Born 1961 in Kotka Finland.
Works and lives in Helsinki.

1994 MA in photography, University of Art and Design, Helsinki
1988 MA in art education, University of Art and Design, Helsinki

[Selected Solo Shows]
2019
Ayumi Gallery CAVE, Tokyo, Japan

2015
Circles (solo, March-April) Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Japan

2008
Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings (avéc Riitta Päiväläinen), the Kemi Art Museum, Finland
Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings (avéc Riitta Päiväläinen), the Kerava Art Museum, Finland
Sites and Departures, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland

2007
Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings (avéc Riitta Päiväläinen), Muzeum Narodowe
w Szczecinie/the National Museum in Szczecin, Poland

2005
IN SITU Early Gallery, Osaka Japan
Vestige/Topography of Fear (avéc Riitta Päiväläinen) Spaziodellavolta, Studio Archifax, Genoa, Italy

2004
IN SITU Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland

2002
Topography of Fear Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany
Topography of Fear UNN Squires Gallery Newcastle, United Kingdom
Topography of Murder Photographic Centre Peri Turku, Finland
Vestige/Topography of Fear (avéc Riitta Päiväläinen) gallery Romfeia, International Meetings of Photography, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2001
Topography of Fear Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
Topography of Murder Nordic Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland

1996
Kryptomnesia gallery Workshop, Helsinki, Finland

1993
Seen Through Senses the Kluuvi gallery (Helsinki City Art Museum), Finland

1992
Concert Hall Gallery Kotka, Finland
Point of Pain gallery Hippolyte Helsinki, Finland

[Selected Group Shows]
2018
Tokyo Winter Light and Noise, Youkobo Art Space Open Studios, Tokyo, Japan

2015
CityLeaks Urban Art Festival (curated), Carlswerk, Cologne-Mülheim, Germany
Parallele Welt (curated), Stadtgalerie Bietigheim-Bissing, Germany

2014-2015
Parallele Welt (curated) Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

2013
Ingredients (curated) Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia

2012
Feel It! – Photographs of Emotion and States of Mind (curated), Oulu Art Museum

2011
Landscape Experienced (curated), Jyväskylä Art Museum

2010
Close to Nature – Zeitgenössische Finnische Kunst (curated), Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg Germany
Images from the North Countries (curated), Espace François-Mitterand, Guingamp, France
Tales from the Forest (curated, group), Virserums Konsthall, Virserum, Sweden
Pain (curated, group), the Kerava Art Museum, Finland

2009
Great Expectations – Contemporary photography looks at today’s Bitter Years,
(curated) Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Artworks from the Collections of the Kuntsi Art Museum and Kiasma Museum of
Contemporary Art (curated), Kuntsi Art Museum, Finland

2008
The Art of Humanity (curated), XII Mäntta Festival Weeks, Finland

2007
Contemporary Finnish Art from the Wihuri Foundation Collections (curated), Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland

2006
Finlandia (avéc Jouko Lehtola, Joakim Eskildsen, curated), Frans Hals Museum/ De Hallen, Haarlem, Netherlands
MENS. The Story of a Wound (curated), the Centre for Religious Art and Culture and
Municipal Museum for Contemporary Art (S.M.A.K. in Ghent), Leuven, Belgium
Vad är Fotografi? The Helsinki School (curated), Borås Art Museum, Sweden
The Helsinki School, Finnish Photography from the 21st Century (curated), Hotel de Ville de Bruxelles, Grand-Place, Bruxelles, Belgium
Nordic Cut – The Helsinki School of Photography (curated), Art Pavillion, Zagreb, Croatia

2005
Fractures of Life (curated) Kiasma, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Metropolis (curated) Mare Articum at the National Museum, Szczecin, Poland
the Helsinki School (curated) Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Personligt, fotografier från the Helsinki School (curated) Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
The Taik Gallery Sollentuna Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden

2004
30byTaiK (curated) Museum of Finnish Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Gokann The Fourth Triennale of Contemporary Finnish Art (curated) the Kunsthalle of Helsinki (the Helsinki Art Hall), Finland
Conversation with Nature (curated) Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Japan
Views, the Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Images Against War, Photokina, Cologne, Germany

