Curriculum Vitae
Education:
| 2015 | DFA, The Academy of Fine Arts (Kuvataideakatemia), University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland |
| 2007 | MFA with honour, The Academy of Fine Arts (Kuvataideakatemia), Helsinki, Finland |
| 2000 | BFA, summa cum laude, State University of New York at Purchase College, Purchase, NY |
| 1999 | Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Amsterdames Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, The Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Solo Exhibitions:
| 2023 | NaCl (Drives), Poriginal Gallery, Pori, Finland |
| 2023 | Staging Area (Not just for Thousands of Cranes), Makers' Gallery, Vaasa, Finland |
| 2021 | Unbroken, St. Henry’s Ecumenical Art Chapel, Turku, Finland |
| 2021 | Ca (Temperatures), Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2019 | Tokoroma, Kanazu Forest of Creation Museum, Awara, Japan |
| 2019 | Rooms, Galleria 3H+K, Pori, Finland |
| 2017 | Mountains and Valleys,Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2015 | My Marks: Fourth Movement: Edge, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2014 | My Marks: Third Movement, Taidehalli Studio, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2013 | Gardens, Espan lava, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2011 | My Marks: Second Movement: Wishful Forming, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2009 | My Marks: First Movement: Echoes, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2008 | My Marks: Prelude, Galleri Bergman, Hesinki, Finland |
| Echoes in Place, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, South Korea | |
| Between Scenes and My Marks, Featured the works in collaboration with Tetsushi Higashino, IASK National Art Studio, Goyang, Seoul, South Korea | |
| 2006 | Rauma Readings, Rauma City Library, conjunction to Book Blast, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland |
| 2000 | Forest and Crystal, Kanazu Forest of Creation, Fukui, Japan |
| Mind and Matter; The Greatest Singularity, State University of New York at Purchase College, Purchase, NY: Thesis Show |
Selected Group Exhibitions:
| 2025 | Interferences, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland |
| 2025 | Sui-Sui-Sui, Kanaz Forest of Creation, Fukui, Japan |
| 2024 | Splitting Gates – Sounds Afloat, curated by Shoji Kato, The National Geological Collections, Luomus Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2023 | Hommage à Lauri Anttila (catalogued), Kuva/Tila Gallery, Kuvataideakatemia, Uniarts, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2023 | Kuvan ja tilan rihmastoa / Filaments of Image and Space, curated by Kari Kenetti, Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio, Finland |
| 2022 | Spaces of Uncertainty, Taidehalli, Helsinki, Finland (Catalogued: ISBN 978-952-7245-23-1) |
| 2018 | Re-excavation,Galerie de L’UQAM, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada |
| 2017 | Lehmä pitää viedä jäälle, jotta se tanssii - Die Kuh muss aufs Eis, damit sie tanzt - Exhibition of art from Finland (catalogued), Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Germany |
| 2014 | Between Sense and Sensibility, Taksu Gallery, Singapore |
| 2012 | Future and Reality, Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China |
| The Moment between Sense and Sensibility, Dr. Park Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2011 | Castles of Memory, with Tatu Tuominen, Galleria Kone, Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| Emerging Landscape, Society Contemporary, New York, USA | |
| 2010 | Ground Station, Mustarinda, Finland |
| Ajatusten puutarha, Staffas, Porvoo, Finland | |
| Mäntän kuvataideviikot, curated by Annu Vertanen, Mänttä, Finland | |
| Spazi Aperti 2010, Romanian Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy | |
| Forward>>Looking, MACRO FUTURE, Rome, Italy | |
| SIHLHALLENSTRASSE NEUNZEHN, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| Critique of Archival Reason, curated by Henk Slager, The Royal Hibernian Academy Gallery, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 2009 | Contemporary Now!, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2008 | Made in Kuvataideakatemia, (catalogued), Kaiku Gallery, Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki, Finland |
| Asia Art Network, curated by Joung, Young–Sook, Planning Exhibition Hall, KEPCO Plaza Gallery, Seoul, South Korea | |
| ÅÖÄ, Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England | |
| 2007 | Joulukalenteri, Piirustusluokka, curated by Riikka Stewen, Taidehalli, Helsinki, Finland |
| Common Ground, Raumars 1997-2007, (catalogued), curated by Kati Kivimäki, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland | |
| Between Consilience, with Matt Chaumont, Kasarmikatu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Who am I now that I’m Dead, curated by Shahin Afrarrasiabi, Lönnrotinkatu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Black Snow & Paper, (catalogued), Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Barcsay Hall, Budapest, Hungary | |
| Looser Smoother Faster, curated by Matt Ferranto, Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, USA | |
| 2006 | Camp Laboratory, ARS06, curated by Pilvi Kalhama, Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland |
| Blind Date, ARS06, curated by Mika Hannula, Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2005 | 16 Rooms, curated by Eun Young Choi, Junho Lee, and Herb Tam, Hall Street Studios, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
| 2004 | Object/ Place/ Process: Sepia International/ The Alkazi Collection, New York, USA |
| 2003 | The Changing Same: Triple Candie, New York, USA |
Projects and Events:
| 2024-26 | Hamuro mAiR, Direction and operation of a micro artists-in-residence project (supported by Kone Foundation), Awara, Fukui, Japan |
