Lives and works in Tampere, Finland / Asuu ja työskentelee Tampereella

Education / Koulutus:
2012 Master of Arts (MA) in Visual Journalism and Photography. Aalto University - School of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland
2006 - 2008 Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Tampere, Finland
1994 - 1998 Bachelor of Arts (BA), Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Studies / Opinnot:
2005, 2003, 2001 Professional specialization studies in sound art, web design and graphic design. Tampere University of Applied Sciences, School of Art and media, Finland
Selected solo exhibitions / Yksityisnäyttelyt:
2022 Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland
2021 Touring exhibition (Pirkanmaa region) in collaboration with Tampere Art Museum
2020 Culture house Laikku, Tampere, Finland
2018 Kangasala-talo Gallery, Kangasala, Finland
2018 Finlandia University Gallery, MI, USA
2016 Winter Garden Tampere Hall, Pirkanmaa Regional Fund I Finnish Cultural Foundation
2016 Gallery Pirkko-Liisa Topelius, Helsinki, Finland
2012 TR1 Art Hall, Photographic centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
2012 Ministry of Environment, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Gallery Luova.fi, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Gallery Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland
2002 Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland
Selected group exhibitions / Valikoidut yhteis- ja ryhmänäyttelyt:

2019
Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland 2019-2020
Piippuhalli, Biofilia, Savonlinna
Tampere Hall, Winter Garden, Pirkanmaa Cultural Foundation, Finland
2018
Tampere Festival of Light, 2017-2018
Six Artists on Tammerkoski, Galerii Noorus, Tartu, Estonia 2018
2017
Nature Poems, Photographic Centre Nykyaika 2017, Finland
2016
Tampere Jazz Happening 2016, Finland
Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland

2015
Six Artists on Tammerkoski, Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland
6th Triennial of Pirkanmaa. Regional exhibition of Pirkanmaa area, Tampere, Finland
Nordic Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2014
WSU Gallery, Washington State, U.S.
Hotel Torni Gallery, Tampere, Finland
2013
East-West Art Award Finalists' Exhibition, La Galleria Pall Mall, London
Art Fair Suomi 13, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Voipaala Art Center, Sääksmäki, Finland
POP UP Art Näsilinna, Tampere
Gallery Jangva, Helsinki
2012
Next Design (Radical Design Week), Shanghai, China
5th Triennial of Pirkanmaa. Bargain-group, Tampere, Finland
Masters of Aalto, Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, Finland
Paths to Milavida, Tampere, Finland
The Sea, Bargain Group, Gallery Emil. Tampere, Finland, Odense, Denmark and Tartu, Estonia
2011
East-West Art Award Finalists' Exhibition, La Galleria Pall Mall, London
Inner landscapes, Marja Pirilä's team, Turku Castle, Finland
Seasons & Edwin Petrus. Gallery Emil, Tampere, Finland
2010
XV Mänttä Art Festival, Bargain Group, Finland
Gallery Ferin, Helsinki
Heartland of Javre. Mältinranta Art Center, Tampere
2009
Pirkanmaa 4th Triennial. Bargain Group Mältinranta Artcenter Tampere, Finland
Recycling. Bargain Group. Riihimäki Art Museum, Finland
Money, Money,Money. Bargain Group. Raisio Art Museum, Finland
Happiness project. Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland
2007
Stämpit, Bargaingroup, tm•gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2006
Weight Indexes. Mailart from Germany and Finland, The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, Tampere
Postfordian Living and Weight Indexes. Mailart from Germany and Finland, Goethe-Institute, Helsinki
2005
Postfordian Living and Weight Indexes. Mailart from Germany and Finland, Gallery Arte N, München, Germany
2004
Signs of Labour, Gallery Arte N, München, Germany
2003
Bargaingroup. The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, Tampere
So I saw. Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
2000
Say Cheese. CBK, The Rotterdam Centre for the Arts, The Netherlands
Art challenge. Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere
1999
Oud en Nieuw. Gallery Arti et Industriae. The Hague, The Netherlands
Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere
Personal file. Afdeling 5. 2000 beats, Art and Culture festival, Witte de Withstraat, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Afdeling 5. Gallery Meier van Eijsinga, The Hague, The Netherlands
Den Conincxraft Art Gallery,Public library of The Hague,The Netherlands
Nieuwe Lichting2. Gallery Arti et Industriae.The Hague,The Netherlands
1998
Why Karel Doorman? Final Year`s show, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Grants / Apurahat:
Finnfoto 2021
Arts Promotion Centre Finland 2021
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Pirkanmaa Regional Fund 2015
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The Arts Council of Pirkanmaa 2015
Arts Promotion Centre Finland 2014
The Arts Council of Pirkanmaa, Finland 2013

Afred Kordelin foundation, Finland 2012

Memberships / Jäsenyydet:
2010 - Photographic centre Nykyaika, Finland
2010 - Society for Northern Etnography, Finland
2008 - The Union of Artist Photographers, Finland
1999 - Tampere Artists´ Association
1998 - 2000 The Rotterdam Centre for the Arts, The Netherlands
1999 - 2000 Arti et Industriae, The Netherlands 
 Honorable mention / Kunniamaininta
1998 Drempelprize, Rotterdamse Kunststichting, The Netherlands
2011 East-West Art Award, La Galleria Pall Mall, London