Charles Sandison
Born 1969, UK -Lives and works in Tampere, Finland
Solo exhibitions
2022
Arcadia,Nanjing Art Fair International ,Nanjing China
Entropy, Baronian Xippas, Brussels, Belgium
Charles Sandison: Symmetry Breaking，MARTINE ABOUCAYA, Paris, France
2021
Charles Sandison: Arcadia, HdM GALLERY, Beijing, China
PEERING OUT OF PLATO`S CAVE, SKP Rendez-Vous, Beijing, China
2020
Charles Sandison: Figurehead 2.0, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.A
Garden of Light, Bernier/Eliades. Athens
2019
Freeport, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. USA
Storslagen videokunst, poesi og musikk på Operataket, Oslo Opera House. Norway
The Tyranny of Language, HDM gallery. London
2018
Centre d’art-Les pénitents noirs, Aubagne. France
Anima Mundi, Galerie Tanit, Munich
Universitas, Tampere University. Finland
2017
Concerning the facts, Galerie Baronian, Brussels
G12 Kuopio, Finland
Language is Dead (façade projection) Helsinki Art Museum
In Regard to the Facts, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere. Finland
2016
Now/Here, Galerie Himmelblau. Tampere, Finland
Good and Evil, Yes and No, Wrong and Right, Galerie Tanit, Bierut. Lebanon
2015
Axis Mundi, Musée departmental de l’Oise, Beauvais, France
Joki, Kouvola Art Museum, Finland
The Mirror Room, The Bourse, Brussels. Belgium
2014
Athens Festival 2014, Athens, Greece
Festival of Demetria, Thessaloniki Greece
Gallery Forsblom, Helsinki.
Nymphéas blu, Basel Kunstmuseum, Switzerland
2013
The Terrestrial Echo of Solar Storms The Grande Manege, Moscow
Frames of Reference Galerie Bernier/Eliades, Athens
Nymphéas blu, Chapelle de la Maison de l’Architecture. Paris
Charles Sandison, Chamber, Denver Art Musuem. USA
2012
Charles Sandison Galerie Baronian-Francey. Brussels
Nature Morte, Galeria Max Estrella. Madrid
2011
Ihmisparca, (with Teija-Tuula Ahola), Tampere Cathedral. Finland
Charles Sandison – Ars Fennica Award, Hämeenlinna Art Museum. Finland
Body Text, Yvon Lambert, New York
Charles Sandison: Rage, Love, Hope, and Despair, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Sub Rosa, (public work). Turku City Library. Finland
Charles Sandison, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
Love and Hate, (public work). Dresden Military Museum, Germany
2010
Figurehead, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Writing with Light, Yvon Lambert. Paris
The River, (public artwork). Musée du Quai Branly, Paris
2008
Proclamación Solemne, (façade projection) Grand Palais, Paris
Jose Saramago, Instituto Tomie Ohtake. São Paulo, Brazil
Sinuhe, Ateneum Art Museum. Helsinki. Finland
 Systema Naturae (Deus creavit, Linnaeus disposuit), Kulturhuset, Stockholm
 Correspondances: Sandison – Monet, Musée d’Orsay Art contemporain, Paris
Jose Saramago, Palácio Nacional de Ajuda. Lisbon
2007
Jose Saramago, Fundación César Manrique, Lanzarote, Spain
Subtext, CentrePasquArt, Biel. Switzerland
Charles Sandison, Paik Gallery. Seoul, Korea
Cryptozoologies, Gallery Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Utopia, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Covenant, Aurora-sali, Oulu. Finland
Oma Kuva, Galerie Rajatila. Tampere, Finland
2006
The Book of Light, Fundacio La Caxia, Palma Mallorca, Spain
Recent Works, Galerie Max Estrella, Madrid
Irakurgela – The Reading Room, Koldo Mitxelena, Donostia – San Sebastian. Spain
Received Text, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
2005
The Blind Watchmaker, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland
Good and Evil, 2YK, Berlin. Germany
Charles Sandison, Galerie Baronian-Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Hello World, Galerie Yvon Lambert, New York. USA
Charles Sandison, Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece.
