Education
2012–14 Netherlands’ Film Academy, Amsterdam, Masters degree
1998-99 University of Stockholm, Sweden, Art Science
1992-95 Art school of Nykarleby, Finland, degree in Fine Arts
1991-92 Art School of Liminka, Finland
Selected solo exhibitions
2026 Whispers from the Edge, Villa Sveden, Pietarsaari, Finland
2025 Even a Dead Star Can Be a Lighthouse, Dokzaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2024 Haunted Landscapes, Valokuvakeskus Raseborg, Karjaa, Finland
2024 Wretched Ground, Maker’s Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
2022 Leneen luy xéw, Chez Dasso, part of the OFF-program of Biennale de Dakar, Senegal
2016 The Dead Walk Side by Side with the Living, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
Selected festivals, screenings and gatherings
2026 Hesitation can slow down decision-making, gathering at Sugar Factory ICW Filmverkstaden, Vaasa, Finland
2025 Hesitation can slow down decision-making, SOLU, Helsinki, Finland
2025 To notice is to remember, screening at SOLU, Helsinki, Finland
2025 The Silver Record Film festival, Tromsø, Norway
2024 Celaya Experimental Film festival, Mexico
2023 14th Strangloscope screenings, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2023 Do Trees Dream, Mother Earth’s Inner Organs and other stories, gathering at Korpo Archipelago Centre, Finland
2022 Body in the Micro and Macrocosmos, curated by AV-arkki, ELKE ry. at Cinema ORION, Helsinki, Finland
2021 Where the light comes in, Draamasali, Vaasa, Finland
2017 Festival Singes de nuit, Paris, France
2016 Condition of Possibility, Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 Berliner Liste, BBK screening, Berlin, Germany
2014 Femina International Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Distributed by Av-arkki.
Selected group exhibitions
2025 5,9 ‰, The Archipelago Centre Korpoström, Finland
2024 Booked 2024, Taidekeskus itä, Lappeenranta, Finland
2024 Places of Unrest and Restoration, Platform, Vaasa, Finland, part of The Silver Record by Filmverkstaden
2024 Booked 2024, MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Finland
2022 New Beginnings, curated by Valentina Gelain, Malakta, Finland
2019 Check your privilege!, Almin Talo, Loviisa, Finland
2014 Something to love, curated by Suzanne Wallinga, Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Selected residencies
2025 Red Herring network / CAA, Seili, Finland – a collaborative project by artists and scientists
2024 Plantage Dok, Amsterdam
2024 SOLU / Bioarts Society, Helsinki, Finland
2024 Villa Karo, Gran-Popo, Benin
2023 Korpo Archipelago residency / Pro Artibus, Finland
2022 WAAW, Saint Louis, Senegal
Works in collections
Helsinki City Art Museum
Museum of Ostrobothnia
Pro Artibus
Private collections in Finland, Spain, Germany, Holland and Brazil
Engagement in artist-run activities
2021–24 Board member of Filmverkstaden, a film lab with workshops and a residency program, Vaasa
2007–12 Board memberof Platform, a gallery, residency and other eventbased activities; as coordiantor of activities, co-curator or exhibitions, co-editor of publication
2007-10 Cheap Finnish Labor – the Platform board formed the group CFL, that also carried out artistic projects: in collaboration with Hüseyin Alptekin for the Turkish Pavillion at 52nd Venice Biennale; at the Istanbul Biennale 2009 and Trajector Art Fair in Brussels 2010
2001 Project manager, Platform, Vaasa
2000 Founding member of Platform
Memberships
KUVASTO (authors’ rights association)
AV-arkki (Distribution Centre for Finnish Media Art)
Artist associations Bioart Society, Muu ry, Filmverkstaden rf, Platform ry