CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Ikaalinen, lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
2013 Vocational Special Needs Teacher Qualification, Haaga Helia University of Applied Sciences
2011 Master of Fine Arts, Time and Space arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2009 Teacher ́s Pedagogigal Qualification, Haaga Helia University of Applied Sciences
1998 The School of Photography and Film at Gothenburg University, Sweden, MFA -studies in photography
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Department of photography, Turku School of Art and Communication
1994 Bachelor of Art, Faculty of Humanities, Turku University
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2025 Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
2025 Culture House Laikku, Tampere
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
Huuto Gallery, Helsinki
2011 Kaapeli Galleria, Helsinki
2008 Muu gallery, Helsinki
2006 Helsinki Kunsthalle studio
2005 Galleri Box, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003 Happily ever after, Kluuvi gallery, Helsinki
2000 Ideas of order, Muu gallery, Helsinki
1999 Jangva gallery, Helsinki
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS
2021 Hoivan politiikka, Helsinki Art Museum
2019 Artist home Erkkola, Tuusula
2013 Tampere Film Festival, Gallery Rajatila
Show Your Sisu, Helsinki Art Museum Pop up exhibition
2012 Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
2010 Almost There, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis USA
2009 Parkingallery, Teheran, Iran
Galleria FAFA, Helsinki
2008 Cologne OFF IV
Galleria Kone, Hämeenlinna
Artists 2008, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo, Norge
Printemps immediat, Paris
Art Fair, Muu gallery, Helsinki
Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki
Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby, Ruotsi
2007 Brewer J.C. Jacobsen’s Portrait Award, Fredriksborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hafnarborg, Hafnarjordur, Iceland
2006 Winterland, The Fifth Finnish photography triennal, Salo Art Museum
Helsinki International, Korjaamo, Helsinki
2005 VAE9 International Media Art Festival, Lima, Peru (screening)
A Good Day Today, Ujazdowski Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsav, Poland
Pro Arte, St Petersburg, Russia
Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden
Muu 18v, Helsinki Kunsthalle
18th Stuttgarter filmwinter, Germany
2004 Measure of a man, Helsinki City Art Museum/ Tennis Palace Art Museum
2003 Women2003, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 Photography and film in Sara Hildén Art Musem, Tampere
Family, Finnish museum of photography, Helsinki
View02, New Finnish video art on ATV and Kino K-13, Helsinki
2001 Rock the Campo, Finnish video art in Venice biennale, Italy
2000 Mercy, Helsinki Cathedral
1999 Samma motiv, Rantagalleria, Oulu
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
Peri Centre of Photography, Turku
1998 Whipped Cream, Rauma Art Museum
Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
Unge Kunstneres Samfund Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Fotografisk Konst, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm,
Sweden Skilda Världar, Gallery 54, Göteborg, Sweden
1996 T.E.C.E. Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
ArtGenda, Nikolaj -church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galleria Workshop, Helsinki
Post Fem, Post museum, Helsinki
SELECTED GRANTS
2024 Niilo Helander Foundation
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2023 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Visek
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2020 Kone Foundation
2011 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2010 Avek
2009 Arts ́s Council of Finland
2007 Avek
2006 Arts ́s Council of Finland
Visek
2005 Arts ́s Council of Finland
2004 Arts ́s Council of Finland
Oscar Öflund ́s Foundation
2003 Visek
2002 Erna and Victor Hasselblad ́s Foundation, Sweden
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
VIDEO WORKS
2024 Scarves
Invisible
2011 It tastes a bit funny, Family portrait
2008 Eungyung, Video Portrait
2006 Tuula, Video Portrait
2005 Through the Looking Glass, 2-channel video installation
Little Red Riding Hood, 5-channel video installation
Tie
Moon
2001 Smiling
1999 Blonde Men, 2-channel video installation
1998 And no swinging!, Family portrait
2X, 2-channel video installation
RECIDENCIES
2021 AARK, Korppoo
2006 Berlin, Germany
2005 The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, USA
2004 Kökar skärgårdsatelje
2001 Nifca, Gothenburg, Sweden
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Jenny and Wihuri Foundation
State of Finland
Helsinki City Art Museum
Turku town
Private collections