Living Rooms, Cornerhouse Centre for Visual Art, Manchester, England.
Éigse Carlow, Ireland
2004
BBAAaa, Galerie Anhava project space, Helsinki, Finland
Projections, Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Köln, Germany
Living Rooms, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. Helsinki, Finland
Charles Sandison, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Cohesion, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum. Turku, Finland
Tribes, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
2003
The Human Array, Galerie Frank, Paris, France
Axis, Centre d’art Contemporain Georges Pompidou, Cajarc, France
Broken Light, Lieu d’art Contemporain, Sigean, France
Living Rooms, Sketch, London. UK
2002
Charles Sandison, Gallery Baronian-Francey, Brussels
Nourriture, Artcurial, Hôtel Marcel Dassault, Champs-Elysées, Paris
Good & Evil, Galleria Frank, Paris, France
Between Heaven and Earth, La Criée centre d’art contemporain, Rennes, France
Lacus Somniorum, Galleria Kari Kenetti, Helsinki, Finland
Group exhibitions
2023
Tempo. Tempo! Tempo?, Schloss Derneburg Museum, Hildesheim, Germany
Une histoire intime de l’art, Collection Lambert en Avignon, France
2022
The Noor Riyadh Festival, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2021
E=MC2, Galerie Max Estrella, Madrid
Concorde Show, BaronianXippas, Brussels
LuzMadrid. International Festival of Light, Madrid
2020
Oblique Strategies I & II, Galerie Martine Aboucaya, Paris
The Order Of Time, HdM Gallery. Beijing China
Stiftung Reinbeckhallen Sammlung für Gegenwartskunst, Berlin
2019
Coexistence, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. Helsinki, Finland
Shared dreams, Works from the Heino Art Foundation collection. Oulu Museum of Art. Finland
Silo, Collection Billarant, Marines. France
Dialogues, Gallery Xippas. Paris
FACES, Es Baluard, Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Palma de Mallorca
Collectionner au XXIe siècle, Collection Lambert en Avignon. France
2018
Tamarindo Arts Foundation, Costa Rica
Coding the World, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Festival Luz y Vanguardias, Salamanca, Spain
Une Partie de Campagne, Chassagne-Montrachet. France
Humans, Miniartexil, Como. Italy
Beyond Borders, Boghossian Foundation. Brussels
2017
Private Choices, Centrale for contemporary art, Brussels
Mänttä Art Festival, Finland
IconoMania MAIF Social Club, Paris
TransARTation, ShoeFactory. Norwich. UK
TransARTation, Byre Theatre, St Andrews. UK
Language Works, Free Word Centre, London
Zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit. Licht in der finnischen Gegenwartskunst, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
2016
Stations, Berliner Festspiele. Berlin
VI Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid
From here to eternity, Maison Particulière, Brussels. Belgium
La Nuit des Musées 2016 à Beauvais, France
Reproductibilitat, Museu d’art modern i contemporani de Palma. Spain
Next Stop, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris
2015
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Internazionale Senza Tendenze, Biella, Italy
H250 – Zaha Hadid Opera House, Guangzhou, China
Here to There, CIRCA gallery, Johannesburg
H250, Lincoln Centre, New York. USA
By The Book, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
Infinitas, New Manege in Moscow. Russia
Le Silo, Marines. France
EuroScope РCercle Cit̩, Luxembourg
Pair(s), Maison Particulière, Brussels. Belgium
2014
Derivas Digitais, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal
Logos, Laboral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial, Spain
Jardins De Bagatelle II, Galerie Tanit, Munich
Pilar Citoler: Coleccionar, una pasión en el tiempo, Museo Pablo Serrano en Zaragoza. Spain
La Matière Des Mots, Galerie Sobering, Paris
2013
Lastenjuhlat, Kajaanin Taidemuseo
Play, Helsinki Art Museum, Finland
Datascape, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
Collection Billarant, 30 années de collection, Marines. France
Inner Journeys, Maison Particulière, Brussels. Belgium
Egeran Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey
2012
Mirages d’Orient Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
