THANK YOU // KIITOS  <3 Arts Promotion Centre Finland for the five years working grant. I feel so thankful, humble and exited! Kiitos! #taiketukee

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Coming soon!

A Body Called Paula. Engramme, Méduse, Quebec City, QC, Canada. 6.4.-6.5.2023. Link! Bienvenue <3 <3 Performance schedule HERE!

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Actual!

Printed Worlds - The 90th Anniversary of Turku Printmakers Association. Salo Art Museum Veturitalli, Finland. 28.1.-23.4.2023. Link! Welcome - Tervetuloa!

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JU5T PA553D:

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A Body Called Paula. Finlandia University Gallery, Hancock, USA. 9.9.-14.10.2022. Link! Welcome <3
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Wiurilan kesä 2022 - Eilisen jälkiä. Wiurilan kartano, Halikko, Finland. 17.6.-28.8.2022. Link! A Body Called Paula performances in Galleria Hotelli 18.-19.6., 2.-3.7. and 9.7.2022.

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Stay and Stir - Halfway Curled Ribbons. HAA Gallery, Suomenlinna Island, Helsinki. 5.-29.5.2022. Link! A Body Called Paula will be showing her halfway ornament in this beautiful Jetty Barack space.

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Rauha - Mir. Peace. Site-specific solo show in sympathetic cottage in Mökki Galleria, Kaarina, Finland. 5.-28.4.2022

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IMPRESSION(s)#2. Biennale de l'image imprimée avec la participation de 17 artistes sélectionnés.  Exit 11 - centre d'art contemporain, Grand-Leez, Belgium . Check HERE.

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A Body Called Paula - Lab 2 / Manual Sash. Private Lab / Instagram. Covid19Global solution for elaboration. Success, can't wait to use the updated tools for live shows. Check Instagram #abodycalledpaula

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A Body Called Paula. Solo show in Kulttuuritalo Laikku, Studio, Tampere, Finland. 7.8.-29.8.2021. Program HERE! Welcome <3

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A Body Called Paula - high/low. Marathon performances at Olohuone 306,4 km2 Festival in Martinkirkko, Turku, Finland. 3.-4.6.2021. Program HERE! Exited! Live streaming in festivals Facebook page 3.-4.6.2021 / 14-19h (UTC+3). Link to it HERE!

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THERE'S NO TIME. Solo exhibition in Galleria G's Grafoteekki, Helsinki, Finland. The publication of the hand printed artist book "Still Hearing the Whispers of the Queen". 9.2.-7.3.2021. Linkki!

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MAA ALLA feat. A Body Called Paula. Solo exhibition in Art Gallery Naantalin taidehuone, Museum of Naantali, Naantali, Finland. 21.7.-9.8.2020. Welcome!

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Muhuprint 2020, International Printmaking Workshop, Association of Estonian Printmakers, Muhu Island, Estonia. 13.-19.7.2020.  Invited speaker, lecturer and performar. The performance A Body Called Paula is part of the happening.

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Sirkku Ketola:  A Body Called Paula – Elaboration, Circulation. Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium. 7.-8.5.2020. Due to a Covid-19 outbreak the performance was live streamed on www.twitch.tv/abodycalledpaula

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Sirkku Ketola: A Body Called Paula – La Rituelle en Silence. Telegrafen - Impilinna, Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki, Utö, Finland. 30.12.2019-1.1.2020

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PARADOX FINE ART FORUM / Biennial Conference Riga 2019 / Art Future - Future Signs: The future of contemporary fine art research and education. The performance A Body Called Paula is part of the conference and the exhibition 12.-17.9.2019. The new performance scedule is HERE. Welcome!

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See Saw Seeds Effect MOI MOI KONNICHIWA / KOBE Studio Y3, Kobe, Japan. Artist in Residence in C.A.P. The Solo exhibition

A Body Called Paula 16.-26.2019.
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Sirkku Ketola: Color code - decoding CMYK / KAVC, Kobe Japan. Artist demonstration and speech 20.5.2019 at 18.30. Welcome!

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RAVI - Résidences Ateliers Vivegnis International, Liege, Belgium. Artist-in-residence in RAVI july-september 2018. Exited!! Open Doors 14.-16.9.2018. The exhibition What's the Matter feat. A Body Called Paula performing 12.-16.9.2018. Bienvenue!

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Sirkku Ketola & Nina Lassila: RISTEILLÄÄN - Cruising. The Swans Are the Same Everywhere. 09.09.-11.11.2017. EXIT11, Contemporary art space, Grand-Leez, Belgium. Bienvenue!

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Biennale D'Art de Jodoigne. Solo exhibition SACRÉ in La Chapella de Notre Dame de Marché. 5.10.-14.10.2018. Bienvenue!

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Group show OTHER REALITIES - A Journey Through Dreams and Layers of the Mind. 6.6.-7.10.2018 in Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland.

