Born 1981 in Pieksämäki, Finland
Lives and works in Nokia, Finland
Tel. +35844-5348651

EDUCATION
2008 MA in fine art, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki
2007 Exchange student, Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan
2004 BA in fine art, Tampere University of Applied Sciences

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 Soft Spot, tm-Galleria, Helsinki

2018 Whirls, Whispers and Fountains, Galerie Pleiku, Berliini

2017 Whirls, Whispers and Fountains, Galleria Huuto Uudenmaankatu, Helsinki

2015 Daydreams, Porvoo Kunsthalle, Porvoo, Finland
2014 Maalauksia/Paintings, Finnish Art Agency, Helsinki
2014 Hybrids, Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland
2013 Pictures of Nowhere, Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa, Finland
2012 Taidetalo Town Gallery, Nokia, Finland
2012 Bad Weather, tm-Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2012 End of the Rainbow, Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere, Finland (Pirkanmaa 5th Triennale)
2010 Huoltamo Gallery and Project Space, Tampere, Finland
2008 00130Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Gallery Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland
2005 Studio Seriola, Tampere, Finland
2005 Lasipalatsi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Summer Exhibition, Haihara Art Centre, Tampere

2020 Hundred years in good company, Tampere Artist’s association 100 years, Art Centre Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland

2019 Down by the Lake – 14 Years of Tampere-Düsseldorf Artist-in-Residence Programme, Haiharan taidekeskus, Tampere, Finland

2019  Lappeenranta Art Museum, Finland

2017 Uusin silmin, Emil Aaltonen Museum, Tampere, Finland

2016 Särö – Sprickan – Fracture, Exhibition of The Nordic Art Association in Finland, Almintalo, Loviisa, Finland
2015 Young/Nuoret 2015, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Exposures – Endless Wonderment, Pietarsaari City Museum, Finland
2014 Teijon Masuuni, Meri-Teijo, Finland
2014 Fin(n)ish, RARE Gallery, New York, USA
2014 Love, Thematic exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, Tuusula Art Museum, Finland
2013 Exhibition of The Nordic Art Association in Finland, Art Center Haihatus, Joutsa, Finland
2013 Supporting Exhibition for UN Women, Amelie, Tampere, Finland
2012 “ARTISTS 2012” The 117th Finnish Artists’ exhibition”, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Pirkanmaa 5th Triennale, Tampere, Finland
2011 Triennale of young artists, Cultural centre Poleeni, Pieksämäki, Finland
2009 Gallery Utu, Jyväskylä, Finland
2009 Haihara Art Centre, Tampere, Finland
2009 “Snow White Horror” Gallery Eteinen, Savonlinna, Finland
2008 “Mixed Worlds – My East”, Gallery Dom Omladine, Belgrade, Serbia
2007 Kyoto Art Certre, Kyoto, Japan
2007 Finnish Institute, Berlin, Germany
2007 “Goldene Kentaur”, Küstlerhaus, Munich, Germany
2007 Haihara art centre, Tampere, Finland
2006 “The Art of Bas Ware”, Sanomatalo, Helsinki
2006 PO0607, N.O.D Gallery, Prague
2005 Annual exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, Porvoo, Finland
2005 ”Kunstpunkte”, Düsseldorf, Germany
2005 Gallery Seriola,Tampere, Finland
2005 “Cascade Print Exchange”, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
2004 Fine art graduate show, Museum centre Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland
2003 Gallery Seriola, with Jarno Vesala, Tampere, Finland
2003 Art Centre Haihara, Tampere, Finland
2003 Tampere House, Tartu, Estonia

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2021 Arts Promotion Centre Pirkanmaa

2020 Corona Grant, Arts Promotion Centre

2017 Arts Promotion Centre Pirkanmaa
2016 The Pirkanmaa Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation
2015 Arts Promotion Centre Pirkanmaa
2014 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, travel grant
2014 Frame Visual Art Finland, grant for the group Fin(n)ish
2014 Exhibition scholarship of Gallery Saskia
2013 Avek Crea Demo, in co-operation with Sanna-Kaisa Salonen
2013 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2012 The Pirkanmaa Arts Council
2012 The Arts Council of Finland
2011 The Arts Council of Finland, together with Jarno Vesala
2008 The Pirkanmaa Arts Council travel grant for the Mixed Worlds group
2006 Alli and Allan Salo foundation
2005 The Pirkanmaa Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation
2005 City of Tampere
2004 Tampere University of Applied Sciences, scholarship
2003 Exhibition scholarship of Gallery Seriola

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Tampere Art Museum

Raimo Anttila Foundation
Collections of the city of Tampere
Collections of the city of Nokia
Finnish Art Society (lottery price)

Private collection of Pirjo Leinonen and Albert Vollbehr
Private collections

RESIDENCIES
2014 The Finnish Cultural Institute, New York, United States
2013 The Arts Council of Pirkanmaa, Berlin, Germany
2012 Sfakiotes Recidency Programme, Lefkada, Greece
2005 Cultural Office of the City of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (2 months with scholarship)

MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Painter’s Union
Tampere Artist’s association
Kuvasto ry, Nokia Artist’s association, Tehdassaari Co-operative