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EDUCATION
2020
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Master of Fine Arts MFA, University of the Arts Helsinki, FI
2012 × Bachelor of Culture and Arts BFA, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, FI
2011 × Visual art studies: Summer semester in Munich University of Applied Sciences, GER
2008 × Visual art studies in Orivesi Folk High School, FI
2007 × Upper secondary school graduate, Kauhava, FI
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Texas, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
The State Art Deposit Collection of Finland
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
Kouvola Art Museum
HUS – Helsinki University Hospital‘s Art Collection
The Collection of The Prime Ministers Office Finland
Uniarts Helsinki
Finnish Art Society, Art Lottery 2019
Brandts Mediemuseet, Media Museum, Odense, DK
City of Kauhava, FI
LAB University of Applied Sciences, FI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS, SELECTION
2025 × Grafiikkaa suo- ja metsäsyövytyksellä, Galleria Korusala, Mäntlahti, FI
2025 × I Reach For The Memory, Galleria G, Helsinki, FI
2022 × On The Shore of River Piettämäjoki, Galleria Fikka, Porvoo Art Hall, FI
2021 × Forest Etchings And Other Markings, Kosminen, Helsinki, FI
2019 × Let The Journey Draw It’s Course, Project Room, Helsinki, FI
2018 × Scale, Art Center Krimi, Imatra, FI
2016 × Mielikuvia, Raisio’s museum Harkko / Raisio City Hall, FI
2015 × Atmospheres, Ylihärmän Taidetalo, Kauhava, FI
2013 × Imaginary Portraits, Galerie Pleiku, Berlin, GER
2013 × Atmospheres, Gallery 5, Oulu, FI
2013 × Atmospheres, Gallery Uusi Kipinä’s Kirnu space, Lahti, FI
PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2017
×
Secret Garden, sculpture, Jorvi Hospital, FI
2011 × Home Delivery -series, South Karelia Central Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, Lappeenranta, FI
GRANTS, PRIZES, NOMITATIONS, SELECTION
2025
× Kalevala Society’s Recognition Award for a Distinguished Artist
2025 × Working grant for 4 months, Uusimaa's regional grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2024 × Working grant for 6 months, The Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Uusimaa Regional Fund
2024 × Project grant for visual arts, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2024 × Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse’s grant
2023 × VISEK grant with Maria Valkeavuolle & Outi Koivisto
2022 × Working grant for 1 year, The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2021 × Working grant for 6 months, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2020 × The QSPA Inspirational Award nominee
2019 × Finnish Art Society’s Young Artist Grant
2019 × Anita Snellman Foundation scholarship
2019 × Project grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2019 × Audience Favorite, Young South Ostrobothnian Artist of The Year 2019, Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia
2018 × Paulo Foundation stipendium exhibition grant
2017 × 1st place in public art competition, Uniarts Helsinki & HUS
2017 × Project grant for a group show in Berlin, Uniarts Helsinki
2017 × Travel grant for a printmaking conference in The United States, Uniarts Helsinki
2014 × The Eero Rantanen’s grant for a young printmaker
2013 × Project grant, The Karelian Culture Promotion Foundation
2012 × Scholarship, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
2023 × METSÄ - KAAKKO22/23, juried group exhibition, Lappeenranta Art Museum, FI
2022 × METSÄ - KAAKKO22/23, juried group exhibition, Kouvola Art Museum Poikilo, FI
2019 × Graphica Creativa 2019: Hereafter, Jyväskylä Art Museum, FI
2018 × Portrait of the President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
2014 × Miniprint Finland 2014, triennale and competition for small scale printmaking, Hyvinkää Art Museum, FI
2014 × Krimin sadut, Artist group Krimistit, Imatra Art Museum, FI
2014 × In Graafika: Pöhjala Jäljed, Nordic printmaking festival, Pärnu museum, EE, curated by Juhani Järvinen
