Education
2002 – 2006 Master of Art Program, Department of Photography, University of Art and Design, UIAH, Helsinki
2004 Die Hochschule für Buchkunst und Grafik, Leipzig, study exchange
1998 – 2001 Bachelor of Art, Department of Photography, Academy of Performing Arts, FAMU, Prague
1997 Induction Workshop in Cinematography, National Film and TV School, London
1994 – 1996 Studies of Cinematography and Film Theory, FAMU, Prague
1991 – 1994 Studies of Forestry at the University of Helsinki
Solo Exhibitions
2009
The Place of no Roads, Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Oslo
Ingen mans land, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2008
Ballad of a Troubled Dream, Point of View Gallery, New York
Civil Courage (Nos réalités), Le Quartier, Quimper
True Story, Maerz Galerie, Leipzig
2007
Looking at Life, Finlands Institutet, Stockholm
Sisätiloja, G.A.Serlachius museum, Mänttä
Näytös, Korjaamo, Helsinki
Reality in the Making, Peter Lav Photo Gallery, Copenhagen
Natura Morte, Pole Image, Rouen
Reality in the Making, Villa Oppenheim, Berlin
Synart art gallery, Frankfurt
2005
Galleri Flach, Stockholm
Reality in the Making, Honkahovi, Mänttä
2004
Movies, Bautzner 69, Dresden
Cold Frame, Leonardi V-Idea, Genova (together with Sampsa Virkajärvi)
2003
The World As We Know It, Pohjoinen valokuvakeskus, Oulu
Uncompleted Buildings, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki
2002
Interaction, Photography gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
Movies, Tampere International Short Film Festival, Tampere
2000
Carelians in Juupajoki, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
Group Exhibitions (selected 2002-)
2009
Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm
2008
CLINIC, Griesmar&Tamer, Paris
Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä
Maan asema / La position de la Terre, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch
Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm
Dark, Korjaamo, Helsinki
2007
Toden ja unelmien välissä, Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
Photo Finish, Stenersens Museum,Oslo
2006
What’s Up North, Rantagalleria, Pohjoinen valokuvakeskus, Oulu
What is Photography, Borås Konst Museum
Museum!Museum!, Oulu Art Museum
Dialog, Langhans Galerie, Prague
Fermente, Maerz Galerie, Leipzig
Alone Together (POC), Gallerie Nouvelles Images, Den haag
Nu Nordisk Fotografi, (10 finalists), Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
Fotofinlandia, (10 finalists), Sanomatalo, Helsinki and VB-valokuvakeskus, Kuopio
2005
Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit, Stadtmuseum Ratingen and Stadtmuseum Bergkamen
Berlin Art Fair, Gallery Taik
Personligt (The Helsinki School), Kunsthaus Bethanien, Berlin
4th Generation, PPS Gallery, Hamburg
The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Helsinki Versions, Centrum för fotografi, Stockholm
2004
POC in town, Gallery Kudlek, Forum fur Fotografie, Cologne
Fantastic Realism, Konstihoone, Tallinn
The World As We Know It, Prospekto gallery, Vilnius
2003
Quand la photo fait son cinema, Galerie Nathalie Pariente, Paris
OPEN 2003, Venezia
60° - 43°, Marseille
2002
Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä
Publications
- The Place of no Roads, Hatje Cantz, 2009,
ISBN: 978-3 7757-2399-2, www.hatjecantz.com
- Reality in the Making, Hatje Cantz, 2006,
ISBN: 978-3 7757-1880-6, www.hatjecantz.com
- Movies, Bautzner69/Hesperus Verlag, 2004,
ISBN: 3-932 607-11-2
Works in Collections
- Statens Konstråd, Sweden
- Finlands Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France
- F.R.A.C. Haute Normandie, France
- Pole Image Haute Normandie, France
- DZ Bank, Germany
- The Art Museum of Oulu, Finland
- Oulun seudun ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland
- Suomen taideyhdistys, Finland
- Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden
- Gävle Art Centrum, Sweden
- Private collections in Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy and USA
Residencies
2009 New York, Finnish Cultural Insitute in New York
2004 Rouen, POC / Pole Image Haut Normandie
2003 Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, NIFCA
Memberships
- the Union of Artist Photographers in Finland
- Piece of Cake (POC), European project for contemporary imagery. See www.pocproject.com
