Born 1975 in Zurich, Switzerland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
STUDIES
1991-96 BA, Graphic design, Zurich University of the Arts & Vocational College for Art and Design Zurich
2000-01 FABRICA Research Lab, Benetton, Italy
2002-06 MA, Visual Culture, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 (up-coming) MILDURA PALIMPSEST BIENNALE #10
2014 (up-coming) SHOOTING STARS, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2013
LOUIS AGASSIZ (1807-2013): A VISITATION, Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK
LOUIS AGASSIZ (1807-2013): EINE HEIMSUCHUNG, Neuer Shed, Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
2012
TRANSATLANTIC INTERVENTIONS, Hasselblad Foundation, Project Room, Gothenburg, Sweden
TRANSATLANTIC INTERVENTIONS, Small Projects, Tromsø, Norway
2011
TRANSATLANTIC INTERVENTIONS, Drugo more/gallery SIZ, Rijeka, Croatia
MIDNIGHT SUN / FINNISH CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Next Level Project Space, London, UK
STRANGE FRUIT INSTALLATION, Annikki Poetry Festival, Väinö Linnan Aukio, Tampere, Finland
HAITI CHERIE, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
TRANSATLANTIC PASSAGES: AGASSIZ, HAITI AND AFRICA IN THE WORKS OF SASHA HUBER, Botkyrka Konsthall, Botkyrka, Sweden
2010 I LOVE JaNY, Kunsthalle Helsinki Studio, Helsinki, Finland
2009 NOM PROPRE, Galleria Käytävä, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2008 RENTYHORN, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
2005 SILVERBACK, gallery Alkovi, Forces of Light, Helsinki, Finland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING IN 2014
WIE DIE LANDSCHAFT ZU IHREM NAMEN KOMMT, Zeughaus Teufen, Switzerland
RE-VOIR HAÏTI, Grand Palais, Gallery South-East, Paris, France
2014
POSSESSION: ART, POWER & BLACK WOMANHOOD, New Shelter Plan Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
GLETSCHERFORSCHER, RASSIST: LOUIS AGASSIZ (1807-2012), Grimselwelt Grimsel Hospiz, Switzerland
BE.BOP 2014. BLACK EUROPE BODY POLITICS, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Berlin, Germany
PARALLAX, El Laboratorio Arte Alameda (LAA), Mexico City, Mexico
IHME CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL, Faculty Hall, Old Student House, Helsinki, Finland
19TH SYDNEY BIENNALE, You Imagine What You Desire, Sydney, Australia
FLOWER POWER, Kallio Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
2013
DIE SCHWEIZ IST KEINE INSEL, #2 Lauter Widerspruch, Shedhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
T.B.F.M./TRUTH, BEAUTY, FREEDOM AND MONEY, K11 Art Mall, Shanghai, China
CONTRA ESCAMBOS, Espaço Fonte, Recife, Brazil
CONTRA ESCAMBOS, Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
GLETSCHERFORSCHER, RASSIST: LOUIS AGASSIZ (1807-2012), Bergstation, Eggishorn, Switzerland
AFTER THE ARC - AN ISLAND: FINDINGS BY TEAM B, Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba, Sweden
AFTER THE ARC - AN ISLAND: FINDINGS BY TEAM B, The Finnish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
[NORDIC ART] BETWEEN MIRACLES, CCAT - Center for Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, Georgia
2012
SUOMI ART FAIR, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
GLETSCHERFORSCHER, RASSIST: LOUIS AGASSIZ (1807-2012), History Museum, Grindelwald, Switzerland
CAVE ALLEGORIES, Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland
TRANSATLANTIC INTERVENTIONS & HYBRIDS, Small Projects, Tromsø, Norway *
SMALL PROJECTS, Tromsø, Norway (solo and with Petri Saarikko)
PUBLIC HAIR, Kallio Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
FLUSH!, Helsinki City Hall, World Design Capital, Helsinki, Finland *
FARMAKON, Kallio Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland *
MEDIABOX, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
VOODOO CAPITAL, Kallio Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Centro del arte contemporáneo de Cadiz, Spain
2011
2ND GHETTO BIENNALE, Port au Prince, Haiti *
FITTJA OPEN, Botkyrka konsthall, Sweden *
SCREAMING FROM THE MOUNTAIN: LANDSCAPES AND VIEWPOINTS, SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
