016 Public display grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2016 Project grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2015 Finalist, Julia Margaret Cameron Award (for Women Photographers), category: Fine Art, USA

2015 Finalist, Nordic Dummy Award, NO

2015 Finalist, Barcelona International Photography Award, BIPA, ES

Artist-in-residence

2014 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Berlin, DE

Teaching Photography and Art

2023 Art School of the Helsinki Artists’ Society, part-time teacher

2017- The Finnish Museum of Photography, workshop teacher

2014- Vantaa Adult Education Centre, part-time teacher

2016- Cooperative Lilith, workshop teacher

2023- Helsinki Finnish Adult Education Centre

2014-2021 Helsinki Finnish Adult Education Centre

As Curator, Coordinator and Photographer

2022-2023 The Finnish Museum of Photography,The Photofuss Youth Group, coordinator

2023 The Finnish Museum of Photography,The Photofuss Youth Group, curator for the exhibition in Lahti Utopias Festival

2018 The Finnish Museum of Photography, SNAP Photography Festival for Children and Young People, guiding artist and co - curator 

2016 -  Cooperative Lilith, Freelance Photographer

2008-2016 Entrepreneur, Freelance Photographer