Venice Biennale of Architecture (with Norman Foster & Carlos Carcas), Italy
Expanded Drawing, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca. Spain
Nereden Nereye / From Where to Where, Galeri Manâ, Istanbul
El Hilo de Ariadna: Lectores/Navegantes, Matadero, Madrid
Migration, CASSydney, Australia
Formes brèves. Autres, 25 Frac Lorraine. Metz, France
Museo De Arte Contemporanea De Vigo, Spain
Cave Allegories, Taidekeskus Retretti, Finland
Kollaasi – Collage, Hyvinkään taidemuseo, Finland
2011
Monanism, The Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart Tasmania, Australia
Icons of Video Art, Red municipal de salas de exposiciones. Valladolid, Spain
Paradise Lost, Istanbul Modern, Turkey
Open House, Singapore Biennale
Blink! Light, Sound and the moving image Denver Art Museum, USA
Le Silo, Marines, France
Smell Colour. Chemistry, Art and Education, Arts Santa Monica. Barcelona, Spain
Is it True, Tampere Art Museum. Finland
From Where to Where, Galeri Manâ, Istanbul
The Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Russia
Voyage En Orient, Galerie d’art du Conseil genera. Aix-en-Provence. France
Dream white night, The Square of Daegu City Hall, Daegu
2010
From the Beginning, 313 Art Projects. Seoul, Korea
Ars Fennica prize, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland
Palazzo Spada, Rome.
Odyssey of Light, Galerie Messine. Paris
Systematic, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London
Esprit, es-tu là ? Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris
Changing the World, Arndt. Berlin
De Matisse à Barcelo la collection Lambert en Avignon, Musée de Vence – Château de Villeneuve. France
Jouvences, Château d’Ardelay, Ville Les Herbiers, France
L’océan, visions d’artistes du XIXe au XXIe siècle, Le Bellevue. Biarritz, France
2009
Embrace! Denver Art Museum. Colorado, USA
Black Hole, Centro Cultural Andratx, Spain
Conflicting Tales, Burger Collection, Berlin
Locus Solus, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Les Silences de l’écriture, Palazzo Dugnani, Milan, Italy
Art-Living Scene, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Au pied de la letter, Domaine départemental de Chamarande, France
Eye: Material Matters, Pallant House Gallery, United Kingdom
Art Protects, Gallery Yvon Lambert, Paris
Silent Writings, Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris
Quand la première ivresse des succès bruyants… CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
Nothing is Permenant, La Centrale Electrique – European Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels
2008
Speaking Out Loud, Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, Amsterdam
Entre chien et loup – at dusk, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
Le Grande Tour, Villa Medici. Rome
Holy Fire, art of the digital age, iMal, Brussels. Belgium
Heartquake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem. Israel
Purnu Summer Show, Purnu. Finland
nes privadas, visiones públicas MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo. Spain
Blood on Paper, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Blown Away, Krannert Art Museum, Illinois, USA
El cuerpo (con)sentido: una (re)presentación visual, Centro de Historia de Zaragoza, Spain
Kesänäyttely,  Honkahovi Art Centre. Mänttä, Finland
Biacs 3, Fundación Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla. Spain
2007
Performa07, The Stephan Weiss Studio. New York, USA
MAXXI Installazioni, The National Museum for the XXI Century Arts, Rome
Il faut rendre à Cézanne, Collection Yves Lambert, Avignon, France
Utrecht Manifest 2007, Central Museum Utrecht, Netherlands
Noche en Blanco, Madrid. Spain
Miniartexil, Como, Italy
The CB Collection, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
Art Protects, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Huarte, Spain
Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Art Protects, Gallery Yvon Lambert, Paris
Existencias, Musac – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León. Spain
Again: serial practices in contemporary art, Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Hartford. USA
A Tribute to Cézanne, Galerie Yvon Lambert, New York
