Pilvi Takala obtained her MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2006 and was artist-in-residence at Rijksakademie, Amsterdam 2009-2010. Recent solo exhibitions include Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; Site Gallery, Sheffield; Künstlerhaus Bremen; Kunsthalle Erfurt, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; Turku Art Museum; Kunsthalle Lissabon and Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions and screenings at The International Film Festival, Rotterdam; Kunstverein Munich; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; New Museum, New York; S.M.A.K., Ghent; Kunsthalle Basel; De Hallen Haarlem; Wiels, Brussels; 4th Moscow Biennial; Witte de With, Rotterdam; 4th Bucharest Biennial; 5th Berlin Biennial; 9th Istanbul Biennial and Kunsthalle Helsinki. She won the Dutch Prix de Rome in 2011 and the EMDASH Award, Frieze Foundation in 2013.