Date of Birth and Place: 28 September 1974, Helsinki
EDUCATION
2005 – 2007 University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland, Textile dep.; Master of Arts
1997 – 2000 Institute of Art and Design, Vantaa, Finland, Textile dep.; Bachelor of Arts
1995 Helsinki High School for Adults, High School Graduate
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi Finland 2017 Promenadi Gallery, Hyvinkää, Finland 2017 Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Finland 2009 Gallery Johan S. Helsinki, Finland 2007 Gallery myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland 2005 Church of Oulunkylä, Helsinki, Finland 2004 Gallery myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland 2002 Art Gallery Oma Huone, Helsinki, Finland 2000 Institute of Art and Design, Vantaa, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND GROUP WORKS
2021-2 UUTOS Exhibition of the Finnish Association of New Textile Art UUTE ry, Riihisaari – Savonlinna Museum 2021 UUTOS Exhibition of the Finnish Association of New Textile Art UUTE ry, Gallery Moletti, Forssa Museum 2021 Kasvisto II, Taiteen Kotitalo, Kerava, Finland, Garden Group 2021 Mind Map III, Copper Leg Art Residency, Estonia, Mind Mappers Collective 2020 Sins in Eden, Taiteen Kotitalo, Kerava, Finland, Garden Group 2020 Mind Map II, Environmental Art Exhibition (JTS) Taidemäki, Järvenpää, Finland, Mind Mappers Collective 2019 Mind Map, Save Vartiosaari - Art Project VIII, Finland, Mind Mappers Collective 2019 Sins in Eden, Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia, Riga, Garden Group 2018 Consequences - Sodan seuraukset, Art Hall in Porvoo, Finland, Consequences Group 2017 Kakofonia, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki, Finland, Heteka 13 Group 2015 Self-portrait, Lapinlahti park, Helsinki, Finland, Rags Group 2015 Pälde 13 Art Market, Pälkäneentie 13, Helsinki ,Finland, Heteka 13 Group 2014 FREE – TIME, Helsinki Winter Garden, Finland, Garden Group 2014 FREE – TIME, Tartu Botanical Garden, Estonia, Garden Group 2011 Piilossa – Peidus Tallinn Botanical Garden, Tallinn, Estonia, Garden Group 2011 ART – NATURE – ECOLOGY, international art workshop and exhibition at Art-Nuuttila, Virrat, Finland, Group work 2010 Time and Thought, international art workshop and exhibition at Voipaala ART Centre, Finland, Group work 2009 A Party in The Garden, Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden in Helsinki, Finland, Garden Group 2003 Media Installation, Gallery Omahuone Helsinki, Finland. Group work
JURIED OR CURATED EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
2021 YÖ x SINFF, Savonlinna Nature Film Festival, Savonlinna 2021 14th PALAS Art Path, Hyvinkää 2020 13th PALAS Art Path, Hyvinkää 2019 12th PALAS Art Path, Hyvinkää 2018 Art goes Kapakka, Helsinki Festival (HTS) 2018 11th PALAS Art Path, Hyvinkää 2017 10th PALAS Art Path, Hyvinkää 2016 Save Vartiosaari – Art Project V, Laru Art, Helsinki 2014 Elämän värittämät, Gallery Fogga, Helsinki 2012–13 ART – NATURE – EKOLGY, Art-Nuuttila, Virrat 2011 Fabrication Forssa, Textile Museum Tyykki, Museum of Forssa 2011 International Ideas, Galleria VIRINÄ, Virrat City Gallery 2010 Fabrication TR1 - Art Hall, Tampere Finland. Organized by Tampere Art Museum 2010 Time and Thought, international art workshop and exhibiton at Voipaala Art Centrum 2008–09 Exhibiton of the Artists O, Vantaa Art Museum, Vantaa 2007 Union of Finnish Art Associations (SKjL) 07 Exhibition, K.H. Renlund Art Museum Kokkola 2007 Kvartetti - The Helsinki Artists’ association (HTS) 40 years, Vuotalo Helsinki 2006 Union of Finnish Art Associations (SKjL) 06 Exhibition, Taidepanimo Lahti 2006 Terrortory, Muu Gallery, Helsinki 2005 Design Partners 05, Cable Factory, Helsinki 2005 Union of Finnish Art Associations (SKjL) 05 Exhibition, Taidetehdas Porvoo 2005 Inform RT1, Tampere; Design Forum, Helsinki; Myllysaari Museum, Valkeakoski 2005 Tilassa, Wetterhoff, Hämeenlinna 2004 Rakkaus, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi; Gallery of Kankaanpää in Postelli; The Graft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä 2003 Säilytin, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi; The Graft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä 2003 Southern Finland Region Exhibition, Taidetehdas Porvoo