2012 × Täällä on kaikki mi kallista on, The Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, FI
2012 × Mitä ikinä haluat, the thesis exhibition of Saimaa UoAS, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, FI
2011 × TYPE IMPRESSIONS, Danmarks Mediemuseum, Odense, DK
CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 × Correspondence – Kirjeenvaihto, Redbud Arts Center, East Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA, curated by Inka-Maaria Jurvanen and Kelly Moran
2025 × Correspondence – Kirjeenvaihto, Yö Gallery, Helsinki, FI, curated by Inka-Maaria Jurvanen and Kelly Moran
2020 × Language of Belonging, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI, curated by Linda Ciesielski
2019 × XXIV Mänttä Art Festival, FI, curated by Marja Helander
2018 × The Paulo Foundation invitational exhibition, The Immaterial Quality of Distance, Project Room, Helsinki, FI, curated by Michael Petry
2017 × Screening: Constellations in Move, SIC, Helsinki, FI, curated by Inkeri Suutari
OTHER GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTION
2024 × The Stories We Tell Ourselves, Outi Koivisto, Emma Peura, Maria Valkeavuolle, HAA Galleria, Helsinki, FI
2023 × pulp — by the artists of Helsinki Papermaking Association, Puristamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki, FI
2023 × Paperista, the founding members of Helsinki Papermaking Association, Taidekeskus Itä (Roikka & Riutta), Lappeenranta, FI
2022 × Intro — Helsinki Papermaking Association presents, Yö-galleria, Helsinki, FI
2021 × Taidegrafiikan tapa olla – materiality, collaboration and agency, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2019 × Kuvan Kevät, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2018 × Impact 10. International Printmaking Conference, CASYC UP, Santander, ES
2018 × Rajallisia tilaisuuksia, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2018 × Koti nimeltä Krimi -demolition house exhibition, Taidekeskus Krimi, Imatra, FI
2017 × Suomi 100: Critical Map, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2017 × Thresholds, KASKL, Berlin, GER
2016 × 5000m2 -demolition house exhibition, Valtakatu 56, Lappeenranta, FI
2016 × Põhjaveed, Peura, Hinkula, Holmström & Nykänen, Monumentaalgalerii, Tartu Kunstimaja, EE
2014 × Young Art, Kunsthalle Vaasa, FI (juried by Anssi Kasitonni)
2014 × Itää, Peura, Holmström, Hinkula and Nykänen, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki, FI
2013 × Pohjoinen rakkaus, Nordic Art Association in Finland, Art Center Haihatus, Joutsa, FI
2013 × Taloyhtiön kokous, Artist group Krimistit, Cultural Poleeni, Pieksämäki, FI
FELLOWSHIPS & COMMISSION OF TRUST
2022–2024 Arts Promotion Centre Finland’s Board for Public Display Grants to Visual Artists, member
2022–2024 The Association of Finnish Printmakers, 1 st vice chairperson
2019–2024 The Association of Finnish Printmakers, board member
2019–2024 Helsingin Paperipaja ry, chairperson
2019– Helsingin Paperipaja ry, founding member
2015– The Association of Finnish Printmakers
2015– Kuvasto ry
2014– Art Association of Helsinki
2012– Art Association of South Karelia
2012– Artist group Krimistit
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & CONFERENCES
2018
×
IMPACT 10 Printmaking Conference, Santander, ES
2017 × SGCI International Printmaking Conference, Atlanta, US
2018 × Berlin, GER, 2 weeks, Uniarts Helsinki
2013 × Berlin, GER, 3 weeks, Galerie Pleiku
2013 × Berlin, GER, 1 month, the Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2012 × Berlin, GER, 2 weeks, the Arts Council of Southeast Finland
PUBLICATIONS, SELECTION
2024 × MirrorMirror: The Reflective Surface in Contemporary Art, Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson, 2024. ISBN 9780500026205
2024 × Kuin kotonaan / Feels Like Home, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, 2024. 180 / 2024. ISBN 978-952-7371-70-1
2022 × Nykytaiteen monet muodot – Kiasman kokoelmakirja, Finnish National Gallery. A Museum of Contemporary Art Publication 174, 2022. ISBN 978-952-7371-40-4