MORE OR LESS, A FEW POCKET UNIVERSES, HIAP Summer exhibition, Gallery Augusta, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Logomo, Turku European Capital of Culture 2011, Turku, Finland
RE/VOLT Group Exhibition, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo, Helsinki, Finland
OPEN 140 - THE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN SINCE 1871, Anniversary group exhibition, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2010
(T)RACES OF LOUIS AGASSIZ: PHOTOGRAPHY, BODY & SCIENCE, YESTERDAY
& TODAY, Capacete/Teatro de Arena, São Paulo Biennial, Brazil
VOLUME COLLECTION, Gallery Palazetto Tito, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
THE RENAMING MACHINE, Open Space, Zentrum für Kunstprojekte, Vienna, Austria
IT'S A SET-UP, Kiasma collection exhibition, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
2009
ART FAIR SUOMI, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
ETERNAL TOUR, Maison blanche, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
VARIATIONS ON TRANSCENDING THE FINITENESS OF HUMAN VISION, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
THE RENAMING MACHINE, Gallery Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia
HEAVEN, 2nd Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece **
HAPPY TOGETHER, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia **
2008
THE RENAMING MACHINE, Station Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina, Kosovo
LENS POLITICA Film and Media Art Festival, Helsinki, Finland
A STREAM OF ELECTRONS, Institute Finlandais, Paris, France
CONSPIRE, Transmediale, Berlin, Germany **
FUTURE GAME, Taidehalli, Helsinki, Finland **
NOTHING TO DECLARE, The 4th Oberschwaben Contemporary Art Triennal, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland **
THE EUROPEAN PEACE MUSEUM, Burg Schlaining, Austria **
2007
COLORS NOTE BOOK, Shanghai, China
COLORS NOTEBOOK, La Triennale Di Milano, Italy
MAL AUX PIXEL, Institute de Finlande, Maleuxdeuvre, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France **
THE THIRD CULTURE, Puristamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
THE THIRD CULTURE, Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, Denmark
GROW YOUR OWN, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France **
2006
MICRONATION TRAVELLING AGENCY, Transmediale, Sparwasser, Berlin, Germany **
RE-SHUFFLE: NOTIONS OF AN ITINERANT MUSEUM EXHIBITION, Art in General, New York *
MASTERS OF ARTS EXHIBITION, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
TERRORTORY I, MUU gallery, Helsinki, Finland
EVERY STORY TELLS A PICTURE, Sparwasser, Berlin, Germany
MASTERS ON THE ROAD, Gallery Norsu, Helsinki, Finland
BELIEF, 1st Singapore Biennale, Singapore **
FABRICA: Les yeux ouverts, Center Pompidou, Paris, France
TERRORTORY III, PAK////T, Amsterdam, Holland
LIQUORISH LIGHT, Saloona, Tel-Aviv, Israel
SILVERBACK, ArtSpace, Helsinki, Finland
NAKED LIFE, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Taipei, Taiwan **
DREAMLANDS BURNING, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary **
2005
110TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF FINNISH ARTISTS, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
GALLERY HUUTO: THE FIRST BOOK, Stockholm art fair, Sweden
2004
MAIL ME! by Fabrica, FAD, Barcelona, Spain (with Petri Saarikko)
AMORPH!03 – SUMMIT OF MICRONATIONS, Sónar festival, Barcelona, Spain **
SHOOTING BACK, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki, Finland (with SHY)
2003
AMORPH!03 – SUMMIT OF MICRONATIONS, Helsinki, Finland, visual identity *
CONTEXT – THE NEW CONTEXTS OF WRITING, Gallery of the National Library, Helsinki, Finland
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2014 COLOQUIO: ISLAS Y DIASPORAS DEL CARIBE HISPANO EN EL SIGOLO XXI, Princeton University, New York City, USA
2013 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL SIGNES DE NUIT, Paris, France
2013 T.B.F.M./TRUTH, BEAUTY, FREEDOM AND MONEY, K11 Art Mall, Shanghai, China
2012 TRINIDAD+TOBAGO FILM FESTIVAL/12, Medulla Art Gallery in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad *
2012 VIDEO FORMES FESTIVAL, Maison du Peuple, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2012 BREAK IT!, Media Museum Rupriikki, TR1 Taidehalli, Tampere
