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Grönlund-Nisunen

Tommi Grönlund was born 1967 in Turku, Finland. Petteri Nisunen was born 1962 in Helsinki, Finland. Both artists live and work in Helsinki.
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Grönlund-Nisunen, Scattered Horizon, 2023. Light and sound environment, laser projector, speakers, controller, dimensions variable. Exhibition view: Grönlund-Nisunen | Ryoji Ikeda | Kaarel Kurismaa, Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2023. Photo © Andrea Rossetti

Introduction

Employing relatively simple but sophisticated means, often using magnetism, electric currents, or simple gravitational forces, Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen create quietly evocative and formally striking works.

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Selected works

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Scattered Horizon, 2023
Light and sound environment, laser projector, speakers, controller
Dimensions variable
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Frozen Sphere, 2023
Stainless steel, refrigerant gel, freezer, plinth

ø 26 cm
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3 °/4 °, 2023
Perforated Plexiglas
65,2 x 65,2 x 4,5 cm each, 2 parts
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Two Views, 2020

LED screen, tablet, surveillance camera application

Dimensions variable
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100 years 1 and 2, 2020

Ink on paper

62,3 x 59,1 x 4 cm (framed) each, 2 parts
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Kylmäkalle, 2019

Stainless steel, refrigerant gel, freezer, protocol
20,5 x 20,5 x 20,5 cm (artwork)
90 x 30 x 30 cm (plinth)
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Falling Water, 2019

Glass tube, steel stand, plastic tube, adjustable pump, silicon oil, distilled water
192 x 38 x 38 cm
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Restless Horizon, 2019

Silicone oil, distilled water, acrylic aquarium, aluminum structure, electric actuator, limit switches, control unit, power source
90 x 240 x 24 cm
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One Pair, 2015

Light projection, projector box
35 x 35 x 20 cm
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Unlike Discontinuity, 2013

Aluminium, stainless steel, magnets
140 x 135 x 4 cm
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Plane, 2013

Magnets, stainless steel weights, stainless steel wire, fixtures
20 elements, approx. 230 x 300 x 400 cm (height variable)
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Stream of Matter, 2012

Steel balls, anodized aluminum, laminated wood, stainless steel, painted MDF, electric actuator, limit switches, control unit, power source
60 x 300 x 30 cm
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Flow of Matter, 2012

Steel balls, anodized aluminum, laminated wood, stainless steel, painted MDF, electric actuator, limit switches, control unit, power source
35 x 140 x 140 cm
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Liquid Diagram, 2009

Distilled water, glass flasks, glass tubes, resistance wire, stainless steel stands, halogen lights, control units, transformers
260 x 830 x 30 cm
12 tubes, each: height 260 cm, ø 30 cm
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Reel To Reel, 2005

Aluminium frame, aluminium disks, bearings, electronic motor, rubber belts, spotlight
171,5 x 100 x 40 cm

Gallery Exhibitions

Scattered Horizon Grönlund-Nisunen

Scattered Horizon

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Esther Schipper is pleased to present an exhibition by Grönlund-Nisunen, Ryoji Ikeda, and Kaarel Kurismaa, organized with Olivier Renaud-Clément.
January 20—February 25, 2023
Esther Schipper | Berlin
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Esther Schipper is pleased to present the fourth solo exhibition of Grönlund-Nisunen with the gallery. Tommi Grönlund (b. 1967) and Petteri Nisunen (b. 1962) have been working together since 1993. Technology, sound...
February 2—March 2, 2013
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On the occasion of their third exhibition at Esther Schipper, Grönlund-Nisunen are showing two new works dealing with the visualization of motion, energy and space. Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen have been...
November 21—December 23, 2009
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An interest in motion patterns and the introduction of random factors into their often highly complex, still seemingly effortless installations is a constituent element of the work of the artist duo Tommi...
July 9—August 27, 2005
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This exhibition displayed a pair of interrelated installation works. On the floor of the tall exhibition room stood two identical square steel basins, [Oil Installation (2003), Magnet Installation (2003)], each filled to...
March 21—April 26, 2003
AREA Atelier van Lieshout, Grönlund-Nisunen, Carsten Höller, Ann Veronica Janssens

AREA

Atelier van Lieshout, Grönlund-Nisunen, Carsten Höller, Ann Veronica Janssens
The exhibition AREA shows four artistic positions dealing with spatial concepts and a concept of the subject in space. Carsten Höller's 'motor-driven loft bed for lovers', Booster, is a work conceived for...
July 20—September 16, 2002

External Exhibitions

Wavelength: At the Moment With Grönlund-Nisunen

Wavelength: At the Moment

With Grönlund-Nisunen
March 27 - June 14, 2021
Times Art Museum, Beijing
Flow With Matter Grönlund-Nisunen

Flow With Matter

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On July 17, 2020 Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen's major solo presentation opened at the Minsheng Art Museum in Shanghai and will continue through the end of November. Delayed by the recent...
July 17 – November 29, 2020
Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
Grey Area Grönlund-Nisunen

Grey Area

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The third version of the mid-career retrospective exhibition of artists Grönlund-Nisunen entitled Grey Area was presented in Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art in Vaasa. The museum space in a former customs building...
May 12 - September 2, 2018
Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
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Grey Area

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Tommi Grönlund’s and Petteri Nisunen’s exhibition showcases the artist duo’s production from the past two decades. Balancing between art and science, the two artists play with physical phenomena such as gravity, magnetism...
January 28—March 5, 2017
Taidehalli Helsinki
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April 3—18, 2010
Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki

Featured stories

Ryoji Ikeda and Grönlund-Nisunen saturate Berlin gallery in sound, vision and visceral sensation Wallpaper*
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Ryoji Ikeda and Grönlund-Nisunen saturate Berlin gallery in sound, vision and visceral sensation

Wallpaper*
At Esther Schipper gallery Berlin, artists Ryoji Ikeda and Grönlund-Nisunen draw on the elemental forces of sound and light in a meditative and disorienting joint exhibition.
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Grönlund-Nisunen at Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai

Grönlund-Nisunen at Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai

On July 17, 2020 Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen's major solo presentation opened at the Minsheng Art Museum in Shanghai and will continue through the end of November. Delayed by the recent...
July 17 – November 29, 2020

Publications

Grönlund-Nisunen Grey Area

Grönlund-Nisunen

Grey Area
This catalog was published in conjunction with the exhibition Grönlund-Nisunen: Grey Area at Taidehalli, Helsinki (January 28 – March 5, 2017) and subsequently at the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa (May...
2017