Summer 2022: You can see my works at two different exhibitions this summer, both in Finland. One is an exhibition called Together in the beautiful Runo Hotel Porvoo, curated by artist Fanny Tavastila. I’m lucky to be exhibiting together with Jasmin Anoschkin, Emma Helle, Heli Hiltunen, Iisa Maaranen and Tommi Toija. The exhibition is up until October 2nd.
The other exhibition is called Hidden – Forms of the Senses and it is a part of Fiskars Village Art and Design Biennale. It’s curated by Laura Sarvilinna and featuring a large group of artists and designers. This is one of three exhibitions of the biennale and you can see them all until September 4th.
May 2022: My first solo exhibition in Sweden was at galleri Hörnan, Falun April 28th to May 30th.
November 2021: Finally, my solo exhibition We Lingered There has opened at galleria Duetto in Helsinki. You’ll find the gallery on Kalevankatu 15 in the city centre. Open 24.11 – 19.12.2021
Tuesdays to Saturdays 11-17 and Sundays 12-16.
August 2021: My new piece Pakopiste (Vanishing Point) can now be seen in an exhibition at MUJI Small Gallery in Helsinki, Kamppi. It is a joint exhibition with Inni Pärnänen and Irene Sema. Up until the 29th of August.
Make note, I’m also preparing for my upcoming solo exhibition at galleria Duetto in Helsinki 24.11.-19.12.2021.
September 2020: My most recent works can now be seen in an exhibition called Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen (Journey to the Centre of the Land) in Jyväskylä Art Museum in Finland.
The exhibition is curated by Richard Borgström and will be up until March 2021.
https://matkallamaankeskipisteeseen.fi/en/nayttelyt/jyvaskylan-taidemuseo/
June 2020: A couple of my recent works from the Seascape series are included in the summer exhibition, Gathering, at Lokal gallery, Annankatu 9, Helsinki.
I wish you all a wonderful summer!
May 2020: This spring I got a working grant from The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and will be focusing on upcoming exhibitions, very grateful for the chance to concentrate on my art.
At the moment I am working on an installation for a group exhibition in Jyväskylä Art Museum in Finland. The exhibition “Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020” will be opening in September.
December 2019: My Exhibition ” A Traveller’s Trees” opened in Helsinki at the galleria Katariina Studio. It will be up 4.-29.12.2019. The address is Kalevankatu 16.
Photo by Erno Enkenberg.
October 2019: Today I came back from beautiful Tallinn, Estonia, where I opened an exhibition at HOP galerii together with my dear friend and colleague Inni Pärnänen.
“Across the Water” will be open Thursdays to Tuesdays until the 5th of November so you are most welcome to visit if you are in town. The adress is Hobusepea 2, Tallinn.
Portrait photo of the artists by Irene Sema.
April 2019: In April I am showing my Master’s degree project in my old neighbourhood in Helsinki. The installation can be seen any time of the day in the window gallery of Union of Finnish Art Associations office until the 29th of April.
https://www.skjl.fi/galleria-seina/esilla-nyt/
I am also the artist of the season at a small museum in Helsinki called Virkkimuseo, the home of Tyyne-Kerttu Virkki. Three of my most recent work are displayed in the home that can be visited by appointment.
September 2018: I got a grant from Arts Promotion Centre Finland and will be working hard during the next 3 months with exploring landscape and longing to a landscape. I feel grateful for this opportunity.
March 2018: Tendenser 2018 – Give It Time exhibition was opened last Saturday in Moss, Norway. I am happy to be a part of this interesting exhibition curated by Stephen Knott! Moss is absolutely beautiful but if you don’t have a chance to go there, you can watch the video here.
November 2017: The group exhibition “Från ögat till horisonten” will open in a couple of days in the Aguéli Museum in the Swedish town Sala. The exhibition will be open the 11th to the 25th of November and I am showing new pieces with 6 other former students of Konstfack.
