Born in 1977 in Kuopio, Finland. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
Education2008 Master of Art (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH)
(now Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture)
2007 Minor subject studies, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2004 University of Barcelona, Spain, Department of Fine Arts, Exchange program
2004 Bachelor of Art (Photography), University of Art and Design Helsinki, FI
2000 Laajasalo Folk High School, one year Visual Communications program
Solo exhibitions (selected)
2024 Universus, The Finnish Museum of Photography, FI
2022 Gravity Experiments and Cyclic Phenomena, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2018 Time is a Tragedy (Vol. II), Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, FI
2017 Time is a Tragedy, Forum Box, Helsinki, FI
2016 Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
2015 Beyond the Visible Surface. C/O Berlin, DE
2014 The Finnish Museum of Photography (with Hertta Kiiski), Helsinki, FI
2014 Cloud Hunter’s Eyes , TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere, FI
2013 Cloud Hunter’s Eyes, Galerie Pleiku, Berlin, DE
2010 Grey Diary, Gallery Ratamo, Jyväskylä, FI
2010 Kaunokirjoitusta/Cursive, Huuto Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2010 Kaunokirjoitusta/Cursive, Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, FI
2010 Grey Diary, Gallery TaiK, Berlin, DE
2006 The Red Letter (and Other Confessions), Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
Group exhibitions (selected)2025 Swab Barcelona (Danse de la terre), Swab Barcelona Art Fair, ES
2024 The Helsinki School - Out of the Depths of Photography, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2024 Paris Photo, Persons Projects, Paris, FR
2024 Images that Fall from the Sky, State Gallery of Art, Sopot, PL
2024 Photo London, Persons Projects, London, UK
2023 Disappearances, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, DK
2023 Bindings/Sidoksia, VB Photography Centre, Kuopio, FI
2022 Notes from a Seamstress' Daughter, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2022 When the Wind Blows, Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna, AT
2022 Athens Photo Festival, Photobook Exhibition, Athens, GR
2022 Faraway Futures Today, Pikku-Finlandia, Helsinki, FI
2021 New Perspectives Through Photography – 25 Years of the Helsinki School, Taidehalli Helsinki, FI
2021 Échos système, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation, Arles, FR
2021 ÖRES 21 Summer Exhibition, Örö, Kemiönsaari, FI
2020 Nurture, Nature, davidbehning Gallery, Düsseldorf, DE
2020 A Kiss Given by Time to Light, Persons Projects, Berlin, DE
2019 Eating Pineapples On The Moon, Riga Photomonth, Riga, LV
2018 Foto Wien, Photobook exhibition, Vienna, AT
2018 Paris Photo, Gallery Taik Persons, Paris, FR
2017 Between the Past and the Future, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, FI
2016 Secret Agent, Guest Projects, Sunbury House, London, UK
2015 Paris Photo, Gallery Taik Persons, Paris, FR
2015 Secret Agent, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
2015 I plunge into black holes and emerge intact, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, DE
2015 Reframe Memory, Athens Photo Festival, Athens, GR
2015 The future’s not ours to see, Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
2015 Knowledge – summer exhibition, Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
2014 Paris Photo, Gallery Taik Persons, Paris, FR
2014 Viennafair, Gallery Taik Persons, Wien, AT
2014 Photobookshow – Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton, GB
2014 Unseen Amsterdam, Gallery Taik Persons, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Paris Photo, Gallery Taik Persons, Paris, FR
2013 Viennafair, Gallery Taik Persons, Wien, AT
2013 Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory, Helsinki, FI
2011 Female View, Fotoraum, Vienna, AT
2011 Touching Dreams, The Danish National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, KR
2010 Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory, Helsinki, FI
2010 Photography and Video NOW, Helsinki Art Museum Meilahti, Helsinki, FI
2009 Helsinki School, Loft Project ETAGI, St Petersburg, RU
2009 Like a Thief in the Night, The Town Museum of Jakobstad, FI
2008 Rose Boréal, Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, FR
2008 Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory, Helsinki, FI
2008 Like a Thief in the Night, Gallery Elverket, Tammisaari, FI
2008 Masters of Arts, University of Art and Design Helsinki, FI
2008 Rose Boréal – Photographies de l’Ecole d’Helsinki, Paris, FR
2007 Paris Photo, Gallery TaiK, FR
2007 Art Forum Berlin 2007, Gallery TaiK, DE
2007 Helsinki School, The Finnish Museum of Photography, FI
2007 Uutuus – Nyhet!, Häme-Gallery, Lahti, FI
2006 Passing Energy, Eerikinkatu open-air gallery, Helsinki, FI
2004 Artist in the Picture, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI
2003 The Black Jovos meet Stereo Kerava, Kerava Museum of Art, Kerava, FI
2003 Black Jovos, Gallery Myymälä 2, Helsinki, FI
2002 Kärpäspaperi, Media Centre Lume, Helsinki, FI
Grants2023 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
City of Helsinki
Frame Visual Art Finland
2014 Kone Foundation
2013 City of Helsinki, Art grant
Frame Visual Art Finland
National Council for Photographic Art
2012 Arts Council of Finland, one year working grant
2010 Arts Council of Finland
2009 The Finnish Art Association, Grant for Young Artists
Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region
2008 The Paulo Foundation
Arts Council of Finland
2007 Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region
2002 University of Art and Design Helsinki
University of Art and Design Helsinki, Research Institute
University of Art and Design Helsinki, International Affairs Centre
Publications
2023 Forsvindinger/Disappearances, Fotografisk Center, DK
2022 When the Wind Blows – Air, Wind, and Breath in Contemporary Art,
De Gruyter, DE
2021 ARLES 2021, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Actes Sud, FR
2021 Memory, Memory, Memory, VOSTOK Magazine, July – August, VOL. 28
2020 The Age of Collage Vol. 3, Gestalten, Berlin, DE
2019 Time Atlas, monograph, Kehrer Verlag, DE
2019 The Helsinki School, The Nature of Being, Vol. 6, Hatje Cantz, DE
2019 Transeurope Magazine, 31 European photographers
2019 Tiheä hetki – Valokuvan vuosikirja ilmestynyt / 51 Finnish photographers, Maahenki, FI
2014 Archive Play (Niina Vatanen & Hertta Kiiski), Kehrer Verlag, Germany
The Helsinki School, From the Past to the Future, Hatje Cantz, Saksa
2013 A Room’s Memory / Huoneen muisti, monograph, Kehrer Verlag, Germany
2011 The Helsinki School Vol. 4, A Female View, Hatje Cantz, Germany
2010 4. Europäischer Monat Der Fotografie Berlin, Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH
2009 The Helsinki School Vol. 3, Hatje Cantz, Germany
2008 Rose Boréal: Photographies de l’Ecole d’Helsinki, ENSBA
Kuin varas yöllä –exhibition catalogue, Proartibus, Helsinki
Masters of Arts 2008 –exhibition catalogue, University of Art and Design Helsinki
Awards & Nominations
2022 Time Atlas, shortlist, Foto Wien, Photo Book Award
2020 Time Atlas, shortlist, Les Rencontres D’Arles, Author Book Award
2019 / 2020 Time Atlas, nomination, Images Vevey Book Award
2015 Archive Play, selected title, German Photo Book Award
Memberships
AV-arkki, The Centre for Finnish Media Art, FI
The Association of Photographic Artists, FI
Örö Residency Center Association, FI
Works in collections
EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art / Saastamoinen Foundation
State of Finland
The Finnish Art Association
The Finnish Museum of Photography
Private collections in Finland, Germany, Denmark, France and the United Kingdom.
