Upcoming exhibitions
October 2019 Pori Society of Artists Annual exhibition, Rauma Art Museum
Sept 2020 Galleria Harmaja, Oulu (Solo show)
Education
1996-97 Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, MA Painting
1991-94 The Free Art School, Helsinki
Solo exhibitions
2018 Takkahuone gallery, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum, Turku
GalleriaKONE, Hämeenlinna
Porvoo Art Hall
2017 P-galleria, Pori
tm●galleria, Helsinki
2016 Galleria Saskia, Tampere
2015 Taidekappeli, Turku
2014 Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2012 Talligalleria, Keitele library
2011 Galleria Maaret Finnberg/Studio, Turku
Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2010 Poriginal Galleria, Pori
2009 Galleria Just, Turku
2008 Galleria Osokool, London
2007 Galleria Heino project room, Helsinki
2006 Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2005 Embassy of Finland, London
2004 Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2003 Young Artist of the Year, Finland, Tampere Art Museum
2002 Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
2000 Robert Sandelson Gallery, London
Galerie Anhava/studio, Helsinki
1998 Finnish Painters’ Union Gallery, Helsinki
Group exhibitions
2019 Toisaalla-Elsewhere, Rauma Art Museum
2018 Turku Artists' Association's 94th Annual Exhibition, Kaarina house
Wiurila Summer 2018 Päättymättömiä kuvioita, Halikko
2017 Pori artist union 70th anniversary exhibition, Poriginal gallery, Pori
Paleochora art week, Crete
XII Kymönkoski summer exhibition
Extension.fi, Triumph Gallery, Moscow
Extension.fi, Victoria Gallery, Samara, Russia
2015 Taidesatama.fi/live, Poriginal galleria, Pori
Jury: Juuso Leppälä, Samu Raatikainen ja Jenni Uusitalo, Poriginal galleria, pori
XI Kymönkoski summer exhibition
2013 Hard edge, tactile eye, Pori art museum project room
Open exhibition, P-galleria, Pori
Young Artists of the Year 1985-2012, Gumbostrand, Sipoo
7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma and South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta
2012 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Kunsthalle, Helsinki
The snake that ate its own tail, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
Kymönkoski summer exhibition
2009 Eastern Open 09, King's Lynn Arts Centre
2007 SKjL 07 Minimi, KH Renlund Museum, Kokkola, Finland
Heinäaho summer exhibition
2006 Signs, Pori Art Museum, Wing
Inaugural exhibition/The Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
Art and Ideas, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, Canada
Cold Climate, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
The Golden triangle-art purchases 2000-05, Oulu Art Museum
2005 The Free Art School 70th Anniversary Exhibition, The FAS, Helsinki
Art on the Map, Lincoln
Sthlm Art Fair 05, Galleria Heino
2004 Suvi-Pinx, Sysmä, Finland
Cold Climate, The APT Gallery, London
2002 14 x 14 Exhibition, Century Gallery, London
Finnish Artists 107th Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki
2001 Peterborough Prize Exhibition, Peterborough Museum
First RWA Open Painting Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2000 Art Forum Berlin, Galerie Anhava
ART 2000, London, Robert Sandelson Gallery
1999 Ways of painting, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Kaskadenkondensator, Basle, Switzerland
City Project, “Reference Points”, Basle
1998 ARTfutures, Royal Festival Hall, London
Union of Finnish Art Associations’ 60th Annual Exhibition, Savonlinna Art Museum
Debut, Nunnery Gallery, London
1997 Beardsmore Gallery, London
1995 Uusimaa County Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum
Art Machine touring exhibition, Finland
48th Young Contemporaries of Finland, Helsinki Art Hall
Awards and other activities
2019 Arts Promotion Centre Finland five-year Artist grant
2018 Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum artist residency, Turku
2016 Väinölä primary school painting commission, Pori
2015 Finalist in Karjaranta public art competition, Pori
Logo design for Musa residents association
2013 The Arts Council of Finland three-year Artist grant
2012 Mentor for Kankaanpää Art School final year painting students
2012 The Arts Council of Finland one-year Artist grant
2011 Curator for Environment exhibition at Portait’s Gallery, Pori
2009 William Thuring prize, Finnish Art Society
2004 The Arts Council of Finland one-year Artist grant
2003 Young Artist of the Year 2003, Finland, City of Tampere and Nokia Corporation
1999 IAAB Residency in Basle, the Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation and Arts Council of Finland
1996 Residency Casa Manilva, Spain, The Delfina Studio Trust, London
1994 The Free Art School studio scholarship, Helsinki
1994 Prize in Art Machine-competition, Finland
Collections
HUS Collection, Finland
Mauri Niemi collection
Heino Art Foundation
Pori Art Museum
Tampere Art Museum
Oulu Art Museum
State Art Deposit Collection
Saastamoinen foundation
Finnish Art Society
Raimo Anttila foundation
Nokia Corporation
Paulo foundation
Wihuri foundation
The Art of Analyste
Member of Finnish Painters’ Association, Turku Artists' Association and Pori Society of Artists