2021 × Body, Trace, Perception. Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, FNG Research, Issue no. 3/2021, Saara Hacklin, PhD, Curator, Finnish National Gallery
2021 × Printed matters: merkitysten kerroksia, Uniarts Helsinki, 2021, Martta Heikkilä & Annu Vertanen. ISBN 978-952-353-412-4. Persistent address: https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202102053929
2021 × Article titled “Menetyksen parissa työskentelystä“, Emma Peura, Culture Magazine Mustekala, theme issue on printmaking titled “Taidegrafiikka” 4/2021, vol. 83. https://mustekala.info/teemanumerot/taidegrafiikka-4-2021-vol-83/
2022 × Article about my art titled “Ihmisen, luonnon ja teknologian kollektiivi”, Sini Mononen, Culture Magazine Särö, issue “Matkalla”, vol. 46, 2022
2019 × Exhibition catalog, Graphica Creativa 2019: Hereafter, Jyväskylä Art Museum
2014 × Exhibition catalog, Miniprint Finland 2014, small graphic arts triennial, Lahden taidegraafikot ry / Lahti’s Association of Printmakers, 2014
WORK EXPERIENCE, SELECTION
Teacher, pigment making and binders, Vantaa Adult Education Centre, 2025
Teacher, pigment making and printmaking, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, 2024
Teacher, serigraphy, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2021, 2022
Teacher, serigraphy, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, 2020, 2022, 2024
Teacher, serigraphy, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, 2018
Teacher, metal graphics, Helsinki Adult Education Centre, 2023
Teacher, metal graphics, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, 2021
Visiting lecturer, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2021
Teacher for artistic work projects at LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, 2022
Master’s thesis supervisor, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2024
Bachelor's thesis supervisor, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, 2021
Introduction to papermaking -course at Helsingin Paperipaja ry, 2021, 2024
Kontufolk ry: visual identity, silk screen workshop teacher, environmental artist, 2013–2017
EDUCATION
2020
×
Master of Fine Arts MFA, University of the Arts Helsinki, FI2012 × Bachelor of Culture and Arts BFA, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, FI
2011 × Visual art studies: Summer semester in Munich University of Applied Sciences, GER
2008 × Visual art studies in Orivesi Folk High School, FI
2007 × Upper secondary school graduate, Kauhava, FI
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Texas, USAMuseum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
The State Art Deposit Collection of Finland
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
Kouvola Art Museum
HUS – Helsinki University Hospital‘s Art Collection
The Collection of The Prime Ministers Office Finland
Uniarts Helsinki
Finnish Art Society, Art Lottery 2019
Brandts Mediemuseet, Media Museum, Odense, DK
City of Kauhava, FI
LAB University of Applied Sciences, FI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS, SELECTION
2025 × Grafiikkaa suo- ja metsäsyövytyksellä, Galleria Korusala, Mäntlahti, FI2025 × I Reach For The Memory, Galleria G, Helsinki, FI
2022 × On The Shore of River Piettämäjoki, Galleria Fikka, Porvoo Art Hall, FI
2021 × Forest Etchings And Other Markings, Kosminen, Helsinki, FI
2019 × Let The Journey Draw It’s Course, Project Room, Helsinki, FI
2018 × Scale, Art Center Krimi, Imatra, FI
2016 × Mielikuvia, Raisio’s museum Harkko / Raisio City Hall, FI
2015 × Atmospheres, Ylihärmän Taidetalo, Kauhava, FI
2013 × Imaginary Portraits, Galerie Pleiku, Berlin, GER
2013 × Atmospheres, Gallery 5, Oulu, FI
2013 × Atmospheres, Gallery Uusi Kipinä’s Kirnu space, Lahti, FI
PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2017
×
Secret Garden, sculpture, Jorvi Hospital, FI2011 × Home Delivery -series, South Karelia Central Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, Lappeenranta, FI
GRANTS, PRIZES, NOMITATIONS, SELECTION
2025
× Kalevala Society’s Recognition Award for a Distinguished Artist 2025 × Working grant for 4 months, Uusimaa's regional grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2024 × Working grant for 6 months, The Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Uusimaa Regional Fund