JURIED OR CURATED EXHIBITIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
2020 Treasure Island CITY, Peter and Paul Fortress, The State Museum of History of St. Petersburg, Russia 2019 ZONE UMIDE, Centro Artistico Culturale ArtPort, Palazzolo Dello Stella UD, Italy 2017 - 2018 TREASURE ISLAND, Russian Levsha Museum, Saint Petersburg and Gallery Na Kashirka, Moscow, Russia 2017 Ethno,10th Textile Biennal, Arka gallery, Vilna, Lithuania 2016 For the Future, 3rd International Exhibition BOOK-ART-OBJECT 3, Heritage House of Petar Lubarda Belgrade, and University Library Svetozar Markovic Belgrade Serbia 2016 BEZCE fabrics Touching Anatolia, Marmara University , Istanbul, Turkey 2015 Buzios international Art Festival, Centro Armação dos Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2015 BELA biennial Museu Historico National Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2014 Glam(our) Ukama Gallery, Torremolinos, Spain 2013 Lisbon International Contemporary Exhibition meetiNG Art Gallery, Portugal 2013 The Biennial Project, Villa, Palazzo degli Angeli Venezia, Italy 2012 BELA Biennial of European and Latin American Contemporary Art – Galeria do palácio, Porto, Portugal 2010 International Baltic Minitextile Triennial, Muzeum Miasta Gdyni; Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz Poland 2009 OTTO Exhibition in Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid, Spain 2009 Triennial of Textile Gallery of P.M.Bohun in Liptovsky Mikulas; Dom umenia in Bratislava, Slovakia 2009 Faleria Festivals, Rome, Italy 2008 Valcellina Award Exhibition, Maniago, Italy 2007 3rd European Textile and Fibre art Triennial, Exhibition Hall Arsenals, Riga, Latvia 2007 7th Int. Baltic Mini Textile Triennial, Gdynia, Poland 2006 Festivalmau^06, A.R.C.Musicos, Faro, Algarve, Portugal 2006 New Terrortory, PAK////T, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2006-7 Triennial of Textile 2006, Liptovský Mikuláš, Turiec Gallery Martin, Slovakia 2006 Anymous Performance VII, media section, Galerie města Plzně, Pilsen, Czech republic 2006 Scythia 6, 6th International Biennial on Contemporary Textile Art, Kherson, Ukraine 2006 Valcellina Award Exhibition, Museo del Tessile of Busto Arsizio, Maniago; Coricama Center, Maniago, Italy 2005 Kaunas Art Biennial “Textile 05”, National Art museum, Kaunas Lithuania 2005 Visions in Textiles, Izmir State Art and Sculpture Museum, Turkey (ETN) 2005 Open Letter, 4th Intl. Biennial of Miniature Textiles, ARKA Gallery, Vilnus; Klaipeda Gallery, Klaipeda, Janinos Monkutes-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kèdainiai, Lithuania 2004 From Lausanne to Beijing, 3rd International Fibre Art Biennale, Shanghai, China 2004 Valcellina Award 2003 – Textile and Fibre Art Competition, Valcellina, Italy
ART ASSOCIATIONS AND SCHOOLS EXHIBITIONS
2019 Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory, Helsinki (MUU ry) 2010 Art Fair Suomi, Finnish Artists' Associations Exhibition, Cable Factory, Helsinki 2010 Exhibition of the Helsinki Artists' Association, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Suomenlinna Helsinki 2009 Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory, Helsinki 2009 Animal Life, exhibition of the Helsinki Artists' Association, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki 2009 Exhibiton of Finnish Association of Designers ORNAMO, Helsinki 2008 Signs of the Times, exhibition of the Helsinki Artists' Association, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki (HTS) 2008 Exhibition of Finnish Association of Designers ORNAMO, Helsinki 2006 Erotique, exhibition of the Helsinki Artists' Association, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki (HTS) 2006 Art Fair Suomi 2006, MUU Gallery, Helsinki (MUU ry) 2006 Kaunis, kauniimpi, ruma, ruma, rumempi, kaunis, Theatre Academy Teak, Helsinki (UIAH) 2006 Exhibiton of Finnish Association of Designers ORNAMO, Helsinki 2005 Art Fair Suomi, Finnish Artists’ Associations Exhibition, Helsinki (MUU ry) 2005 Helsinki Picnic, Esplanadi Stage Helsinki (UIAH) 2005 Tunteet pinnassa, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki (HTS) 2004 Exhibiton of Finnish Association of Designers ORNAMO, Helsinki 2003 Exhibiton of Finnish Association of Designers ORNAMO, Helsinki 1999 Aikamoinen, Helsky Craft House Gallery, Helsinki (EVTEK) 1998 Helsinki Night of Arts, Helsky Craft House Gallery, Helsinki (EVTEK) 1998 Kudotut, Tikkurila, Vantaa (EVTEK) 1997 Koru, Institute of Art and Design, Vantaa (EVTEK)
