Born 1980 in Kirkkonummi, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
Education
2014 Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, MA, Photography
2009/2010 Universidad de Compultence, Madrid, Spain, Fine Arts
2008 University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland, BA, Photography
2005 Pekka Halonen Academy, Photography
Selected solo exhibitions
2020 Surrounded By, Turun Taidehalli, Turku, FI
2020 Shadows Within, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2020 Finding the Path Within, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2018 Surrounded By, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
2014 Light Paintings, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, FI
2012 While unseen, Gallery TAIK, Berlin, DE
2012 Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2011 i m p r e s s i o, Hippolyte, Gallery of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2011 i m p r e s s i o, Portrait´s Gallery, Pori, FI
2011 i m p r e s s i o, Finlandsintitutet, Stockholm, SE
Selected group exhibitions
2024, Constellations, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL
2023 VERZWEIGT, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim, DE
2023 CATCH – What can we extract from the flow of life?, Serlachius Museum Gösta, FI
2023 12. Darmstadt Photography Days: TILT/SHIFT – Experiment as Normality, Kunstforum der TU Darmstadt, DE
2023 Refractive Landscapes, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2022 Eye on Nature, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2021 New Perspectives Through Photography – 25 Years of the Helsinki School, Taidehalli Helsinki, FI
2021 Northern Light, Europäische Kunstakademie e.V., Trier, DE
2021 Nordic Light, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2020 The Helsinki School – The Nature of Being, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2019 London Art Fair, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2018 Paris Photo, Gallery Taik Persons, Paris, FR
2018 Artissima 18, Gallery Taik Persons, Torino, IT
2018 Vienna Contemporary, Gallery Taik Persons, Vienna, AT
2018 CHART, Gallery Taik Persons, Copenhagen, DK
2018 Photo London, Gallery Taik Persons, London, UK
2017 Paris Photo, Gallery Taik Persons, Paris, FR
2017 Photo London, Gallery Taik Persons, London, UK
2016 Paris Photo, Gallery Taik Persons, Paris, FR
2016 CHART, Gallery Taik Persons, Copenhagen, DK
2016 Photo London, Gallery Taik Persons, London, UK
2016 ARCO, Gallery Taik Persons, Madrid, ES
2015 Paris Photo, Gallery Taik Persons, Paris, FR
2015 Vienna Contemporary, The Helsinki School Gallery, Vienna, AT
2014 London Art Fair, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2013 Summer School, TR1, Tamepre, FI
2013 The Helsinki School – A Female View, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, NO
2013 Multiplied 2013 Contemporary Editions Fair, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2013 Vienna Contemporary, Gallery Taik Persons, Vienna, AT
2013 Summer exhibition, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2013 Summer School, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2013 Valon Houkutus, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, FI
2012 Paris Photo, Gallery TAIK, Paris, FR
2012 Vienna Contemporary, Gallery TAIK, Vienna, AT
2012 Art Fair Suomi 2012, Helsinki, FI
2011 Young Artists 2011, Kunsthalle Helsinki, FI
2011 Paris Photo, Gallery TAIK, Paris, FR
2011 Artissima18, Gallery TAIK, Torino, IT
2011 The Helsinki School – A Female View part II, Fotoraum, Vienna, AT
2011 Border, 4. WestPhoto Photography Prize, Berlin, DE
2011 KIAFF2011, Gallery TAIK, Seoul, KR
2011 Art Fair Suomi 2011, Helsinki, FI
2011 The Helsinki School – A Female View, Pudry Hicks Gallery, London, UK
2011 Vienna Contemporary, Gallery TAIK, Vienna, AT
2010 WestPhoto Photography Prize, University of Westminster, London, UK
2008 Young Guns, Students of Photography ry, Jukka Male Museum, Helsinki, FI
Grants
2015 The Young Artist Grant / Finnish Art Society
2014 Arts Council of Finland
2013 Arts Council of Finland
2012 Finnfoto ry
2011 Arts Council of Finland
2011 University of Art and Design
2010 Finnfoto ry
Memberships
Union of Artist Photographers, FI
T.E.H.D.A .S. ry
Residencies
2018 The Åland Archipelago Guest Artist Residency, FI
2018 Utö Residency, FI
Publications2020 Polku | Paths, Parvs Publishing Ltd.
2016 Interview, ZOOM Magazine n.245: Beyond Sharpness
2013 Väritettyjä totuuksia / Book of Lies, Musta Taide
2011 The Helsinki School, Vol IV, Female View, Hatje Cantz
Works in Collections
Collectión Olor Visual, ES
Helsinki City Art Museum, FI
The State Art Collection, FI
Statoil, Art Collection, NO
Loubna – Fine Art Society, CHE
Works in private collections: Austria, Finland, France, South Korea, Switzerland, UK, USA
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