September 2017: The Finnish exhibition Visioning Future Through Craft and Design has opened at Cheongju Craft Biennale in the former tobacco factory in Cheongju, South Korea. The exhibition is on until 22. of October. I am one of forty artists and designers.
April 2017: The final exam for my Master degree programme at Konstfack was held this week. The spring exhibition will be the 11th to the 21st of May!
December 2016: The TypoCraft Helsinki group exhibition has travelled to gallery Factory in Seoul! The exhibition is up until the 10th of February 2017.
September 2016: The 60th anniversary of the Finnish State Art Collection is being celebrated this year. I will be one of the artists presented in a group exhibition in Visavuori museum, Valkeakoski.
“The State of the Art – …ja sama asia nykyaikaisesti käsitettynä”
30.9.2016-5.2.2017
June – August 2016: This summer my works can be seen in a group exhibition at Villa Roosa in Orimattila, Finland. The name of the exhibition is Paljon Onnea (Lots of Happiness)
18.6. – 7.8.2016 at Villa Roosa.
October – December 2015: Texo ry, the association of textile artists in Finland are celebrating their 60 years with a MINItextile exhibition in Tampere. Luckily I´m one of the 24 invited artists. The exhibition is open every day at Verkaranta Craft Centre, Tampere. October 30th – December 6th.
The same exhibition is shown at the Craft Museum of Finland in Jyväskylä December 19th 2015 to March 6th 2016.
October 2015: I am happy to be a part of an exhibition showing contemporary drawing in Lahti Art Museum, Finland. Draw Now! is open from the 9th of October 2015 to 23rd of January 2016. The exhibition is moving to Rovaniemi Art Museum from Lahti.
September 2015: I am participating in a Nordic exhibition in Paris called Magic Language / Game of Whispers. The exhibition is up at the Revelations fine craft fair at Grand Palais 10.-13.9.2015.
August 2015: I moved to Stockholm but a couple of my works are in the TypoCraft Helsinki exhibition at Lokal – Katja Hagelstam, Annankatu 9, Helsinki. Up until the 4th of October.
May 2015: Exhibition in Porvoo, Vanha Kappalaisentalo with the lovely painter Saija Starr 22.5.-14.6.2015. Välikatu 13, Porvoo.
April 2015: Solo exhibition at Galleria Katariina´s studio 22.4. – 10.5.2015
Kalevankatu 16, Helsinki
(Photo: Erno Enkenberg)
November 2014: Working in an artists’residency in Budapest.
September 2014: Solo exhibition at galleria TÄKY, Lappeenranta 5.-30.9.2014
June 2014: Three works in the group exhibition “Rakkaus” (Love) at Tuusula Art Museum 10.6.-21.9.2014
March 2014: Three works at the large Ornamo sales exhibition, Cable Factory, Puristamo hall 8.–16.3.2014
January 2014: Taking part in the group exhibition “Pink” at gallery Lokal, Helsinki 12.1. – 16.2.2014
October 2013: Works in the group exhibition “Toinen Kattaus” at gallery Lokal, Helsinki 25.10. – 24.11.
October 2013: Solo exhibition at galleria Rajatila, Tampere 5.-21.10.
April 2013: Working in Hveragerði Iceland, Varmahlið artists’ residency.
April 2013: Exhibition in HOP galerii, Tallinn, Estonia, with my dear colleagues Minttu Sipola and Hanna Vainio
March 2013: Waking up again after a long winter in Helsinki. Will have a group exhibition with friends in Tallinn, Estonia in April, so these last days before I am working intensively. http://www.eaa.ee/hop/exhibitions?lang=en
October 2012: New studio space in southern parts of Helsinki
September 2012: Small exhibition at OVVN Shop, Helsinki
August 2012: Participating in Gallery Johan S´exhibition “Take Away – Art to go” in Helsinki
June 2012: working at Halkoliiteri Art and Culture Space in Helsinki.
April 2012: working with Katja Ketola in Art Council of Uusimaa artist´s residency in Berlin.
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