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Ikaalinen, lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
2013 Vocational Special Needs Teacher Qualification, Haaga Helia University of Applied Sciences
2011 Master of Fine Arts, Time and Space arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2009 Teacher ́s Pedagogigal Qualification, Haaga Helia University of Applied Sciences
1998 The School of Photography and Film at Gothenburg University, Sweden, MFA -studies in photography
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Department of photography, Turku School of Art and Communication
1994 Bachelor of Art, Faculty of Humanities, Turku University
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2025 Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
2025 Culture House Laikku, Tampere
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
Huuto Gallery, Helsinki
2011 Kaapeli Galleria, Helsinki
2008 Muu gallery, Helsinki
2006 Helsinki Kunsthalle studio
2005 Galleri Box, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003 Happily ever after, Kluuvi gallery, Helsinki
2000 Ideas of order, Muu gallery, Helsinki
1999 Jangva gallery, Helsinki
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS
2021 Hoivan politiikka, Helsinki Art Museum
2019 Artist home Erkkola, Tuusula
2013 Tampere Film Festival, Gallery Rajatila
Show Your Sisu, Helsinki Art Museum Pop up exhibition
2012 Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku
2010 Almost There, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis USA
2009 Parkingallery, Teheran, Iran
Galleria FAFA, Helsinki
2008 Cologne OFF IV
Galleria Kone, Hämeenlinna
Artists 2008, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa
Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo, Norge
Printemps immediat, Paris
Art Fair, Muu gallery, Helsinki
Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki
Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby, Ruotsi
2007 Brewer J.C. Jacobsen’s Portrait Award, Fredriksborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hafnarborg, Hafnarjordur, Iceland
2006 Winterland, The Fifth Finnish photography triennal, Salo Art Museum
Helsinki International, Korjaamo, Helsinki
2005 VAE9 International Media Art Festival, Lima, Peru (screening)
A Good Day Today, Ujazdowski Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsav, Poland
Pro Arte, St Petersburg, Russia
Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden
Muu 18v, Helsinki Kunsthalle
18th Stuttgarter filmwinter, Germany
2004 Measure of a man, Helsinki City Art Museum/ Tennis Palace Art Museum
2003 Women2003, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 Photography and film in Sara Hildén Art Musem, Tampere
Family, Finnish museum of photography, Helsinki
View02, New Finnish video art on ATV and Kino K-13, Helsinki
2001 Rock the Campo, Finnish video art in Venice biennale, Italy
2000 Mercy, Helsinki Cathedral
1999 Samma motiv, Rantagalleria, Oulu
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
Peri Centre of Photography, Turku
1998 Whipped Cream, Rauma Art Museum
Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
Unge Kunstneres Samfund Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Fotografisk Konst, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm,
Sweden Skilda Världar, Gallery 54, Göteborg, Sweden
1996 T.E.C.E. Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
ArtGenda, Nikolaj -church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galleria Workshop, Helsinki
Post Fem, Post museum, Helsinki
SELECTED GRANTS
2024 Niilo Helander Foundation
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2023 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Visek
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2020 Kone Foundation
2011 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2010 Avek
2009 Arts ́s Council of Finland
2007 Avek
2006 Arts ́s Council of Finland
Visek
2005 Arts ́s Council of Finland
2004 Arts ́s Council of Finland
Oscar Öflund ́s Foundation
2003 Visek
2002 Erna and Victor Hasselblad ́s Foundation, Sweden
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
VIDEO WORKS
2024 Scarves
Invisible
2011 It tastes a bit funny, Family portrait
2008 Eungyung, Video Portrait
2006 Tuula, Video Portrait
2005 Through the Looking Glass, 2-channel video installation
Little Red Riding Hood, 5-channel video installation
Tie
Moon
2001 Smiling
1999 Blonde Men, 2-channel video installation
1998 And no swinging!, Family portrait
2X, 2-channel video installation
RECIDENCIES
2021 AARK, Korppoo
2006 Berlin, Germany
2005 The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, USA
2004 Kökar skärgårdsatelje
2001 Nifca, Gothenburg, Sweden
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Jenny and Wihuri Foundation
State of Finland
Helsinki City Art Museum
Turku town
Private collections