27/08/2026
VERIÐ VELKOMIN á opnun sýningarinnar “BOOK OF DAYS” í Ganginum næstkomandi miðvikudag 2. september 2026, frá kl. 17-19 að Brautarholti 8, 105 Reykjavík. Finnski listamaðurinn JUKKA KORKEILA fæddist árið 1968 í Hämeenlinna í Finnlandi. Hann býr og starfar í Berlín og Glauburg-Stockheim, Þýskalandi og að auki í Helsinki, Finnlandi. Jukka sýnir málverk á striga og pappír, ásamt klippimyndum úr veggspjöldum, í bland við málverk beint á veggi og glugga. Listamaðurinn verður viðstaddur opnunina ásamt manni sínum Markus Karger. / WELCOME ALL to the opening of the exhibition BOOK OF DAYS in The Corridor Gallery next Wednesday September 2nd 2026, from 17:00-19:00, at Brautarholt 8, 105 Reykjavik. The Finnish artist JUKKA KORKEILA was born 1968 in Hämeenlinna in Finnland. He lives and works in Berlin and Glauburg-Stockheim, Germany as well as in Helsinki, Finnland. Korkeila will be exhibiting paintings on canvas, and paper and poster collages, to which he will combine wall and window paintings. The artist and his partner Markus Karger will be present at the opening.
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Jukka Korkeila was born in 1968 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. He lives and works in Berlin, Glauburg-Stockheim and Helsinki.
Korkeila has held exhibitions in 26 countries around the world.
Korkeila has had solo exhibitions both at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the Nordic Watercolor Museum in Skärhamn, Sweden. In 2014-2015, Korkeila participated in the fourth Biennal del Fin del Mundo in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
In 2017-2018, he participated in the Pleasure exhibitions at the Helsinki Art Museum, HAM, and the Serlachius Museum in Mänttä. In 2018, Korkeila's work was included in the exhibition Sanguine/Bloedrood, curated by Luc Tuymans, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA) in Belgium. In 2019, Korkeila was awarded the Finnish State Prize for visual arts. In 2022, he participated in the Biennale Le Latitudini dell'Arte V ed. at Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy, curated by Paul Thomassen. In 2022, Korkeila participated in the exhibition Dreamy at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, curated by Max Hannus. In 2023, his paintings from Malmö Art Museum's collection were included in the Happily Ever After exhibition at Malmö Art Museum, curated by Julia Björnberg and Anna Johansson. In 2024, the painting Art of Falling Apart from Moderna Museet's collection was shown at The Third Hand, Maurizio Cattelan and Moderna Museet's collection - exhibition at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, curated by Maurizio Cattelan. In 2025, Korkeila had a major retrospective exhibition, Pimeys on täynnä valoa (Darkness is full of light), at the Hämeenlinna Art Museum in Hämeenlinna, Finland, curated by Soile Ollikainen and the exhibition with the same name, Dunkelheit ist voller Licht (Darkness is full of light), coincided in Berlin last autumn with Wolf & Galentz.
Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson
Rakel Halldórsdóttir