| 2024 | Splitting Gates – Sounds Afloat, Curation of a group exhibition at the National Geological Collections, Luomus Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2020 | Kalpa | Bedrock | Fibroin (Kalpa | Kallioperä | Fibroin) for KampusART, Edu City, Turku University of Applied Science, Finland |
| 2020 | Mountains and Valleys, Artist book publication, ISBN 978-952-94-3823-5 |
| 2020 | ANTI - Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland |
| 2019 | Sculpture Expanded, https://sculptors.fi/en/sculpture-expanded/ (Catalogued, ISBN 978-952-7245-10-1) |
| 2018 | Huoneet/Rooms, Kantin galleria, Helsinki |
| 2016 | My Marks #A1: Rumar, Korpo, Finland (2008), Work Featured in conjunction with Kastehelmi Korpijaako's exhibition, Raskas Huoleton at Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland. 2–25. 09.2016 |
| RESPIRATION (Heat - Pause -Breath), Curation of a group-exhibition, l’Institut finlandais, Paris, 09. Feb. - 17. Apr. 2016 | |
| 2015 | Place of Geometry, Doctoral thesis publication, ISBN 978-952-7131-01-5 |
| 2014 | Golden Compositions, Saalasti Hall, Oulu University, Finland (permanent work) |
| 2012 | Artistic research project, Kyoto, Japan, as part of AAPC research group |
| 2010 | Island Aspired, ANTI-Festival, collaboration with Eungyung Kim, Kuopio, Finland (Outdoor installation) |
| Gathering Forests and Lakes, Mäntän kuvataideviikot, collaboration with Eungyung Kim, Mänttä, Finland (Outdoor installation) | |
| 2008 | Lands on the Field, collaboration with Eungyung Kim, Fljótsdalur, Iceland (Outdoor installation) |
| 2007 | Anew : Jardin Botanique, Hotel Bloom! Brussels, Belgium (Mural Paintitng) |
Artist-in-Residence Programmes:
| 2023 | Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
| 2021 | ISCP, New York, USA |
| 2019 | ISSP, Riga, Latvia |
| 2018 | Maaretta Jaukuri Foundation, Norway |
| 2015 | Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
| 2012 | Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan, Studio Support |
| 2010 | Circolo Scandinavo, Skandinavisk Forenings Kunstnerhus, Rome, Italy |
| 2008 | The Art Studio Goyang, Artist In Residence Programme, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea |
| Skriduklaustur Artist in Residence, The Institute of Gunnar Gunnarsson, Iceland | |
| 2006 | Raumars Artist in Residence Programme, Rauma, Finland |
Selected Grants and Awards:
| 2025 | Finnish Cultural Foundation, working grant for one year, Finland |
| 2024 | Niilo Helander Foundation, project grant, Finland |
| 2023-25 | Kone Foundation, Project grant for Hamuro mAiR (2024-2026), Finland |
| 2023 | Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant, Finland |
| 2022 | Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project grant, Finland |
| 2021-3 | Arts Promotion Centre Finland, State grant for three years, Finland |
| 2021 | Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project grant, Finland |
| 2020 | KampusART sketch competition (organized by TUAS and Turku Technology Properties), First place |
| 2020 | Finnish Cultural Foundation, working grant for half a year, Finland |
| 2019 | Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project grant, Finland |
| 2019 | Finnish Cultural Foundation, mobility grant, Finland |
| 2018 | The Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Foundation, travel grant, Finland |
| Frame Contemporary Art Finland, travel grant, Finland | |
| Stina Krooks Stiftelse, stipend, Finland | |
| Finnish Cultural Foundation, working Grant for one year, Finland | |
| 2017 | Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project grant, Finland |
| Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Artist grant for one year, Finland | |
| 2016 | Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Public display grant, Finland |
| 2015 | Finnish Cultural Foundation, Project grant, Finland |
| Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Artist grant for one year, Finland | |
| 2014 | Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project grant, Finland |
| 2013 | Art competition of the University of Oulu (organized by the Finnish State Art Commission), First prize (project realized in 2014), The Finnish State Art Deposit Collection |
| 2012 | Arts Council of Finland, Public display grant, Finland |
| Academy of Finland, one year research grant under AAPC research group | |
| 2011 | Arts Council of Finland, State Grant for one year, Finland |
| Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Regional Fund, Exhibition grant, Finland | |
| 2010 | FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Grant for residencies, Finland |
| Arts Council of Finland, Public display grant, Finland | |
| 2009 | Alfred Kordelin, one year research grant, Finland |
| Helsinki City Art Grant, Finland | |
| 2008 | The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation Grant, Japan |
| Agency of Culture, Artists Grant, Japan | |
| FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Grant for residencies, Finland | |
| 2007 | Anita Snellman Foundation Grant, Finland |
| 2006 | The Centre for International Mobility/ CIMO Fellowship, Finland |
Public Collections:
| Saastamoinen Foundation, Finland (deposited at EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland) | |
| Turku Technology Properties, Turun teknologiakiinteistöt, Art Collection, Finland | |
| The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Art Collection, Finland | |
| Oulu University, Saalasti Hall, Oulu, Finland (The Finnish State Art Deposit Collection) | |
| The Finnish State Art Collection, Finland | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma | Finnish National Gallery, Finland | |
| Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Woosong University, Daejeon, Korea | |
| Päivi Lipponen Trust, Finland | |
| Raumars Ry, Rauma, Finland | |
| Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico | |
| Amsterdames Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, The Academy of Fine Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands |