GRANTS & MEMBERSHIPS
2018- Regional Artist of Central Finland @ The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Valokuvataiteen läänintaiteilija @ Taike)
2017-2018 Member of board, The Arts Council of Central Finland
2017 Grant for Art book, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2016- Member of Print Up Artist Collective
2016- Member of Photographic Artist’s Association
2016 Member of board, The Centre for Creative Photography Association, Jyväskylä
2015 Grant, Arts Promotion Centre / Central Finland
2013 Finnish Cultural Foundation, working grant for a year / Central Finland
2013 Grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2011 Grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2011 Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation / Central Finland
2002 Artist of the month, Frame Contemporary Art Finland
2001 Grant, Arts Promotion Centre / Central Finland
1996 Grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation / Central Finland
2004- MA Photography studies,
University of Art and Design (Aalto University), Helsinki
2002 BA Photography,
Lahti University of Applied Sciences
1994–96 Photography, Muurla College
1993–94 Journalism, Alkio College, Korpilahti
1992 Graduate, Upper Secondary School, Suolahti
Works in Collections:
Art Museum of Jyväskylä
Private collections in Finland
2017 Curator with Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen in
100 Finnish photographers -project
2017 Sarasvatin hiekkaa, visualization, Huoneteatteri
2016 PS16 -exhibition, jurymember with Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen, VB Photographic Centre, Kuopio
2015- Kaamanen Soundsystem, producer
2015 Next Generation -young eyes of photojournalism -exhibition, associate producer, Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2014 Suunta & Luonne -exhibition, curator & producer, Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2012 Interview for YLE TV 1, news of culture, Kunto -haltioitumista & häpeää -exhibition
2012 Interview for YLE TV 1 main news, ”Dokumentaarinen taidevalokuva teki paluun”
2012 Taidekontti Art Project, Helsinki, producer and one of the photographers
2001- Independent lecturer and teacher of photography
1999-2000 Photographer (temporary), National Museum of Finland, Helsinki
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Summer Camp, curated by Maija Holma, Town hall of Säynätsalo, Jyväskylä
2005 Het Friekot – Architectuur voor de snelle trek, curated exhibition, Kunsthal Museum, Rotterdam, Holland
2005 Het Friekot, curated exhibition, Goethe Institute, Bryssel, Belgium
2004 Kaikilla Mausteilla – mit allen Zutaten, with artist Christoph Buckstegen (GER), Goethe Institute, Helsinki
2003 Finnexport 2003, curated exhibition, with artist Anne Hämäläinen and Hanna Weselius, DOM, Centre of Culture, Moscow, Russia
2001 Internationale Fotoheritage, curated exhibition, with artist Aino Kannisto and Perttu Saksa, Herten, Germany
2001 Kiel Stadt Gallery, curated exhibition, Germany
2001 Tarkemmin ajatellen -exhibition, curated by Stefan Bremer, Jouko Lehtola and Heli Rekula, Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2001 Punk - Portraits, group exhibition, Gallery Pinacotheca, Jyväskylä
2000 Open Design, curated exhibition, Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä
1999 Documents, group exhibition, Hämegallery, Lahti
2017 Asiaton oleskelu kielletty & ÄÄRI,
Mikkeli Photography Centre
2016 Asiaton oleskelu kielletty,
Jyväskylä Nature Museum
2016 Asiaton oleskelu kielletty,
Multialaista satoa -festival´s main exhibition, Multia
2015 ÄÄRI, City hall of Saarijärvi
2015 ÄÄRI, Gallery Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2014 ÄÄRI, Gallery Ratamo, Jyväskylä
2013 Kunto – haltioitumista ja häpeää, Rantagallery, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu
2012 Kunto – haltioitumista ja häpeää, Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2003 Punk – Portraits, Suolahti
2001 Kaikilla Mausteilla, Rantagallery, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu
