I am a photographer with a special focus on the narrative documentary genre. The central reiterating subject of my works throughout the years has been the relationship between individuals and the bigger historical narratives of which they are a part.

All of my projects are open-ended, so, they have a long time span and I prefer to take on different projects simultaneously.


Born in 1975 Parkano, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki

EDUCATION

2001 – 2007 University of Art and Design Department of Photography, Helsinki, FI
1997 – 2001 Turku Art Academy, Department of Photography, Turku, FI
1996 – 1997 The School of Photography, Muurla, FI

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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2020
Atlas of Emotions, Finnish Museum of Photography (the whole main exhibition space), FI

2019
We are the revolution, after Joseph Beuys, Zanis Lipke Memorial Museum, Riga, LV

2017
Framing the World, Gallery Persons, Berlin, GR
Framing the World, Local Library Window gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
Rehearsals for Adulthood, Finnish Museum of photography, Helsinki, FI

2016
Aesthetics of violence, Galleria Galleria (popup), Senäjoki, FI

2014
Aesthetics of violence, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, FI

2013
We are the revolution, after Joseph Beuyes, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, FI

2012
My Weather Diary, Small Project place, Tromso, NO

2011
Room With A View, Gallery Korjaamo, Helsinki, FI
My Weather Diary, Quai N1, Vevey, CH

2009
Alienation and Other Stories, Galleria Galica, Milan, IT

2007
My Weather Diary, Galleria Galica, Milan, IT
Rehearsals for Adulthood, Mai Manó House of Photography, Budapest, HU
My Weather Diary, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, FI

2006
My Weather Diary, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest, HU
My Unopened Letters, Lighthouse Poole, UK
My Unopened Letters, Gallery Anhava, Helsinki, FI

2005
My Unopened Letters, Winchester Gallery, Winchester, UK
My Weather Diary, Finland Institute Gallery, Stockholm, SE

2004
My weather Diary, Gallery Esa Jaske, Sydney, AU
My weather Diary , The Art Museum of Wäinö Aaltonen / Studio, Turku, FI

2002
Rehearsals for Adulthood, Espace Huit Novembre, Paris, FR

2001
Rehearsals for Adulthood, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, FI

2000 – 1998
Rehearsals for Adulthood, Poriginal Gallery, Pori, FI
She cannot wear red, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu,
She cannot wear red, Gallery Nykyaika, Tampere, FI
She cannot wear red, Gallery Peri, Turku, FI

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021
Gallery Rankka, Helsinki, FI
New Perspectives Through Photography, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, FI

2020
The Nature of Being, Persons Project, Berlin, GR

2019
Figures de l’animal, Abbaye Saint-André, centre d’art de Meymac, FR

2018
Weather, D-Museum, Soul, KR
Photo London, Somerset House, UK

2017
KaunasPhoto, Kaunas, LT
Voices From Europe, Parallel Intersection Lisboa, PT

2016
Wild Strawberries, Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku, FI
60th-anniversary exhibition of the State Art CommissionMuseum of Visavuori, Valkeakoski, FI
Demonstrating Minds, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary art, Helsinki, FI

2015
Photo London, Somerset House, UK
Capturer l’Ephémère, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, FR
The 10th Baltic Contemporary Art Biennial, National Museum in Szczecin, PL

2014
My Weather Diary, Local Window gallery, Manifesta 10, Parallel Program, St. Petersburg, RU

2013
Tosi kyseessä, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary art, Helsinki, FI

2012
Äärimmäisyyksien yhteinen tekijä, Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku, FI
Artic Hysteria, ST. Petersburg, RU

2011
Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum, Turku, FI

2010
No Fear Beyond This Point, Gelleria Galica, Milan, IT
Al di là delle app arenze opache, Settimana Europea della Fotografia 2010 – curated by Gigliola Foschi, IT
Arrivals and Departures, Fondo Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona – curated by Andrea Bruciati, IT
Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary art, Helsinki, FI
Artic Hysteria , DA2, Salamanca, ES
Gallery Vanessa Quang, Paris, FR
Artic Hysteria, Kuntsi, Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI

