Education:

2000 – 06 at the University of Arts Bremen, Germany / Atelier für Zeitmedien bei J.F. Guiton

Diploma in Fine Arts = Master of Fine Arts

Member of: 

BBK-Bremen / Germany

Arte ry Turku / Finland

EKKy Turku / Finland

Up coming:

2024 See, Saw, Seeds Residence exchange project C.A.P. Kobe coming to Turku.

2024 Autumn, Exhibition at King Solomon Atelier, Bendix Art Building, Down Town Los Angeles (Solo)

Projects:

2022 C.A.P., Residency and Exhibition, Public sculpture, Kobe / Japan (videokaffe) 

2021/22 interactive Public art sculpture, title “Fungi Luciferin” for Turku 2029 foundation

2021 Supermarket 2021 Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Exhibition /Sweden (videokaffe)

2021 Northern Lights” video screening, Chicago IL, Duluth MS, MING Studio, BoiseID, U.S.A.

2021 Open Source Gallery, Stream performance, Brooklyn, NY / USA (videokaffe)

2020 New Performance Turku Festival / Space Between Us / Turku, Finland(videokaffe)

2020 CICA Museum, project Art Teleported, Queens / New York (videokaffe)

2019 Wallstreet Stockholm Nacka Joshua Tree, Public Sculpture commission (videokaffe)

2019 Supermarket Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Exhibition/Sweden (videokaffe)

2018 LIFT- New Dimension of Media, Arts & Culture, Helsinki /Finland(videokaffe)

2018 Artist talk/ Performance at Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn/ New York (videokaffe) 

2017 New Performance Turku Festival 2017, Finland (AKUvisualacupuncture)

2017 Work for the project “In Public- In Particular,” Turku, Finland (AKUvisualacupuncture) 

2016 Art project at PARSONS, The new school of Design/ New York (A.K.U. visual acupuncture) 

2014 Organizing an experimental art Seminar “City as a living organism.”

Pro artibus and Novia in Tammisaari/ Ekenäs/ Finland (Aku visual acupuncture) 

2014 Performance at “Craft of use” Seminar, London College of fashion/ London/U.K.

2013 Performance at Fashion and Social design Seminar, Aalto University, Helsinki 

2010 “A.K.U. – visual acupuncture” environmental art/ performance/U.S.A./ New York

2008 “Ich Liebe Dich”/Audio Installation in 3 public streets/Germany/funded by city Bremen

 

Exhibitions:

Solo

2019 Supplyframe, DesignLAB Gallery, Exhibition, Pasadena/ Los Angeles (videokaffe) 

2018 AAVE festival, Exhibition in gallery Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki /Finland(videokaffe) 

2016 Gallery Anhava, Exhibition Helsinki, Finland (videokaffe)

2016 TI-LA, Yväskylää, Exhibition Finland (videokaffe)

2016 One Art Space gallery in Manhattan, Exhibition/ New York (videokaffe)

2016 Open Source gallery in Brooklyn, Exhibition/ New York (videokaffe)

2015 Sika gallery exhibition + residency on Bali / Indonesia (AKUvisualacupuncture) 

2015 Titanik gallery exhibition / Turku, Finland (videokaffe)

2015 HUUTO gallery exhibition/ Helsinki, Finland (videokaffe)

2014 Phihatalo exhibition/ Rauma/ Finland (videokaffe)

2013 “videokaffe” interactive video sculptures/ Finland/ Turku, Galleria Titanik

2012 “Licht über Licht” sculptures/ Finland/ Helsinki, Galleria Huuto- Uudenmaankatu 

2009 “Befehl zur Freiheit” kinetic sculptures/ Finland/ Helsinki, KaapelinGalleria  

2008 “Under the surface” installation/ Latvia/Riga, Latvijas Makslinieku savieniba

2007 “will you live with me …” sculptures, with Aho/ Germany/Bremen, gallery Herold 

2006 “it´s easy, it´s like breathing” video/ Canada/Quebec city, L`oeil de poisson

2006 “Melted Paradise” sculptures, with Aho/ Finland/ Helsinki, gallery Myymälä2

 

group

2021 NOMAD by Torrance Art Museum, Exhibition / Los Angeles ,CA, USA

2020 SIGN+, Exhibition, Groningen / Netherlands (videokaffe)

2014 ÄäniKuvaKokemus”WAM Turku,Finland(videokaffe)

2014 “videokaffe” at Wassaic project, art&music festival/U.S.A./ New York 

2013 “Foerderpreis 2012” sculptures/ Germany/ Städtische Galerie Bremen 

2012 “Fluxations” environmental art festival/performance/ Finland/Turku

2011 “Live Herring” interactive sculpture”Puhelinpuu”/ Finland/ Saarijärvi Museum 

2011 “T[raum]a – Die Phobie als Muse” Kunstfrühling 2011/ Germany/ Bremen 

2011 “Flux Aura” environmental art festival/performance/Finland/Turku 

2010 “Erased Walls” video work/ Germany/ Berlin, Mediations Biennial

2009 “SKjL 09 VUOSINÄYTTELY” Finland/ Kouvola Art Museum

2009 “The Crisis of the Genre” International Sculpture Triennial/ Poland/ Poznan 

2009 “Ecology of the Emotions”with Heini Aho/Finland/ XIV MÄNTTÄ Art Festival 

2007 “2007 Luleå Summer Biennal” sculptures, with Aho/ Sweden/ Luleå art hall

 

Residence:

2014 SAARI production Residence/ KONEEN SÄÄTIÖ/Finland(videokaffe) 

2013 2-month residence on Tammisaari/ PRO ARTIBUS/Finland (A.K.U. visual…) 

2012 Sfakiotes residence/ Greece

2008 1 month stipend residence in Riga/ from B.B.K. Bremen/ Latvia

Scholarship:

2023 KONE foundation (workgoup: Elonkirjo-puisto) 25 % for 2-year video documentation

2022 Taike,Turun Kaupunki,SKR, travel grant workgroup videokaffe (C.A.P. Kobe, JAPAN)

2021 Taike/ Näyttöapuraha,Turku 2029 foundation, Taike, travel grant L.A. U.S.A.

Frame travel grant, Turun Taideyhdistys, (U.S.A. trip, short-film screening)

2020 Alfred Kordelin,Turun Taideydistys ry, Taike, Frame

2019 Turun Taideydistys ry, Taike 

2018 Taike, SKR

2017 Taike/ Näyttöapuraha,

2016 Taike, travel grant NY, work group videokaffe 

Frame, travel grant N.Y., work group videokaffe 

Taike, The Arts Council of Varsinais-Suomi

2015 Taike, workgroup videokaffe (LUDA st.Petersburg) 

Svenska Kulturfonden, workgroup Aho, Nyberg, Ziegler (Bali)

Taike, workgroup Krappala, Kela, Aho, Ziegler 

KONE foundation, Frame

2014 Taike/ Näyttöapuraha, Frame workgroup videokaffe,

2013 Suomen Taideyhdistys, Paulon Säätiö, Varsinais-Suomen taidetoimikunta, 

Turun kaupungin kultturilautakunta, Avek, Taiteen edistämiskeskus

2012 Visek, Varsinais- Suomen taidetoimikunta, Taiteen keskustoimikunta

2010 SKR Myrsky 1year Photo/Video art workshop with youngsters, “LOOPI-Kids”