2003
Gokann The Fourth Triennale of Contemporary Finnish Art (curated) Kyoto Art Center,
Seika University Gallery, Voice Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Blue Horizon (avéc Pertti Kekarainen, Jan Kaila, curated) Spiral Gallery, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Exposure 2003 (curated) Hereford Art Gallery, United Kingdom
Images Against War Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany
Images Against War, L’Usine Galerie, Brussels, Belgium

2002
Korrelaatioita (curated) Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
Korrelaatioita (curated) FotoForum West, Innsbrück, Austria

1997
The Drum and the Camera (curated), Gallén-Kalela Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Mother’s Heart an installation, the 7th Biennale of Audiovisual Design (curated), Lahti, Finland

1996
Momentum – The 90’s of the Finnish Photography (curated), Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland

1995
The Script the Second Biennale of Finnish Photography, (curated), the Kunsthalle of Helsinki (the Helsinki Art Hall), Finland

1994
Male Anxiety (curated), Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Konst, Berlin, Germany

1993
The Night of Photography a curated group exhibition in the Park of Vuorimiehenkatu
during the Night of Arts, Helsinki Festival, Finland
Young Photographers a group exhibition in Helsinki City Theatre , Finland
There and Back a group exhibition with five painters, gallery Allinna, Riihimäki, Finland

1992
The Young Roosters (curated), Sveaborg Fortress, Helsinki Photography Festival, Finland

1991
Planket Festival, Stockholm, Sweden

1989
Focus (curated), Museum of Photography, Helsinki (touring exhibition in Latvia, Estonia and Finland)
The Young (curated), Old Studenthouse of the Helsinki University, Helsinki Photography Festival, Finland

[GRANTS/AWARDS]
2018
Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation 2016 Scandinavia–Japan Sasakawa Foundation

2016
the Finnish Cultural Foundation

2015
the Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Frame Visual Art Finland
the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (travel grant)

2014
Oskar Öflund Foundation

2014-2018
five-year Artist Grant, the Arts Promotion Centre Finland

2013
the Arts Council of Uusimaa
Art Grant, City of Helsinki

2012
one-year Artist Grant, Arts Council of Finland

2011
Public Display Grant to Visual Artists
Visek

2010
Finnish Cultural Foundation

2008
National Council for Photographic Art, Finland (quality support for publications) National Council for Photographic Art, Finland

2007
National Council for Photographic Art, Finland
Visek 2006 Avek

2006
Academy of Fine Arts, Finland

2006-2010
five-year Artist Grant, Arts Council of Finland

2005
Kordelin Foundation
Oskar Öflund Foundation

2003-2005
three-year Artist Grant, Arts Council of Finland

2004
Arts Council of Finland
Niilo Helander Foundation
Frame Fund

2003
Oskar Öflund Foundation
Frame Fund

2002
Frame Fund
full one-year working grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation
Arts Council of Finland

2001
Arts Council of Finland
the Frame Fund
Public Display Grant to Visual Artists
National Council for Photographic Art, Finland
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Finnish Cultural Foundation

2000
British Council
honourable mention, “Best graphic Design of the Year”, Grafia Foundation
(project with students, Lahti Institute of Design)

1999
honourable mention, “Best graphic Design of the Year”, Grafia Foundation
(project with students, Lahti Institute of Design) 1999 Kordelin Foundation
Finnfoto Foundation
Icelandic-Finnish Cultural Foundation

1998
Public Display Grant to Visual Artists
Arts Council of Finland

1995
Nordic Minister Council
Finnish-Danish Cultural Foundation
Uudenmaa Provincial Art Committee

1994
Arts Council of Finland
Arts Council of Finland

1992
University of Art and Design Helsinki
Oskar Öflund Foundation

1991
Finnfoto Foundation

1990
certificate of honour from the Committee of Finnish Book Art British Council

[Public Collection]
Kiasma the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki collections of the State of Finland
Museum of Photography, Helsinki
Wihuri Foundation (Rovaniemi Art Museum) collections of the town of Kotka