Mikko Paakkola

born in 1961 Lappi Ti, Fin. Lives and works in Turku, Fin

1981 – 1985 Turku School of Fine Arts, Fin
1984 First solo exhibition at Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Arts, Turku, Fin
1985 First solo exhibition abroad, galerie Ets Ets Ets à Uméä, S

1988 – 1989 French Governement Scholarship
1988 – 1990 L’École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris – atelier Joël Kermarrec.
1989, 1993 and 2008, Cité des Arts, Paris.
1993 Young Artists’ Grant by Finnish Art Society
1994 First solo exhibition in Paris, Galerie la Ferronnerie
1995 Artist-in-residence at l’Hôtel Chevillon, Grez-sur-Loing, Fr. Finnish Culural Foundation

1996 – 2006 Living and working in Brussels, B
2000 First solo exhibition in Belgium, galerij c de vos, Aalst, B
2001 First solo exhibition in Brussels, La Maison d’Art Actuel des Chartreux, Bruxelles, B
2007- 2009 and 2013, Working Grant by Finnish Cultural Foundation

2006, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017 Solo exhibitions at the Office d’Art Contemporain, Brussels, B
2017 Working Grant by Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2019 Solo exhibition as part of the Finnish presidency of the European Union in the Sint-Michielschurch of the College of Sint-Jan Berchmans. Brussels, B