Biography *1978 Haapavesi, Finland 2005 Master of Art, University of Industrial Arts Helsinki,         Department of Photography 2001 Bachelor of Art, University of Industrial Arts Helsinki,         Department of Photography 1997-98 Muurla School of Photography

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
        Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2007 Loop Art Fair, Gallery Taik, Barcelona
        HIAP project studio, Helsinki, Finland
        Spike Island, Bristol, UK
2006 Centre Européen d’Actions Artistiques Contemporaines, Strasbourg, France
        Kunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, Belgium
        Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
2005 Avanto Media Art Festival, Muu gallery, Helsinki
2004 Kluuvi gallery, Helsinki City Art Museum
        Gallery Huuto, Helsinki, with Eeva-Mari Haikala


Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Who are you? Faceless tableaux vivants, Galerie Adler, New York
        Rotwand Gallery, Zürich, CH 
        Image And After, Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
        Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2007 Paris Photo Art Fair, Gallery Taik, Paris, France
        Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
        Bath Film Festival, Bath (installation at St. Michael’s Church) , UK
        Leeds International Film Festival (installation), Leeds UK
        Into the Woods Tonight, Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
        Art Forum Berlin, Gallery Taik, Berlin
        Helsinki School, Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
        Turku Biennial, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
        Photo Finland, Helsinki School, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
        Transgressions, 112th Annual Exhibition of the Artist Association of Finland,
        South Karelian Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland
        Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna
2006 International Festival of Video Art Valencia, La Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
        Nordic Cut, The Helsinki School, Art Pavilion, Zagreb, Croatia
        Art Forum Berlin, Gallery Taik
        Vad är fotografi? – The Helsinki School, Borås Art Museum, Sweden
        Cloud Castle Lake, Short stories, segments of narrative, and suspended encounters, Club
        Shepway, Folkestone, UK
        Slideshow, Trinity House, Leicester, UK
2005 Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory, Helsinki
        Helsinki Photography Festival, Helsinki
        Masters of Art 2005, The Graduation Show, University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki
        The 110th Annual Exhibition of the Artist Association of Finland, Helsinki Kunsthalle
2003 Inside Outliners, Kunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, Belgium
        The 108th Annual Exhibition of the Artist Association of Finland; The Young Artists 2003,
        Helsinki
2001 The Stockholm International Art Fair, Gallery Taik


Selected Video Screenings

2008 subZONEs 1+2, Galerie Adler Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
2007 View 07, Festival for Finnish Media Art, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Party in celebration of Frieze Art Fair, Embassy of Denmark, London
        Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
        Loop Festival Barcelona, Spain
        Breaking the Ice, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
        Forum Box, AV-Arkki Tour, Finland
        Tampere 36th International Film Festival, Finland
        View 06, Festival for Finnish Media Art, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Plan 9 Gallery, Bristol UK
        Backlight 05, 7th International Photographic Triennal, Tampere, Finland
2004 Gallery Huuto Video screening, Helsinki, Finland
        Video 2004, Bergen Kunsthalle, Norway
        Kaiku Festival, Rovaniemi, Finland
2003 Kaiku Festival, Rovaniemi, Finland
2002 Hanasaari Culture Center, Espoo, Finland


Residencies

2007 Schloss Bleckede, Bleckede, Germany
2006 Centre Européen d’Actions Artistiques Contemporaines, Strasbourg, France
2005 Bristol, UK, Moving Image Residency, Co-organized by Picture This, Spike Island and
        Watershed


Collections

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art (Helsinki, Finland)
Sammlung Hoffmann (Berlin, Germany)
Borås Art Museum (Sweden)
The Arts Council of Finland
Pentti Kouri Collection (New York, USA)
Apotek (Sweden)
Valio Ltd. (Finland)
Private Collections in Sweden, Netherlands, Germany and Finland


Prizes & Grants

2008 Arts Council of Finland, One Year Grant
2007 The main prize of Turku Biennial 2007, Turku Finland, (selected by Timo Valjakka)
        Kordelin Foundation
2006 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
        The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Regional Funds
        The Arts Council of Finland
        AVEK
2005 VISEK
2004 Kordelin Foundation
        AVEK


Catalogues

Image and After, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008
Into the Woods Tonight, Parrotta Contemprary Art, Stuttgart, 2007
Loop Art Fair, 2007
Hannu Karjalainen: Portraits (Spike Island, Bristol UK), 2007
AV-Arkki 2006 Catalogue, 2006
Helsinki Photography Festival / to be continued… / jatkuu…
(by Mika Elo, Brett Rogers, Emily Butler), 2005
Avanto Media Art Festival, 2005