2024 × Project grant for visual arts, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2024 × Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse’s grant
2023 × VISEK grant with Maria Valkeavuolle & Outi Koivisto
2022 × Working grant for 1 year, The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2021 × Working grant for 6 months, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2020 × The QSPA Inspirational Award nominee
2019 × Finnish Art Society’s Young Artist Grant
2019 × Anita Snellman Foundation scholarship
2019 × Project grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2019 × Audience Favorite, Young South Ostrobothnian Artist of The Year 2019, Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia
2018 × Paulo Foundation stipendium exhibition grant
2017 × 1st place in public art competition, Uniarts Helsinki & HUS
2017 × Project grant for a group show in Berlin, Uniarts Helsinki
2017 × Travel grant for a printmaking conference in The United States, Uniarts Helsinki
2014 × The Eero Rantanen’s grant for a young printmaker
2013 × Project grant, The Karelian Culture Promotion Foundation
2012 × Scholarship, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2024–2025 × Feels Like Home – Kiasma’s Collection Exhibition, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, FI2023 × METSÄ - KAAKKO22/23, juried group exhibition, Lappeenranta Art Museum, FI
2022 × METSÄ - KAAKKO22/23, juried group exhibition, Kouvola Art Museum Poikilo, FI
2019 × Graphica Creativa 2019: Hereafter, Jyväskylä Art Museum, FI
2018 × Portrait of the President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
2014 × Miniprint Finland 2014, triennale and competition for small scale printmaking, Hyvinkää Art Museum, FI
2014 × Krimin sadut, Artist group Krimistit, Imatra Art Museum, FI
2014 × In Graafika: Pöhjala Jäljed, Nordic printmaking festival, Pärnu museum, EE, curated by Juhani Järvinen
2012 × Täällä on kaikki mi kallista on, The Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, FI
2012 × Mitä ikinä haluat, the thesis exhibition of Saimaa UoAS, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, FI
2011 × TYPE IMPRESSIONS, Danmarks Mediemuseum, Odense, DK
CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 × Correspondence – Kirjeenvaihto, Redbud Arts Center, East Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA, curated by Inka-Maaria Jurvanen and Kelly Moran2025 × Correspondence – Kirjeenvaihto, Yö Gallery, Helsinki, FI, curated by Inka-Maaria Jurvanen and Kelly Moran
2020 × Language of Belonging, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI, curated by Linda Ciesielski
2019 × XXIV Mänttä Art Festival, FI, curated by Marja Helander
2018 × The Paulo Foundation invitational exhibition, The Immaterial Quality of Distance, Project Room, Helsinki, FI, curated by Michael Petry
2017 × Screening: Constellations in Move, SIC, Helsinki, FI, curated by Inkeri Suutari
OTHER GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTION
2024 × The Stories We Tell Ourselves, Outi Koivisto, Emma Peura, Maria Valkeavuolle, HAA Galleria, Helsinki, FI2023 × pulp — by the artists of Helsinki Papermaking Association, Puristamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki, FI
2023 × Paperista, the founding members of Helsinki Papermaking Association, Taidekeskus Itä (Roikka & Riutta), Lappeenranta, FI
2022 × Intro — Helsinki Papermaking Association presents, Yö-galleria, Helsinki, FI
2021 × Taidegrafiikan tapa olla – materiality, collaboration and agency, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2019 × Kuvan Kevät, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2018 × Impact 10. International Printmaking Conference, CASYC UP, Santander, ES
2018 × Rajallisia tilaisuuksia, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2018 × Koti nimeltä Krimi -demolition house exhibition, Taidekeskus Krimi, Imatra, FI
