Eija-Liisa Ahtila

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Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959 in Hämeenlinna, Finland) is a video artist and photographer. She lives and works in Helsinki.

In 1998 Eija-Liisa Ahtila participated in the second edition of Manifesta. She was the winner of the inaugural Vincent Award in 2000.[1] In 2002 she had a solo show at Tate Modern,[2] and in 2006 her multi-screen video piece The Wind (2006) was exhibited at MoMA.[3] In the same year she won the £40,000 Artes Mundi Prize in Cardiff, Wales.[4]

Her work is held in the collection of the Tate.[5]

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  1. ^ Vincent Award winners
  2. ^ tate.org.uk
  3. ^ moma.org
  4. ^ International Herald Tribune, April 4, 2006.
  5. ^ tate.org.uk

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