PERMANENT WORKS AND WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Arte Faleria Festival collection, Italy Muzeum Miasta Gdyni, Gdynia, Poland Festivalmau archive, Algarve, Portugal Anymous Performance archive, Pilsen, Czech republic Valcellina International Award collection, Association Le Arti Tessili, Italy 2004 Tuesday, Textile art work, Regional Hospital, Porvoo, Finland 2000 On the Move, Textile sculpture, Hotel Strand Inter-Continental, Helsinki, Finland 1998 Paths, Tapestry, institute of Art and Design, Vantaa, Finland
PRIZES
2013 The Artist of the Month June – July Artists O 2011 Diploma, The Seventh International Biennial of Textile Miniatures “VANISH / SURVIVE” (Gallery ARKA, Vilnius, Lithuania) 2010 Award of the Time And Thought international Textile and Fibre Art Exhibition 2005 1. prize of Finnish Association of Artists and Designers competition for the Finnish Design Year 2005
OTHER STUDIES
Helsinki Open University: 2003 – 2004 Film and TV Science Studies 2001 – 2003 Art History Studies (Cum laude studies) 1996 – 1997 Art History Studies (Approbatur studies) 1995 – 1996 Development Studies
CATALOGUES AND DOCOMENTARIES
UUTOS, Exhibition of the Association of New Textile Art UUTE ry, Gallery Moletti, Forssa Museum and Riihisaari – Savonlinna Museum 2021. Exhibition catalogues. Treasure Island CITY, Peter and Paul Fortress, The State Museum of History of St. Petersburg, Russia 2020. Exhibition catalogue. Ethno, 10th Textile Biennal, Arka gallery, Vilna, Lithuania 2017, Exhibition catalogue. Treasure Island, Russian Levsha Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia 2017. Exhibition catalogue. For the Future, 3rd International Exhibition BOOK-ART-OBJECT 3 2016, Exhibition catalogue. BELA 2015, Biennial of European and Latin American Contemporary Art, catalogue. Important World Artists Vol.1. A World of Art. Published in California by World Wide Art Books Inc. 2013 BELA 2015, Biennial of European and Latin American Contemporary Art, catalogue. Bela 2012, Biennial of European and Latin American Contemporary Art, catalogue. Vanish / Survive, Arka Gallery Lithuania 2011, catalogue. 8 International Baltic Mini Textile Triennial 2010, catalogue. Triennial of Textile 2009, Arttex. Exhibition catalogue. 8th Finnish Textile Triennial catalogue 2009. Article. Arte faleria festival, 2009. Exhibiton catalogue. OTTO, Artists O, presentation 2008. Exhibition catalogue. International Textile and Fibre art Competition Premio Valcellina, 2007. Exhibition catalogue. 7 International Baltic Mini Textil Triennial, 2007. Exhibition catalogue. Tradition and Innovation - Global Intrigue, 2007. Exhibition catalogue. Trienále textilu, Liptovsky Mikulás, 2006. Exhibition catalogue. Visions in Textiles -from tradition to textile art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue. International Textile and Fibre art Competition Premio Valcellina 2005. Exhibition catalogue. Textile 05, Kaunas Art Biennial, 2005. Exhibition catalogue. Kaltio 1/2005. Article. Textileforum 2/2004. Article. International Textile and Fibre Art Competition Premio Valcellina, 2003. Exhibition catalogue. From Lausanne to Beijing 3:rd International Tapestry Art Biennale Catalogue 2004.
MEMBERSHIPS
Artists’ Association Yö 2021 Finnish Association of New Textile Art (UUTE) 2014, founder member Finnish Association of Artists (O) 2006, founder member Finnish Artists’ Association (MUU) 2005 The Helsinki Artists' Association (HTS) 2004 Finnish Association of Visual Artists Copyrights (KUVASTO) 2003
RESPONSIBLE POSITION
Member of Council of Artists' Association of Finland 2022 Chairman of Finnish Association of New Textile Art (UUTE) 2014 – 16, 2018 – 2021 Executive board of Finnish Association of Textile Artists (TEXO) 2010 – 11 Executive board of Finnish Association of Artists (O ry) 2006 – 08 Executive board of Finnish Association of Designers and Artists (TAIKO) 2004 – 2006 Deputy Member of Council of Finnish Association of Designers (ORNAMO) 2003 – 2006