Contos dixitais, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Spain
Hyper Design, 6th Shanghai Biennale, China
Extiem, Watou 2006 Poëziezomer, Belgium
Ordering and Seduction, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
Breaking the Ice, Bonn City Art Museum, Germany
All Digital, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, USA
Ars 06, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Vaiheilla 06, (with Teija-Tuulia Ahola) Pori, Finland
Valohoitoa, Retretti Art Centre, Finland
2005
Valohoitoa, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum. Turku, Finland
l’art de produire l’art, Le Fresnoy National Studio for Art, Lille, France
Scrabble, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Gran Canaria, Spain
Documentary Creations, Kunstmuseum Luzern. Switzerland
Locus Lophem, Kunsthalle Lophem, Belgium
Corpus Bruges, site specific project, Bruges, Belgium
2004
De leur temps, collections privées françaises, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing. France
Habitat, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin
‘Algorithmic Revolution’, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Austria
Villette Numérique 2004, Paris. France
Ein Leuchten, Museum Der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
Panorama 5, Le Fresnoy, Lille, France
Mäntän kuvataideviikot 2004, Mänttä, Finland
Typo, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
Collection Yvon Lambert, November. Avignon, France
Pirkanmaan 2. Triennaali, Tampere Art Museum, Finland
The International 3, Manchester, Englan
Talking Pieces, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Sans Commune Mesure, Le Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts, Lille, France
2002
De concert, oeuvres d’une collection privée, Fonds régional d’art contemporain des Pays de la Loire, France
Mäntän kuvataideviikot 2002, Mänttä, Finland
Avesta Biennale, Sweden
2001
Im Buchstabenfeld Die Zukunft Der Literatur, Neue Galerie Graz, Austria
Plateau Of Humankind, 49th Venice Biennale, Italy
Nuorten Näyttely 2001, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2000
Pirkanmaan 1. Triennaali, Museokeskus Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland
1994
Museum of Cultural Anxiety, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
1993
Wonderful Life, Lisson Gallery, London, England
1992
Invisible Cities, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Education
1991 – 1993              Master of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art. Scotland, UK
1988 – 1991              Bachelor of Art (hons), Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art. Scotland, UK
Lecturing
2002 – 2004              Visiting professor, Le Fresnoy National Studio of Arts, Lille, France
1997 – 2001              Head of Fine Art, Tampere School of Art and Media, Finland
1996 – 1997              Media Art Lecturer, Tampere School of Art and Media, Finland
1992 – 1995              Electronic Media Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Awards
Bram Stoker Medal
Ars Fennica
Suomen Taideyhdistyksen William Thuring-palkinto
Pirkanmaan Kulttuurirahasto
Premio de Arte Electrónico ARCO
Selected major works in collections
Museum of New and Old Art, Hobart, Australia
Museo Nacional Reina SofÃa, Madrid
Center national des arts plastiques, France
Bonn City Art Museum, Germany
Denver Art Museum, USA
Musée du Quai Branly, Paris
Peabody-Essex Museum, USA
Musée d’Art Moderne, Luxembourg
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León. Spain
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
National collection of France
Foundation Vuitton, Paris
Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM) Valencia
Kiasma Art Museum
Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal, Québec
The National Museum for the XXI Century Arts, Rome
The CB Collection, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
Turku City Library
Burger Collection, Berlin
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum
Dresden Museum of Military History
Helsinki Art Museum
MUDO – Musée de l’Oise. France
Museo De Arte Contemporáneo De Vigo, Spain
Zabludowicz Collection London