2009
Five Variations on Transcending the Finiteness of Human Vision, Riga, LV
Fly me to the Moon, Moen 44, Askeby, DK
T.ERROR, Hungarian Cultural Center, New York, US
Artic Hysteria, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, FI
Politische Ikonografie, Galerie Jette Rudolf, Berlin, DE
Aletheia, Helsinki Photography Festival, Helsinki City Art Museum, FI
Arctic Hysteria, Museum of Contemporary Art – Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU

2008
Arctic Hysteria, P.S.1, New York, US
Nordic Moods, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Skoven, DK
Up Close and Personal, Tallinn, EE
Garden of Delights, Yeosu Art Festival, Yeosu, HL
T.error Contemporary Images of Violence, Kunsthalle Budapest, HU
Manipulations, Mois de la Photo, Gallery La Ferronnerie, Paris, FI
Five Variations on Transcending the Finiteness of Human Vision, Artget, Belgrade, RS
Helsinki Biennale, Design Museum, Helsinki, FI
Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, FI
HoviArt, Mikkeli, FI
Phenomena, Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
Ma liberaci dal male, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, IT
Questions of Conflict, European Museum of Peace, AT
Rose Boreal, Ecole des Beaux – Arts de Paris, Paris, FR

2007
The Triennial of Finnish Art, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI
7th Biennale de la Photographie Africaine, Bamako, ML
The Nature of Evil, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
Hope is a Good Thing, Atelier Frankfurt, DE

2006
Neue Galerie Studio, Graz, AT
47th October Salon, Belgrade, RS
Metaphysics of Youth, Art enova – Fuoriuso, Pescara, IT
Check – in Europe, European Patent Office, Munich, DE

2005
Malmö Museer / Foto grafins rum, Malmö, SE
To be Continued, Helsinki Photography Festival, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI
Emotion Pictures, Muhka, Antwerpen, BE
Fractures o f Life, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary art, Helsinki, FI
Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE

2004
Finnish Tango / White Box, New York, US
Lumo 6. Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä, FI
Biennale of Sydney 2004, on reason and emotion, MCA, Sydney, AU
Pres que des paysages, Gallerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, FR
Vague 2 Hommages et dimgression, Musee Malraux, Le Havre, FR
Tough Sisters and Single Men, Art Moscow, RU
Voids, Pads and Places, Kunsthalle Lophem, Brugge, BE
Fotofinlandia 2004 Finalists, Cable Factor y, Helsinki, FI
Vasta Maalattu, Le Triage, Paris, FR
Fantastic Realism, Tallinn, EE
Facing East, Arts Institute at Bournemouth, UK
3rd Ars Baltica Triennal of Photographic Art, Stadtgallerie Kiel, DE
Mecklenburgisches Kunstlerhaus Schloss Plushow, DE
Kunsthalle Bergen / Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, NO

2003 – 2001
Tallin Art Hall, Tallin, EE
Quand la photo fait son cinema, Marseille, FR
Galerie Nathalie Pariente Paris, FR
Extra Strong Super Light, National Museum in Szczecin, PL
Tomorrow’s News, Gall ery 101, Ottawa, CA
Symptomania, Kunsthalle Lophem vzw, Loppem, BE
Off Scene, Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
Fotofinlandi a finalists, Cable factory, FI

SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS

2017 STATE Prize for Photographic Art
2017 Kone Foundation
2016 Arts Council of Finland
2015 WILLIAM THURING Prize
2015 Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation
2009 Arts Council of Finland
2009 Alfred Kordelin Foundation,
2004 FOTOFINLANDIA Prize

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, FI
Helsinki City Art Museum, FI
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI
The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
Turku Art Museum, Turku, FI
Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, FI
Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, FI
National Museum in Szczecin, PL
Neue Galerie Graz, AT
Private collections in Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sweden, UK and USA.