October 2019 Pori Society of Artists Annual exhibition, Rauma Art Museum
Sept 2020 Galleria Harmaja, Oulu (Solo show)
Education
1996-97 Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, MA Painting
1991-94 The Free Art School, Helsinki
Solo exhibitions
2018 Takkahuone gallery, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum, Turku
GalleriaKONE, Hämeenlinna
Porvoo Art Hall
2017 P-galleria, Pori
tm●galleria, Helsinki
2016 Galleria Saskia, Tampere
2015 Taidekappeli, Turku
2014 Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2012 Talligalleria, Keitele library
2011 Galleria Maaret Finnberg/Studio, Turku
Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2010 Poriginal Galleria, Pori
2009 Galleria Just, Turku
2008 Galleria Osokool, London
2007 Galleria Heino project room, Helsinki
2006 Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2005 Embassy of Finland, London
2004 Galleria Heino, Helsinki
2003 Young Artist of the Year, Finland, Tampere Art Museum
2002 Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
2000 Robert Sandelson Gallery, London
Galerie Anhava/studio, Helsinki
1998 Finnish Painters’ Union Gallery, Helsinki
Group exhibitions
2019 Toisaalla-Elsewhere, Rauma Art Museum
2018 Turku Artists' Association's 94th Annual Exhibition, Kaarina house
Wiurila Summer 2018 Päättymättömiä kuvioita, Halikko
2017 Pori artist union 70th anniversary exhibition, Poriginal gallery, Pori
Paleochora art week, Crete
XII Kymönkoski summer exhibition
Extension.fi, Triumph Gallery, Moscow
Extension.fi, Victoria Gallery, Samara, Russia
2015 Taidesatama.fi/live, Poriginal galleria, Pori
Jury: Juuso Leppälä, Samu Raatikainen ja Jenni Uusitalo, Poriginal galleria, pori
XI Kymönkoski summer exhibition
2013 Hard edge, tactile eye, Pori art museum project room
Open exhibition, P-galleria, Pori
Young Artists of the Year 1985-2012, Gumbostrand, Sipoo
7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma and South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta
2012 7th Wave – Wihuri and Visual Art, Kunsthalle, Helsinki
The snake that ate its own tail, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
Kymönkoski summer exhibition
2009 Eastern Open 09, King's Lynn Arts Centre
2007 SKjL 07 Minimi, KH Renlund Museum, Kokkola, Finland
Heinäaho summer exhibition
2006 Signs, Pori Art Museum, Wing
Inaugural exhibition/The Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
Art and Ideas, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, Canada
Cold Climate, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
The Golden triangle-art purchases 2000-05, Oulu Art Museum
2005 The Free Art School 70th Anniversary Exhibition, The FAS, Helsinki
Art on the Map, Lincoln
Sthlm Art Fair 05, Galleria Heino
2004 Suvi-Pinx, Sysmä, Finland
Cold Climate, The APT Gallery, London
2002 14 x 14 Exhibition, Century Gallery, London
Finnish Artists 107th Exhibition, Kunsthalle Helsinki
2001 Peterborough Prize Exhibition, Peterborough Museum
First RWA Open Painting Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2000 Art Forum Berlin, Galerie Anhava
ART 2000, London, Robert Sandelson Gallery
1999 Ways of painting, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Kaskadenkondensator, Basle, Switzerland
City Project, “Reference Points”, Basle
1998 ARTfutures, Royal Festival Hall, London
Union of Finnish Art Associations’ 60th Annual Exhibition, Savonlinna Art Museum
Debut, Nunnery Gallery, London
1997 Beardsmore Gallery, London
1995 Uusimaa County Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum
Art Machine touring exhibition, Finland
48th Young Contemporaries of Finland, Helsinki Art Hall
Awards and other activities
2019 Arts Promotion Centre Finland five-year Artist grant
2018 Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum artist residency, Turku
2016 Väinölä primary school painting commission, Pori
2015 Finalist in Karjaranta public art competition, Pori
Logo design for Musa residents association
2013 The Arts Council of Finland three-year Artist grant
2012 Mentor for Kankaanpää Art School final year painting students
2012 The Arts Council of Finland one-year Artist grant
2011 Curator for Environment exhibition at Portait’s Gallery, Pori
2009 William Thuring prize, Finnish Art Society
2004 The Arts Council of Finland one-year Artist grant
2003 Young Artist of the Year 2003, Finland, City of Tampere and Nokia Corporation
1999 IAAB Residency in Basle, the Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation and Arts Council of Finland
1996 Residency Casa Manilva, Spain, The Delfina Studio Trust, London
1994 The Free Art School studio scholarship, Helsinki
1994 Prize in Art Machine-competition, Finland
Collections
HUS Collection, Finland
Mauri Niemi collection
Heino Art Foundation
Pori Art Museum
Tampere Art Museum
Oulu Art Museum
State Art Deposit Collection
Saastamoinen foundation
Finnish Art Society
Raimo Anttila foundation
Nokia Corporation
Paulo foundation
Wihuri foundation
The Art of Analyste
Member of Finnish Painters’ Association, Turku Artists' Association and Pori Society of Artists