VIRVA HINNEMO
Born 1976 Helsinki, Finland
Education
2000 BFA Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1996 Certificate of Painting, Nyckelviks School of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 Music Academy of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Awards/Grants
2019 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2018 The American Scandinavian Society Cultural Grant
2011 Young Artist of the Year Award, Association of Finnish Artists in Sweden
1999 Thanks To Scandinavia Award, Thanks To Scandinavia Foundation
1998 Thanks To Scandinavia Award, Thanks To Scandinavia Foundation
One Person Exhibitions
2022 The Noah Hideout, New Works, Amagansett NY
2018 Anita Rogers Gallery, Four Feet, New York, NY
2016 Anita Rogers Gallery, Half Planet, New York, NY
2015 ILLE Arts, Things in Themselves, (with George Negroponte), Amagansett, NY
2014 ILLE Arts, Virva Hinnemo, Amagansett, NY
2013 Halsey McKay Gallery, Blind, East Hampton, NY
2011 Kouros Gallery, Recent Paintings, New York, NY
Two Person Exhibitions
2022 Cold Air Fine Art, Because We Live Here, Bellport, NY
2019 Studio 11, Virva Hinnemo and Lana Kova, East Hampton, NY
2017 Marquee Projects, Sneak Peak: Virva Hinnemo and Peter Schlesinger, Bellport, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Hesse Flatow East, Trodden Path, Amagansett NY
The Church, Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing, Sag Harbor, NY
Marta @ the North American Pavilion at Frieze No. 9 Cork Street, London
2022 Guild Hall OFFSITE, SWEPT AWAY: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s) by Warren Neidich, East Hampton Main Beach, NY
Julie Keyes Gallery, Passion - A Tribute to Lester Johnson, Organized by George Negroponte, Sag Harbor NY
2021 Julie Keyes Gallery, Eyewitness, Organized by George Negroponte, Sag Harbor NY
Halsey McKay Gallery, Ten Years, East Hampton NY
The Parrish Museum, Affinities for Abstraction, Organized by Alicia G. Longwell, Watermill, NY
2020 MoCALI, Consummate Plush, Organized by Janet Goleas, Patchogue, NY
2019 Sara Nightingale Gallery, As the Crow Flies, Sag Harbor, NY
Anita Rogers Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, New York, NY
2018 ILLE ARTS, Ille Arts 6th Annual Holiday Show, Amagansett, NY
2017 The Art Gallery at the Quogue Library, Fall Collective, Quogue, NY
2016 Jason McCoy Inc., Black & White: Contemporary Positions, New York, NY
2015 ILLE Arts, Oceans Eleven, Curated by Billy Sullivan, Amagansett, NY
The Silas Marder Gallery, The Big Show 9, Bridgehampton, NY
2014 ILLE Arts 3rd Annual Holiday Show, Amagansett, NY
curatingcontemporary.com, Fresh as Form, Curated by Aubrey Levinthal
2013 Ille Arts, Ille Arts 2nd Annual Holiday Show, Amagansett, NY
The Parrish Art Museum, Artists Choose Artists, Jurors: Laurie Anderson, Judith Hudson, Mel Kendrick, David Salle, Ned Smyth, Keith
Sonnier and Robert Wilson, Water Mill, NY
Brian Morris Gallery, Slight of Hand, Curated by Noah Post, New York, NY
NYMCF_A @ Cold Spring, Virva Hinnemo, Bonnie Lucas, Nancy Oliveri, Eliza Pritzker, Cold Spring, NY
2012 Neoteric Fine Art, Amagansett Armageddon, Amagansett, NY
2011 David Hall Fine Art, The Last Gesture, curated by Charles Finch, Wellesley, MA
2010 Österåkers Konsthall - Länsmansgården, Konst i Roslagen, Åkersberga, Sweden
2005 The Viñoly Studio, Benefit for the Design Trust, New York, NY
Peter Fingesten Gallery at Pace University, Alan Shields, Judy Stevens, Ilse Murdock,
Virva Hinnemo, New York, NY
2004 J. Johnson Gallery, Contemporary New York, curated by Nabil Nahas, Jacksonville
Beach, FL
2003 Pace University Gallery, Works on Paper: Variations and Themes, Pleasantville, NY
DNA Gallery, Peaceable Kingdom, Provincetown, MA
Feigen Contemporary, OnLine, curated by Charles Finch, George Negroponte, and
Robert Storr, New York, NY
Eyebeam Atelier, Artist’s Choice: Benefit show for BOMB Magazine, New York, NY
National Arts Club, 2003 Women of Discovery Art Show: Benefit show for Wings Trust,
New York, NY
2002 Perimeter Gallery, Taste, Belfast, ME
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center, Painting Lately…Abstract Work / This Past
Year, New York, NY Perimeter Gallery, Works on Paper, Belfast, ME
Art In General, Now Serving, New York, NY
2001 Alexander and Bonin, I Love NY: Art Benefit for the victim’s of the World Trade Center
disaster, New York, NY 2000
2000 Parsons School of Design, Senior Thesis Exhibition, New York, NY
Bibliography and Essays
Goodman, Jonathan. Virva Hinnemo: Four Feet at Anita Rogers Gallery, ArteFuse, April 2018.
