CV

b. 1989, Lahti, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki


Education

2023, MFA, Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (FI)

2016, BA, Graphic design, Aalto University, Helsinki (FI)



Solo exhibitions

2024, Helsinki Art Museum, HAM galleria, Helsinki (FI), upcoming

2024, Taidekeskus Mältinranta, Galleria, Tampere (FI), upcoming

2022, Cosmic Zoom, Forum Box, Helsinki (FI)

2020, Other-than-human, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki (FI)

2019, Organism, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti (FI)

2018, Organism, Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki (FI)

2017, She, Kosminen Art Space, Helsinki (FI)



Group and joint exhibitions
2023, Solar Noon, Taattisten tila, Merimasku (FI), upcoming

2022, Supermarket Art Fair, tm•galleria, Stockholm (SE)

2022, Synthesis, Saatchi Gallery, curated by Delphian Gallery, London, (UK)

2021, Ebb and Flow, Galleria Kuva/Tila, Helsinki (FI)

2021, Kiertokulku, Galleria Ronga, Tampere (FI)

2021, Dandelion, Delphian Gallery, Basel Art Fair, Basel (CH)

2021, For the Love of, Hakola Studio, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki (FI)

2021, Top 100, The Auction Collective, London (UK)

2021, Kuvan kevät – MFA Degree Show, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki (FI)

2021, Kosminen Spring Salon, Kosminen Art Space, Helsinki (FI)

2020, Kosminen Salon, Kosminen Art Space, Helsinki (FI)

2019, Andrew Colbert, Taru Happonen & Santeri Lehto, tm•galleria, Helsinki (FI)

2019, Freedom to Roam, Kruunuvuori forest, Helsinki (FI)

2017, Finnish Art Agency: The Superwood Festival, Hotel Rantapuisto, Helsinki (FI)

2017, Enter and Encounter, with GRMMXI, Design Museum, Helsinki (FI)

2017, Salonkikelpoiset, Atski Galleria, Helsinki (FI)

2017,  BYOB, with Max Werner, Lux, Helsinki (FI)

2016, Soirée graphique N°9 Norden, with GRMMXI, KOMET, Bern (CH)

2015, Talkoot, with GRMMXI, Galleria Kalleria, Helsinki (FI)



Works in collections

Finnish State Art Deposit Collection
HUS Art Collection
Finnish Art Society – Art Lottery 2022
Finnish Art Society – Art Lottery 2020
Private collections in FI, UK and AUT



Residencies

2021, Ars Bioarctica, Finnish Bioart Society, residency program, Kilpisjärvi (FI)

2019, The Finnish Institute at Athens. residency program, Athens (GR)



Memberships

Finnish Painters’ Union
Finnish Bioart Society
Kuvasto ry
GRMMXI collective (2011–2017)



Projects and collaborations

2022, Hotel AX, paintings on display, curated by Niklas Hallman (FI)

2021-, Artist of the Finnish Painters project, finnishpainters.fi, Finnish Painters’ Union (FI)

2021, Art on a Postcard, Winter Auction, by invitation (UK)

2021, Two paintings in Aikuiset series, season 2, Yle (FI)

2018, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Millejä taiteelle, art work proposal, by invitation (FI)

2017, Museum Safary, Portrait workshop, Finnish Art Agency & Natural History Museum (FI)



Grants and recognitions

2023, The Paulo Foundation, material grant (FI)

2022, Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse, project grant (FI)

2022, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, 1-year working grant (FI)

2022, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, half-year working grant (FI)

2022, Frame Finland, travel grant (FI)

2021, Winner of the Fine Art category, Arts Thread, Global Design Graduate Show in collaboration with Gucci (UK)

2021, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, travel grant (FI)

2021,  Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 3-month working grant (FI)

2021,  Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2-month working grant (FI)

2021, Academy of Fine Arts, project grant (FI)

2020, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 1,5-month working grant (FI)

2020, Grafia ry, project grant (FI)

2020, Academy of Fine Art, travel grant (FI)

2019, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, travel grant (FI)

2018, Grafia ry, project grant(FI)

2018, Member of the Jury, Best of the Year: Publications (FI)

2017, Aalto University, project grant (FI)

2015, Grafia ry, project grant (GRMMXI) (FI)



Media

Glorian Koti, 1/2023, Nousevat nimet, article, Elina Suomalainen

HBL, 27.11.2022, Konstrecension: I gränslandet mellan det naturliga och syntetiska, review, Camilla Granbacka

Edit Media, 25.11.2022, Kosmisesta mittakaavasta ja taiteen tekemisestä viettinä, interviewSanna Lipponen

Helsingin Sanomat, 18.11.2022, Viikonlopun näyttelyissä katsotaan perhosen siiven kuvioita ja elämää koiran-pennun kanssa, recommendation, Sanna Lipponen

Finnish Painters, 14.4.2022, Finnish Painters: An Ongoing Correspondence, article, Mike Pinnington

Kuba Paris, 12/2021, Vieraslaji, feature

HBL, 10.12.2021, Förändringarnas tid vid Konstuniversitetet, review, Helen Korpak

Uniarts, 2.12.2021, Kuva/Tila -gallerian avajaisnäyttely Ebb and flow houkuttelee katsomaan maailmaa toisin, interview, Susanna Bono

Mister Mötley Magazine, 29.11.2021, Afstuderen tijdens de lockdown – een zee van nieuwe stemmen V, interview, Charlotte Cuny

Marcy, 16.9.2021, interview, Antonia Hamberg

Leon, 4/2017, feature




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