CURRICULUM VITAE 

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Kristian Kaarna

Location: Spain
Telephone: +34 631 85 99 04
Email: kristiankaarna@gmail.com
Website: www.kristiankaarna.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/KristianKaarnaphotographer/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristiankaarna/

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Photography Education

• 1995 – Speos International Photography School, Paris, France

• 1993 – MJM Photography School, Paris, France

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Language Studies

• 1989 – Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France

Upcoming Exhibitions

• 2025 – Galleria 33, Oulu, Finland

• 2025 – Say it Loud: Black American History, Turku, Finland

• 2025 – Museo Etnológico de Riogordo, Andalusia, Spain – Olive Trees

• 2025 – Museo Etnológico de Riogordo, Andalusia, Spain – Solo Exhibition 

Solo Exhibitions

• 2024 – Museo Etnológico de Riogordo, Spain – Whispers of Winter

• 2024 – Museo Etnológico de Riogordo, Spain – La Molienda de Riogordo

• 2023 – Museo Etnológico de Riogordo, Spain – Fashion

• 2022 – Finlandia Hall, Little Finlandia, Finland

• 2022 – Museo Etnológico de Riogordo, Andalusia, Spain

• 2019-2020 – Eero Nelimarkka Museum, Alajärvi, Finland

• 2017-2018 – Frame Gallery, Fuengirola, Belgium / Finland

• 2017-2018 – Finland 100 for the Suomi 100 Program, Finland

• 2015-2016 – Business Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

• 2014 – TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere Art Museum, Finland

• 2014 – Photographic Centre, Kotka, Finland

• 2014 – G12 Gallery, Kuopio, Finland

• 2013 – +Studio Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

• 2013 – Rooperi Art Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

• 2012 – Euroclear Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

• 2012 – World Design Capital Helsinki, Belgium

• 2012 – Design en Seine, Satellite Event of WDC Helsinki 2012, Paris, France

Collections

Artworks featured in private collections in Finland, Belgium, Argentina, France, and Spain.

Professional Experience

• 1998-1999 – Photographer (Freelance), Paris, France

• 1999-2001 – Photographer, Profi-Team, Helsinki, Finland

• 2001-2004 – Photographer, Zindra & Bamboo BNC, Barcelona / Madrid, Spain

• 2005-2013 – Photographer, Kristian Kaarna Photography, Paris / Brussels, France / Belgium

• 2013-Present – Photographer, Kristian Kaarna Photography, Helsinki / Málaga, Finland / Spain

Languages

• Finnish (Native)

• French (Fluent)

• English (Fluent)

• Spanish (Fluent)