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FABULA feat. A Body Called Paula. Solo exhibition with visual poems, circumstances & the 4th performance of A Body Called Paula. 10.3.-1.4.2018 in  Jätkä 2 // Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland.

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NEW BLOG INTERVIEW // Sirkku Ketola: The artistic process of performing Paula written by firstindigoandlifestyle. Link HERE. 

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A BODY CALLED PAULA // Brooklyn. New version and 3rd exhibition of the project Nov 15-17. & 20-22. 2017 in NARS Foundation 2nd floor gallery in Brooklyn, New York, USA.  Facebook event HERE. WELCOME!

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FCINY. Current visiting artist in residence. New moOod in Finnish Cultural Institute New York. Oct-Nov 2017. In New York, USA. Artist presentation HERE.

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Working with the dialogues of passed exhibition 'SHhh..! Still hearing the whispers of the queen' for a new project with selected specialists. ∞ Absolutely interesting ∞

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Observing life hard and gently with the Hands and Paula. ∞ New mood ∞

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AOmen. Solo exhibition with the 2nd performance of A Body Called Paula. 30.8.-18.9. 2017, in Joella Gallery, Turku, Finland.

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Là-bas - Self as the third. Performance and contemporary art festival 19.8.2017. A Body Called Paula - La Détermination. More about the project HERE. In Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland

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AFS17 - Art Fair Suomi 2017. Cable Factory, Helsinki 25.-28.5.2017

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GROSSES TREFFEN. International curator meeting in Berlin, Germany. Link to the Artist profile  HERE.

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BLOG text about A Body Called Paula by Cheryl Kaplan. Link HERE.

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A BODY CALLED PAULA. Actual solo exhibition in Open Studio 16.2.-18.3.2017. InToronto, Canada.

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NEW ESSAY. Sirkku Ketola: A Body Called Paula by Daryl Vocat. Link HERE.

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NEW INTERVIEW. FAA presents: Meet SHIFT artist Sirkku Ketola. Link HERE.

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Fin_between. Arte & QiPO collective. Group exhibition in Santa Monica Art Studio/Arena 13.12.2016-7.1.2017. In Los Angeles, USA.

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SHIFT-vol 2. mentoring program by Finnish Art Agency.

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CODE - Handling-ling. Solo exhibition in Gallery G. 28.9.-23.10.2016 in Helsinki, Finland. Updating soOon to my gallery.

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LAZY SUSAN. The group show Lazy Susan curated by Kio Griffith and Ichiro Irie is the inaugural effort by the curatorial collective, QiPO. Gallery Titanik 3.–24.6.2016. In Turku, Finland.

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ABOAGORA 2016: Fate / Urðr. 16.6.2016, 14:30–16:00, Workshop 2: Science Café: Spacetime patterns (Prof. Sabrina Maniscalo, Minna Aalto, Sibel Kantola and Sirkku Ketola). Aboacora symposium (15.-17.6.2017) in Sibelius Museum, Turku, Finland.

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ARTE=RANKKA - Tästä ollaan hiljaa. Group exhibition, curated by Ville Laaksonen. 2.4.-15.5.2016. In Galleria Rankka, Helsinki, Finland.

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Åbo Konstgrafiker. Group exhibition 2.-30.4.2016. In Meken, Smedjebacken, Sweden.

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LOL - Giggle the darkness. Solo exhibition in Galleria Jänis 3.1.- 28.1.2016. In Turku Finland.

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SHhh..! Still hearing the whispers of the queen. Solo exhibition in Turku Art Museum 27.11.2015 - 17.1.2016. In Turku Finland.

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VALOA TAITEELLE! SHhh..! The Roof of Turku Art Museum. 1.12.2015-17.1.2016. In Turku, Finland

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GraN. Grafik Nordiga Triennial 2015. Akureyr Art Museum 24.10.–14.12.2015. In Akureyr, Island.

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Turku Artists' Association's 91'st Annual Exhibition. Curated by Kaari Hilkka Könönen. Old Town Hall Gallery and Berner Gallery 16.10.-15.11.2015. In Turku, Finland.

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THE RITE DAYS 2015. Exhibition and lecture 'The Beauty in Art'. 25.-27.9.2015. The Ritual Museum, Kemiönsaari, Finland

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VALTIO+. Project which explores free space in the society, organized by the artist association Arte. 11.-31.7.2015 the former Turku county Prison. In Turku Finland.

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#rakkausbussi. Love Buzz II project. At the moment outside the Turku county Prison. In Turku Finland. Look also #rakkausbussi.

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RGB - Red-Green Blues. Solo exhibition visit in Turku Book Café 1.6.- 31.7.2015. In Turku Finland.

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A warm thank you for the Arts Promotion Centre Finland for the  five years working grant. I'm totally feeling humble and exited! Kiitos! #taiketukee

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