Tuure Leppänen (b.1999) is a visual artist working with photography, film, and installation. In his works, memory and feelings of belonging and disconnection are studied by examining how technological tools operate. By downloading, assembling, and recontextualising existing information, Leppänen’s works map out underlying power relations in the accumulation and dissemination of information in the contemporary moment. A question recurs throughout his work: How do machines affect the way we remember the past, experience the contemporary moment, and head towards the future?
Leppänen is pursuing a Master’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, having also attended Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien and participated in a Saastamoinen Foundation Mentorship Programme. His works have been exhibited in galleries and off-site venues in and around Helsinki, as well as internationally in WMA Space, Hong Kong; Sargfabrik, Vienna; and Espace Arlaud, Lausanne.
Education
2024 –
Master of Fine Arts, Time & Space Department, Uniarts Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts
2024
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien, Kunst und Fotografie
2019 – 2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Time & Space Department, Uniarts Helsinki, Academy of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2020 The Other Actor, Pocket Gallery, Helsinki
Collaborative Exhibitions & Projects
2024
Warm Echoes, Sargfabrik, Wien
Everything Is a Projection, WMA Space, Hong Kong
2022
Imaginaires Vibrants, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne
2021 At Minute 0 Past Every Hour, online publication
Group Exhibitions
2025
Kuvan Kevät, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki
2023
Lux Söderlångvik, Söderlångvik gård, Kimitö
2022
BFA Show, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki
Loota, Vapaan taiteen tila, Helsinki
2021
Ebb and Flow, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki
Uomilla, Galleria Albert IX, Helsinki
Speck Mail, The Museum of Technology, Helsinki
Residencies
2022
sabl
Grants
2022
Academy of Fine Arts, Material Grant
Awards & scholarships
2024 – 2025
Saastamoinen Foundation International Mentorship Programme
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