Laura Böök (b. 1986) is a visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland. She works with photography, moving image and text, mixing documentary and fiction. Her works have been shown in exhibitions and festivals in Finland, Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, India and Singapore.
Contact: lauraelisabetbook (at) gmail (dot) com
UPCOMING
September 2025
My latest short film Taukotila (Room for a Break) will be screened at Helsinki International Film Festival as part of the national short film competition.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Break Room, HAM gallery, Helsinki Art Museum 2023 Galleria Ars Libera, Kuopio, with Triin Kerge 2021 The Group That Cannot Sing, Studio Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland 2020 The Group That Cannot Sing, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland 2020 The Group That Cannot Sing, Celsius Projects, Malmö, Sweden 2016 Walking on Rivers, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland 2016 Walking on Rivers, Ostrobothnian Photographic Centre, Lapua, Finland 2014 Walking on Rivers, Kulttuurikeskus Pohjantähti, Pudasjärvi, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Interstices, Yö Galleria, Helsinki, with Grey Garden Studios 2023 Out Of Office, Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki, Finland 2021 ÖRES21 summer exhibition, Örö island, Finland 2021 Toisella Rannalla, Galleria Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo, Finland, with Mari Mäkiö & Jane Hughes 2019 Kotona, Stoa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2019 Exploring Borders Through Photography, Wiesbadener Fototage, Wiesbaden, Germany 2017 Story of Space festival, Panjim, Goa, India 2017 Näkyvä Maa, Kulttuurikeskus Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland 2016 Vastaan+Otto – Yhteisötaiteen triennaali,Turku, Finland 2016 Screening/Festival of Political Photography: Homeland, Rencontres D’Arles, France 2016 Festival of Political Photography: Homeland, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2015 Changing Realities, Hamburg Triennial of Photography, Germany
2015 FOCUS Photography Festival Mumbai, India
2014 An Ocean of Possibilities, 21st Noorderlicht Photofestival, Netherlands
2014 An Ocean of Possibilities, Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore
2014 Changing Realities, 6th European Month of Photography Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
MA Photography, Aalto University of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2015-2020 Minor in Documentary Film
BA Documentary Photography, University of Wales, Newport, 2011-2014