2017 × Suomi 100: Critical Map, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2017 × Thresholds, KASKL, Berlin, GER
2016 × 5000m2 -demolition house exhibition, Valtakatu 56, Lappeenranta, FI
2016 × Põhjaveed, Peura, Hinkula, Holmström & Nykänen, Monumentaalgalerii, Tartu Kunstimaja, EE
2014 × Young Art, Kunsthalle Vaasa, FI (juried by Anssi Kasitonni)
2014 × Itää, Peura, Holmström, Hinkula and Nykänen, Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki, FI
2013 × Pohjoinen rakkaus, Nordic Art Association in Finland, Art Center Haihatus, Joutsa, FI
2013 × Taloyhtiön kokous, Artist group Krimistit, Cultural Poleeni, Pieksämäki, FI
FELLOWSHIPS & COMMISSION OF TRUST
2022–2024 Arts Promotion Centre Finland’s Board for Public Display Grants to Visual Artists, member2022–2024 The Association of Finnish Printmakers, 1 st vice chairperson
2019–2024 The Association of Finnish Printmakers, board member
2019–2024 Helsingin Paperipaja ry, chairperson
2019– Helsingin Paperipaja ry, founding member
2015– The Association of Finnish Printmakers
2015– Kuvasto ry
2014– Art Association of Helsinki
2012– Art Association of South Karelia
2012– Artist group Krimistit
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & CONFERENCES
2018
×
IMPACT 10 Printmaking Conference, Santander, ES2017 × SGCI International Printmaking Conference, Atlanta, US
2018 × Berlin, GER, 2 weeks, Uniarts Helsinki
2013 × Berlin, GER, 3 weeks, Galerie Pleiku
2013 × Berlin, GER, 1 month, the Arts Council of Southeast Finland
2012 × Berlin, GER, 2 weeks, the Arts Council of Southeast Finland
PUBLICATIONS, SELECTION
2024 × MirrorMirror: The Reflective Surface in Contemporary Art, Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson, 2024. ISBN 9780500026205
2024 × Kuin kotonaan / Feels Like Home, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, 2024. 180 / 2024. ISBN 978-952-7371-70-1
2022 × Nykytaiteen monet muodot – Kiasman kokoelmakirja, Finnish National Gallery. A Museum of Contemporary Art Publication 174, 2022. ISBN 978-952-7371-40-4
2021 × Body, Trace, Perception. Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, FNG Research, Issue no. 3/2021, Saara Hacklin, PhD, Curator, Finnish National Gallery
2021 × Printed matters: merkitysten kerroksia, Uniarts Helsinki, 2021, Martta Heikkilä & Annu Vertanen. ISBN 978-952-353-412-4. Persistent address: https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202102053929
2021 × Article titled “Menetyksen parissa työskentelystä“, Emma Peura, Culture Magazine Mustekala, theme issue on printmaking titled “Taidegrafiikka” 4/2021, vol. 83. https://mustekala.info/teemanumerot/taidegrafiikka-4-2021-vol-83/
2022 × Article about my art titled “Ihmisen, luonnon ja teknologian kollektiivi”, Sini Mononen, Culture Magazine Särö, issue “Matkalla”, vol. 46, 2022
2019 × Exhibition catalog, Graphica Creativa 2019: Hereafter, Jyväskylä Art Museum
2014 × Exhibition catalog, Miniprint Finland 2014, small graphic arts triennial, Lahden taidegraafikot ry / Lahti’s Association of Printmakers, 2014
WORK EXPERIENCE, SELECTION
Teacher, pigment making and binders, Vantaa Adult Education Centre, 2025Teacher, pigment making and printmaking, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, 2024
Teacher, serigraphy, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2021, 2022
Teacher, serigraphy, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, 2020, 2022, 2024
Teacher, serigraphy, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, 2018
Teacher, metal graphics, Helsinki Adult Education Centre, 2023
Teacher, metal graphics, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, 2021
Visiting lecturer, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2021
Teacher for artistic work projects at LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, 2022
Master’s thesis supervisor, University of the Arts Helsinki, 2024
Bachelor's thesis supervisor, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, 2021
Introduction to papermaking -course at Helsingin Paperipaja ry, 2021, 2024
Kontufolk ry: visual identity, silk screen workshop teacher, environmental artist, 2013–2017