Born 1970 in Helsinki, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
2003 University of Art and Design Department of Photography (MFA), Helsinki, FI
1998 SMFA School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, U.S.A
1995 New England School of Photography, Boston, MA, U.S.A
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Down the Impassible Rivers, Nikolaus Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg
Content is a Glimpse of Something, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin
Proximity, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York
2017
Rhythm, Direction and Weight, Atlas Gallery, London
2016
A Depth Immaculate, Gallery Florsblom, Helsinki
2015
Plane Adaptation, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin
Temporal Matter, Atlas Gallery, London
2014
Variations on a standard of space, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2013
No Debris, No Ruin, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin
And Time Is No Longer an Obstacle, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York
2010
Equations, TAIK Berlin, Berlin, DE
2009
Every Now Is a New Past, Gallery Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, FI
2007
Flatland, Gallery Haus Schneider / Uschi Kolb, Karlsruhe, DE
Valley of Dying Stars, (with Gabriella Basch & Jukka Korkeila), Galleri Thomassen, Gottenburg, SE
2006
One, individual, unconditional, irrelative, range of perception, future me, Gallery 14-1, Stuttgart, DE
2005
Passage of Information, Gallery Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, DE
2004
New works, Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki, FI
Sights, Riihimäki Art Museum, Riihimäki, FI
Sights, Gallery Häme, Lahti, FI
2003
Memory Sights, Gallery SPHN, Berlin, DE
1999
2 Kaksi, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, FI
1996
Square Notes, Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, FI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Ich bin ein Riss, Ich will durch wände gehen, Works from the Miettinen Collection and Peter Messer Collection, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
2017
Finland at 100, Abecita Konst Museum, Borås
Foto View: Finland, Landskrona Museum, Landskrona
Samlung Haupt (Berlin)/ 30 Siberlinge – Kunst&Gelb, Mannheimer Kustverein, Mannheim
Dreamaholic: The Miettinen Collection, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
2016
Soiree Graphique No9 Norden, KOMET, Bern
Summer exhibition, Taidekeskus Taarasti, Nastola Deck Voyage, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
2015
I plunge into black holes and emerge intact, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin
2014
Celebrated, Atlas Gallery, London
Summer group exhibition, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
Portraying Visions, Entrepreneur 4.0 Award Exhibition, WITTENSTEIN Innovation Factory, Wittenstein
2013
New Wave Finland: Contemporary Photography from the Helsinki School, Scandinavia House, New York
2012
Helsinki Abstrakt, Galerie Nikolaus Ruziscka, Salzburg, AT
2011
The Helsinki School, Christopher Guye Gallery, Zurich, CHSights Unseen, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, US
Inauguration Show, Gallery Forsblum, Helsinki, FI
Vienna Fair, Gallery TAIK, Vienna, AT
2010
Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, KR
Seven Approaches, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, US
Polku, Honkahovi Taidekeskus, Mantta, FI
2008
Entre chien et loup, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Tapiola, FI
Fresh Paintings, Gallery 14-1, Stuttgart, DE
Image and After, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki. FI
Helsinki by Night, The Helsinki School, Gallery TaiK, Berlin, DE
2007
Paris Photo, Gallery TaiK, Paris, FR
Art Forum Berlin, Gallery TaiK, Berlin, DE
Photo Finnish, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, NO
2006
Nordic Cut, Art Pavilion, Zagreb, HR
Vad är fotografi?, Borås Art Museum, Borås, SE
Dialog, Langhans Galerie Praha, CZ
On the Road, Gallery Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, DE
The Helsinki School: Finnish photography from the 21st century, Hotel de Ville de Bruxelles, BE
2005
The Helsinki School, Photology, Milan, IT
The Helsinki School, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Contemporary Nordic Sculpture 1980 – 2005, Wanås, Knislinge, SE
Personally / The Helsinki School, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE
European Art in the Southwest Bend, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, DE
2004
30 by TaiK, The Helsinki School, Finnish Museum of Photogarphy, Helsinki, FI
M. Gaal, O. Kolehmainen, N. Luoma, Gallery 14-1, Stuttgart, DE
Quand la photo fait son cinema, Gallerie Photo du Pole Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, FR
2003
Quand la photo fait son cinema, Gallerie Nathalie Pariente, Paris, FR
Quand la photo fait son cinema, Usine corort, Marseiles, FR
2001
Chaos and Communication, B & H Art Gallery, 10th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Sarajavo, BA
1999
International Fine Art Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, New York, USA
10th National Exhibition, Viridian Artists Inc., New York, USA
Fine Art Competition, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, NJ, USA
1998
The Naked and the Nude, Gallery One, Boston, MA, USA
Salon Autonomee, Gallery O.N.I., Boston, MA, USA
New Directions ´98, Barrett Art Center, NY, USA
1997
New Directions ´97, Barret House Galleries, NY, USA
The Short Film Show, White Elephant Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
1996
Flesh Works, New England School of Photography, Boston, MA, USA
GRANTS
2009 Art Council of Finland (1 year grant)
2008 Arts Council of Finland (1/2 year grant)
2006 Public display grant for visual artists
2005 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2004 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2003 Finnish Cultural Foundation (Uusimaa)
2001 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
2000 University of Art and Design
1999 Merit Award, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, NJ, USA
St. Botolphs Club Foundation
1997 Finlandia Foundation
PUBLIC COMISSIONS
2015 Embassy of United States, Helsinki
2014 Malmi Hospital, Helsinki
2005 Consulate Genaral of Finland, St. Petersburg
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Aalto University Foundation
Ars Fennica Foundation
AXA Collection
Borusan Collection
Collection Meeschaert
Danish National Museum of Photography
ECB (European Central Bank) Collection
EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art
Finnish State Art Collection
Haupt Collection
Helsinki City Art Museum
Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
Kouri Collection
Miettinen Collection
Pyynikinlinna Art Museum
Riihimäki Art Museum
Rovaniemi Art Museum
Saastamoinen Foundation
Swedish State Art Council
The Wharf Collection
U.S Department of State
Wihuri Foundation
Wanås Foundation