Eija-Liisa Ahtila

Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959 in Hämeenlinna, Finland) is a video artist and photographer. She lives and works in Helsinki.

In 1998 Eija-Liisa Ahtila participated in the second edition of Manifesta. She was the winner of the inaugural Vincent Award in 2000. [ [http://www.thevincentaward.eu/content.asp?menumber=INDEX10008&panumber=INDEX10008&LANGUAGE=EN Vincent Award winners] ] In 2002 she had a solo show at Tate Modern, [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/ahtila/default.htm tate.org.uk] ] and in 2006 her multi-screen video piece "The Wind" (2006) was exhibited at MoMA. [ [http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2006/Ahtila.html moma.org] ] In the same year she won the £40,000 Artes Mundi Prize in Cardiff, Wales. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/03/features/peeptue.php "International Herald Tribune", April 4, 2006.] ]

Her work is held in the collection of the Tate. [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=3098&page=1 tate.org.uk] ]

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* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/3185 Artist's page on Artfacts.Net]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,,707678,00.html "The Guardian" review of Tate Modern show]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_3_41/ai_94122705 "ArtForum" review of Tate Modern show]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E7DA133EF937A15752C1A9609C8B63 "New York Times" review of "The Wind" at MoMA]