Born 1981 in Forssa, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
Education
2008– University of Art and Design Helsinki, Photography, MA
2004–2008 Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences, BA in photography
Solo exhibitions
2011 Elsa and Viola, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Elsa and Viola, Gallery TaiK, Berlin, Germany
2009 Elsa and Viola, Gallery Maaret Finnberg, Turku, Finland
2009 Elsa and Viola, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki, Finland
2009 I, Daughter, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
2009 I, Daughter, Victor Barsokevitsch Photographic Centre, Kuopio, Finland
2008 I, Daughter, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
Group exhibitions
2010 The Helsinki School, Daegu Biennale, Daegu, South Korea
2010 New Nordic Photography, CFF, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 EMMA Prize, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
2010 New Nordic Photography, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
2010 reGeneration2 - Tomorrow’s Photographers Today, Les Rencontres d`Arles, Arles, France
2010 reGeneration2 - Tomorrow’s Photographers Today, musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2010 Descubrimientos PHE, PhotoEspana, Madrid, Spain
2010 Helsinki School - Young photography by TaiK, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2010 ARCO, Gallery TaiK, Madrid, Spain
2010 Platform 09, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
2009 Paris Photo, Gallery TaiK, Paris, France
2009 Helsinki school - New Art Photography From Finland, The Loft, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009 WIP 2009, Les Rencontres d`Arles, Arles, France
2009 Taiteen Kurssi, Gallery Nefret, Turku, Finland
2008 Young Guns, Jukka Male museum, Helsinki, Finland
2007 There`s something wrong with the view, Jukka Male museum, Helsinki, Finland
There`s something wrong with the view, Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, Finland
2006 Piirustuskoulun tähdet, Gallery Nefret, Turku, Finland
2005 The North Wind, St. George`s Gate, Heraklion, Greece
Auki, Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, Finland
2004 Voionmaa Institute VOV 2004, Kulttuuritalo Telakka, Tampere, Finland
Works in collections
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Hasselblad Foundation, Sweden
StatoilHydro Art Collection, Norway
The Finnish Art Association, Finland
The Paulo Foundation, Finland
Private Collections
Residencies
2010 Pole image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
Grants
2010 Arts Council of Finland
2009 Finnfoto ry
2009 The Paulo Foundation
2008 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Varsinais-Suomi Regional Fund
2007 Finnfoto ry
2007 TOP-Foundation
2004 Väinö Voionmaa Fund
Awards and nominations
2010 Victor Fellowship, Hasselblad Foundation
2010 Sony World Photography Awards, 2nd place in fine art/portraiture
2010 EMMA Prize 2010, finalist
Publications and articles
2010 reGeneration2 - Tomorrow’s Photographers Today, Thames & Hudson 2010
2010 Descubrimientos 2010, PHotoEspana, PHE Books 2010
2010 On Display :, Hasselblad Foundation 2010
2010 British Journal of Photography, July 2010, Issue No 7778, ISSN: 0007-1196, page 43
2010 Next Level, Helsinki Issue, ISSN 1476-4369, page 79
2009 Elsa and Viola, The Paulo Foundation publication 2009
2009 The Helsinki School, Vol III, Young Photography by Taik, Hatje Cantz 2009
Memberships
Union of Artist Photographers
Photographic Centre Peri
Union of Journalists in Finland
Students of Photography, Vory