Iisa Lepistö
b. 1994, Sipoo
Lives in Helsinki and works in Sipoo.
iisalinnealepisto@gmail.com
Studies
2018-2020 MA, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
2019-2020 Exchange studies at the Taipei National University of Arts
2015-2018 BA, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
2017-2018 Exchange studies at the École Supérieure des beaux-arts et design, Marseille
2013-2015 BA, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
2010-2013 Art Academy of Pekka Halonen
Further education and courses
2022, 2024 Letter Carving in Stone, a week long course by Lettering Sculptor Robbie Schneider
Publications and writing
2024 “Graniitti cowboy”, Tuli & Savu (2/2024)
2023 “Kieli graniittia vasten”, Nuori Voima (2/2023)
2022 “Odotus, matto”, Uumen Art
2022 “Veitsi veitsi, sanon hahmottaakseni mistä veisto alkaa”, Mustekala
2022 “Accessibility Is Not Static”, an interview with Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo Heimonen, No-niin Magazine
2022 “The Ghost (Like Air Like Dust)”, ASTRA Magazine (1/2022)
2020 “In The Old World I Wanted Other Things as Well”, MA thesis
Selected exhibitions
2025 (upcoming) To be announced
2024 (upcoming) with Joonas Hyvönen, K-17, Sipoo
2024 Buttercup Button Candy Croup, with Sara Blosseville, Maa-tila, Helsinki
2023 Moving to Make a Meaning, Kyykky-Gallery
2023 Solo exhibition at the Light-harvesting Complex , Vantaa
2023 Nuoret2023 (Young Artists), Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
2023 Their Room Washed With Hot Light, Turku
2020 Kuvan Kevät, MFA graduation show, Helsinki
2020 Turning the Wheel of Fortune, TNUA, Taipei, TW
2018 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, BFA graduation show, Helsinki
2018 Space Is The Place, Atelier Hyph, Marseille, FR
2018 Uncommon Ground, Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
2015 Reality Television Goes Art, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere
Residencies
2023 Öres, Finland
2022 Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures @ Cove Park and Scottish Sculpture Workshop
2019 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, university residency in Berlin
Grants
2023-2025 Kone Foundation, two year working grant
2022-2023 SKR - Finnish Cultural Association, a year long working grant
2022 Saastamoinen foundation, residency grant
2022 Paulo Foundation, project grant
2021 Taike (Arts Promotion Center, Finland), project grant (specific support during the Covid-pandemic)
2021 Taike (Arts Promotion Center, Finland), project grant (specific support during the Covid-pandemic)
2015 Greta & William Lehtinen Foundation, working grant for a work group
Memberships
The Association of Finnish Sculptors
Tutkijaliitto
Sipoo Artist’s Association
Kuvasto
Kiila Ry
Positions of trust
2024- K-17 exhibition space working group
Scenography
2019 VOYEUR
2019 MUDTHING
2017 VOYEUR
More information about the scenography works and full lists of the working groups + performers can be found from the page Other.
Other relevant working experience
Personal caretaker
Museum exhibition building staff
Museum customer service
Cleaner
Supermarket cashier