Man Yau
Born 1991 in Helsinki, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
Education
| 2023 | MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland |
| 2018 | MA, School of Arts, Design & Architecture, Aalto University, Finland |
| 2013 | BA, School of Arts, Design & Architecture, Aalto University, Finland |
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
| 2027 | Margot Samel, New York City, USA Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2026 | Turku Art Museum, Studio, Turku, Finland |
| 2025 | Young Artist of the Year, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland |
| 2024 | Passage, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, HAM gallery, Helsinki |
| 2021 | Dried flowers last forever, Boy konsthall, Bollebygd, Sweden |
| 2017 | Delfu, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki |
| 2013 | Semiprecious, Bukowskis Helsinki |
| 2012 | Porcelain Decks, CaliHelsinki |
Group Exhibitions (selected)
| 2026 | Nordic Threads, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2025 | Kuu Maa, Margot Samel, New York City, USA Winter Salon, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland Rock, Paper, Scissors, collection exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland Onoma summer exhibition, Coppersmithy, Fiskars, Finland While I cast a shadow already cast, time leaks steadily out of my palm, Pitted Dates, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2024 | In the spirit of Nubben in five ways, Gallery Elverket, Ekenäs, Finland Saline Binds, together with Eetu Sihvonen, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn |
| 2023 | Lavender Deal, as part of Niko Hallikainen’s working group, Finnish Pavilion Without Walls, Performa Biennial 2023, New York City, USA Abundance, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway FLIP! Skate & art, Vantaa Art Museum Artsi, Vantaa, Finland Young Artists 2023, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland Perceive sea, dunes, mountains in move, 198 CAL, London, UK This Coming Together, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki, Finland Walls, Performa Biennial 2023, New York City, USA |
| 2022 | XXVI Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland wip, together with Maija Fox & Vesa Rahikainen, Outo Olo, Helsinki, Finland Group Hug, together with Jade Kallio, Elina Nissinen & Aleksi Martikainen, Project Room, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2021 | Easy Fit!, Porukalle, Helsinki, Finland Midsummer Rose, together with Lukas Malte Hodmann, Susan Kooi, Malibu, Susan Ploetz & Feminist Culture House, Outo Olo, Helsinki, Finland Follow that bird, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden Kuvan Kevät, MFA Degree Show of the Academy of Fine Arts, The University of the Arts Helsinki, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2020 | Bird Feeders, online exhibition organised by Sakari Tervo, Ekenäs Goblin Doors, online exhibition organised by Sakari Tervo, Helsinki, Finland Tranquil Playground, Totan/Betuno.io, Tokyo |
| 2019–2020 | Season XII – The Finnish Season, Keep Your Garden Alive, Collectible Fair & Spazio Nobile Gallery, Brussels; Galerie de l’Institut finlandais & Révélations Biennale, Paris |
| 2019 | FemF Art 2019: How to Slow Rush, Titanik, Turku Shiga-Love and Magic Carpets, together with Jussi Niskanen, Kämp Garden, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2018 | A Cave for Play, online exhibition organised by Sakari Tervo, Leikkiluola indoor playground, Helsinki, Finland A Passing Permanence, Space for Free Arts, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2017 | La Nuit des Idées, together with Jussi Niskanen, Cité internationale des arts, Paris There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, together with Johannes Ekholm & 111X, Sinne, Helsinki, Finland FemF Art, Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland Käännekohta, Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2016 | Objects of Desire, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2015–2016 | Recorded Matter: Ceramics in Motion, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA; Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Asheville, NC; Arizona State University’s Art Museum Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ |
| 2015 | We Live Here, Stockholm Design Week, Stockholm, Sweden Table Talks, Design Museum Arabia, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2014 | Dislocation, together with Jesse Auersalo & Nina Merikallio, The Hole Gallery, New York City, USA Finnish by Nature, Spazio Milano C’est Chic, Milan, Italy |
| 2013–2014 | Nordic Passion, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea |
| 2013 | Norther Exhibition, Ventura Lambrate, Milan, Italy |
Awards
| 2025 | Young Artist of the Year Award, City of Tampere Pro Arte Award nominee, Didrichsen Art Museum |
| 2024 | Maecenas Kilta stipend |
| 2022 | Raimo Utriainen Art Foundation stipend |
| 2021–2023 | International mentoring programme of the Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts and The Saastamoinen Foundation |
| 2021 | The Anita Snellman Foundation stipend, Kuvan Kevät 2021 MFA degree show Friends of the Academy of Fine Arts Society stipend, Kuvan Kevät 2021 MFA degree show |
| 2017 | Young Talent of the Year Award, Muoto-gala, Helsinki Design Week |
Public Commissions
| 2023 | Dear Souvenir, Kuninkaantammi School and Daycare building in Tammi, Kannelmäki Comprehensive School branch, Helsinki, commissioned by the City of Helsinki and Helsinki Art Museum (HAM). |
Collections
Aalto University Executive Education (Aalto EE) Collection
City of Helsinki, HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Finnish National Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Miettinen Collection
The Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Art Collection, Japan
Finnish Art Society, Art Lottery 2019 & 2022
Tampere Art Museum Collection
The Rafaela Seppälä Collection, Tiftö Foundation
State Art Deposit Collection, Finnish National Gallery
Grants (selected)
| 2024–2025 | The Finnish Cultural Foundation |
| 2024 | Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse Frame Contemporary Art Finland |
| 2023 | The Alfred Kordelin Foundation The Greta and Alfred Runeberg Foundation |
| 2022 | Kone Foundation |
| 2021 | The Greta ja William Lehtinen Foundation The Finnish Art Society, Young artist grant |
| 2020 | The Arts Promotion Centre of Finland |
| 2017 | Konstsamfundet |