Landes, Jennifer, Emotion and Restraint, (Opinion) The East Hampton Star, March 29, 2018.
Cohen, David. Virva Hinnemo at Anita Rogers Gallery, Artcritical Pick, June 2016.
Segal, Mark. 'Quirks and Bumps' on a Painter's Path, The East Hampton Star, April 28, 2016.
Peterson, Oliver. 5 Must-See Hamptons Art Shows on Thanksgiving Weekend, Dan's Papers, November 25, 2015.
Rogers, Pat. Three to See, Things in Themselves, Hamptons Art Hub, November 20, 2015.
Goleas, Janet. Virva Hinnemo's Painterly Monologues Explore Space Between Nature & Abstraction, Hamptons Art Hub, 2014.
Segal, Mark. At The Parrish "Artists Choose Artists" The East Hampton Star, November 5, 2013.
Leppänen, Tuire. Virva Hinnemon suuntana New York, Ruotsin Suomalainen, August 8, 2011.
Einspruch, Franklin. A Few Gestures Are All That Is Needed, The New York Sun, May 23, 2011.
Leppänen, Tuire. Vuoden Taiteilija 2011, Ruotsin Suomalainen, May 19, 2011.
Einspruch, Franklin. The Last Gesture Succeeds, Despite Cognitive Slurry, The Arts Fuse, May 13, 2011.
Niemi, Riitta. Vuoden Nuori Taiteilija, Sisu-Radio, May 13, 2011.
Valtanen, Marja. Vuoden Nuori Taiteilija, Uutiset SVT, May 13, 2011.
Konst i Roslagen, Mitt i (södra Roslagen), September 28, 2010.
Hinnemo, Virva. Illustrations for Suuntana Vapaus, by Päivi Saraste, (the Basic Teachings of the Alexander Technique – singing and voice technique in the light of the Alexander teachings.) Bummerus Kirjapaino Oy, Jyväskylä 2006.
Douglas, Sarah. OnLine, The Art Newspaper, July-August, 2003.
Levin, Kim. OnLine, The Voice, August 6-12, 2003.
OnLine, The New Yorker, August 4, 2003.
Johnson, Ken. OnLine, The New York Times, August 8, 2003.
Cohen, David. OnLine, The New York Sun, June 26, 2003.
Johnson, Ken. OnLine, The New York Times, June 13, 2003.
Schmerler, Sarah. Drawing the line, Time Out New York, May 29-June 5, 2003.
Hinnemo, Virva. Illustrations for Sommarlovsresan by Maria Hamberg, Broderskap Magazine, Summer 2003.
Collections
Onna House, East Hampton NY
Installation for the Swedish Church (office), Åkersberga, Sweden
Visiting Artist Programs
Wave Hill, Bronx NY, Family Art Project: Moving Forest May 31 & June 1, 2014
Springs Public School, 1st grade: Let's Build a City, Dec 8-18, 2014