Cris af Enehielm

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Cristina Marianne (Cris) af Enehielm (born March 24, 1954, Helsinki) is a Finnish artist.[1]

Af Enehielm graduated as a visual artist from Fria konstskolan in Helsinki in 1977, and as an actress from the Theatre Academy in Helsinki in 1981. She is the mother of two sons: Andreas and Theodore.

Af Enehielm has worked as an actress in radio, television and film, as a visual artist, performance artist, singer, director, costume designer, set designer, educator and lecturer, and as teacher in acting at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki. She has also participated in a number of dance productions. She has worked at the Raivoisat Ruusut (Raging Roses) theatre,[2] Swedish Theatre, Klockriketeatern and the Lilla teatern in Helsinki, Wasa Teater, Printing Theatre in Karis, the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2004, she directed a play at the Bellman's Festival.[3]

She has had several solo exhibitions, in Gallerie Pelin, Gallerie Anhava, Gallerie Forsblom,[4] and Titanik Gallerie[5] in Helsinki. She has also exhibited in Paris and Stockholm, and participated in several group exhibitions in Finland, Russia, Cuba, Sweden and Denmark. Her art is represented in several art collections, and her work has sold internationally. She has undertaken study tours in Asia and worked as an artist-in-residence at Cité internationale des arts in Paris.

She has been a member of several performance art and music groups: Homo$,[6] Jack Hellen Brut, Sarje ääni, Joan Bennet and the Museo och Transistors. As a member of performance and music groups, she has appeared on numeral international festivals and events (Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Belgium, Egypt, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Macedonia, Poland, Russia and Hungary).

She sees herself primary as a multi-artist, and is interested in experimental performance arts. Her special interests involve humans and their destiny. She has studied various therapy methods, among them body therapy. She has also taken lectures at the University of Helsinki in psychoanalysis and philosophy. She claims to be an eternal student always learning something new.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cris af Enehielm at Galerie Anhava. Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
    Cris af Enhielm at Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved March 2015
  2. ^ Interkult Kassandra: Cris af Enehielm Archived March 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Belmans Festival: Berättelse om Bellmansfestivalen 22–23 oktober 2004 Archived 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine (Finnish) Retrieved March 2015
  4. ^ Cris af Enehielm in Västra Nyland. Archived 2011-07-22 at archive.today (Finnish) Retrieved March 2015
  5. ^ Cris af Enehielm in Saari-taidelehti. Archived September 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Cris af Enehielm at Yle Elävä arkisto. Archived April 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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