2011 KAUNAS PHOTO FESTIVAL, Kaunas, Lituania
2011 THE NICHE IN THE FINE ART LIBRARY, University of Virginia, USA. Curated by Lydia Moyer.
2010 GALLERY CRAWL, Acid Rain Productions, Future Tenant Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
2010 ACID RAIN PRODUCTION,The Peoples Channel, Orange Community, North Carolina, USA
2009 INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL "USHUAIA SHH...", Ushuaia, Argentina
* with Petri Saarikko
** with YKON
OWN PUBLICATIONS
2011 REMEDIES HUSKURER. Edited by Sasha Huber and Petri Saarikko. Published by Labyrint Press, Sweden
2010 RENTYHORN. Edited by Sasha Huber. Published by Kiasma, Finland
2010 (T)RACES OF LOUIS AGASSIZ: PHOTOGRAPHY, BODY & SCIENCE, YESTERDAY & TODAY
Edited by Maria Helena P. T. Machado & Sasha Huber,
Published by Capacete Entretenimentos on the occasion of the 29th São Paulo Biennial, Brazil
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESS & REVIEWS
2014 MAAILMAN KUVALEHTI, 3/2014, by Peikko Pitkänen
2013 KAIKKI LAPSILLE, article contribution, PaGeo, isoisä Haitista, editor Anna Rastas, SKS Kirjat
2012 INTERVIEW on ART web portal of the Italian Public Televison RAI
2012 ARC Magazine, Issue #6 - Contemporary Caribbean Visual Art & Culture
2012 INFORMATION.DK, by Alex Frank Larsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 KUNSTKRITIKK, Norway
2012 MONDO Travel Magazine, column: Cosmopolitan, issue 5/6, Helsinki, Finland
2011 COM CÊNICA NEGRA. Edited and published by Oestudio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2011 MÅG MAGAZINE, issue 6, Naboard, London, UK
2011 VISION MAGAZINE, issue 12. Contribution made with Petri Saarikko. Curated by Li Zhenhua, China
2011 RED THREAD, issue 3, article by Suzana Millevska
2011 VOUGUE.IT article by Kenya Hunt
2011 EPSTEIN P1 radio interview on the occasion of my solo exhibition at Botkyrka Konsthall
2010 NEXT LEVEL MAGAZINE #21, Zurich Edition, London, UK
2010 THE RENAMING MACHINE - THE BOOK: Edited by Suzana Milevska. Published by P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute, Ljubljana
2010 CULTURE GALLERY, Photo Paradigm (online article)
2010 WE MAKE MONEY NOT ART (online article)
2010 IT'S A SET UP. Edited and published by Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2009 ETERNAL TOUR. Edited by Donatella Bernardi & Noémie Etienne. Published by Editions Gilles Attinger, Switzerland
2009 FRAMEWORK, Finnish Art Review, Issue 10, June 2009, Helsinki, Finland
SELECTED ONLINE INTERVIEWS
2011 NEXT LEVEL PROJECTS, In conversation with Janice Cheddie.
2011 BOTKYRKA KONSTHALL, Interviewed by Joanna Sandell as part of my solo exhibition:
TRANSATLANTIC PASSAGES: AGASSIZ, HAITI AND AFRICA IN THE WORKS OF SASHA HUBER.
RESIDENCIES
Up-coming in 2015 Wellington International Artists Residency, New Zealand
2013 Summer Residency, Neuer Shed, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
2012 Residence Small Projects, Tromsø, Norway
2011 Residence Botkyrka, Tumba, Sweden
2010 Capcete, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil
2009 Capcete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
COLLECTIONS
Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba, Sweden
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Private collections in Finland, Tel Aviv, Paris, Switzerland
MEMBERSHIP
2011 – Kallio Kunsthalle, Helsinki (co-founder)
2011 – AV-ARKKI
2009 – MUU Finnish Artists' Association
2005 – 2010 YKON, Helsinki, Finland (co-founder)