ABOUT
I am an artist with a background as craftsperson. Born in Germany I now live and work in Turku and Helsinki, Finland. I completed an apprenticeship as stonemason in Nürnberg Germany (1999), hold a Meisterschüler title of sculpture from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg (2005) and graduated as Master of Fine Arts (2008) from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. Additionally I have studied pedagogy (2015) at the Faculty of Education at the University of Turku, Finland. Currently (2021–2025) I am a Doctoral candidate (Doctor of Fine Arts) at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki. Besides doing my doctoral research, I serve as Lecturer in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts University of the Arts Helsinki.
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My doctoral research topic is Allegory for Pedagogy, Sculpture as an Educational Tool? and seeks to find out on an educational element in sculpture. Whilst this element is most likely not one element, more like an apparatus of elements, something like an educational dispositif. My internal supervisor for this research project is Maiju Loukola and my external supervisor is Gert Biesta.
EDUCATION
2021–
Doctoral candidate (Doctor of Fine Arts), Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki
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2013–2015
Studies of pedagogy at the University of Turku, Finland
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2006–2008
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
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2005
Meisterschüler, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg
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2002–2006
Studies of Sculpture at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg
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1996–1999
Education as stonemason
GRANTS
2023
Project Grant by the Finnish Cultural Foundation
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2021
Project Grant by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland
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2018
Project Grant by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland
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2017
Project grant by The Arts Council of Varsinais-Suomi
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2017
Project grant by the Goethe-Institut Finnland
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2016
Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant
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2015
Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant
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2014
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 1-year working grant
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2014
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant
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2013
Kone Foundation, work– and project grant (group)
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2013
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant
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2013
Norden, The Nordic Council, travel grant (group)
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2012
Arts Council Of Finland, travel grant (group)
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2012
Arts Council Of Finland, project grant
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2010
City of Turku, The Cultural Board of Turku, project grant
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2009
Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant
TEACHING
2014
Lecturer in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Helsinki
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9/2018–5/2019
Professor in sculpture (deputy) / Head of department, at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki
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2012–2014
Lectures and courses at the sculpture department of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki as also visit lectures at Aalto University Helsinki, Finland and at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania.
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
2024
Vertical Ecologies Symposium 2024, Museum of Impossible Forms, Helsinki.
Led by Samir Bhowmik and curated by Giovanna Esposito Yussif.
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2023
As You May Sense – Environment, Data, Contamination group exhibition. Helsinki Biennial 2023 New Directions May Emerge. The exhibition is also part of Uniarts Helsinki’s Research Pavilion. Curated by Jussi Parikka and Samir Bhowmik. Helsinki Biennial 2023 main curator: Joasia Krysa
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their room washed with hot light / 6.5.-28.5.2023 Turku/Finland. Curated by Iona Roisin and Eeva-Maija Pulkkinen
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2022
Sculpture as a Carbon Storage, Kunsthalle Turku, Finland. Curated by Eero Merimaa
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2017
SHIFT / Art incubator, The Castle of Turku, Finland, curated by Ville Laaksonen
GOOD TIMES, Solo Show at Gallery Sculptor Helsinki
PALLAS at Gallery Alkovi Helsinki, curated by Miina Hujala & Arttu Merimaa
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2016
PARANTOLA, Alvar Aalto´s Sanatorium in Paimio, Finland
ARTE=RANKKA, Gallery Rankka, Makasiini L3, Helsinki
KUVATAIDEAKATEMIAN NÄYTTELY, Exhibition laboratory, Helsinki
SPEECHKARAOKE in Bangkok, Thailand; Lavaklubi of the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki;
H2Ö festival and Jättömaa festival;
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2015
VALTIO+, former county prison Turku
SPEECHKARAOKE: Unelma, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma ;
Lavaklubi of the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki;
Cannibal Manifesto, Plymouth, UK;
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2014
Festen, ForumBox Gallery, Helsinki
Speechkaraoke:
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Lavaklubi of the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki
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The Aine Artmuseum in Tornio, Finland
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Rovaniemi Artmuseum, Finland
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International Filmfestival Rotterdam
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2013
Speechkaraoke:
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26th Rakkautta ja Anarkiaa – Baltic Circle and Helsinki International Film Festival
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MasQue Festival Soirée – international mask theatre festival, Helsinki
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Art Häme, vihreä talo, Riihimäki
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Doc lounge, short film festival Helsinki
Mäntän Kuvataideviikot, Curator Jyrki Siukonen
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2012
Speechkaraoke:
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Alle Worte sind aus, KunstRaum Goethestrasse, Linz, Austria
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Almost Cinema Festival, Vooruit Kunstencentrum, Ghent, Belgium
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Helsinki Juhlaviikot, Finland
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Puhe festivaali, Turku, Finland
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Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
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Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn, Estonia
A rose is a rose, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland (solo)
Return, curated by Sebastian Hein, Andreas Oehlert und Ladislav Zajac, Auf AEG, Nürnberg, Germany
Facade, Huuto Gallery, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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2011
“I am a liberalsocialist, zenarchist, individualist, collectivist, sceptics, humanist, capitalist, romanticist, cooperatist, nihilist” curated by Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta–Kalleinen, Jyväskylä Artmuseum, Finland
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2010
Art Fair Suomi10, Cable factory, Helsinki, Finland
“I am a socialist, anarchist, collectivist, individualist, communist, aristocrat, democrat” curated by Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta–Kalleinen, Hämeenlinna Artmuseum, Finland
Joe´s – Arten uudet jäsenet, Joella Gallery, Turku, Finland
Koko Kuva, ARTE 50 vuotta, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland
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2009
Oil on canvas, curated by Sebastian Hein and Ladislav Zajac, Auf AEG, Nürnberg, Germany
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2008
Kuvataideakatemian lopputyönäyttely, Academy´s gallery FAFA, Helsinki
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2007
Piirustusluokka tyhjä on täysi, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
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2006
Geld schießt keine Tore, curated by Beate Kemfert, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Germany
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2005
Khora, Hiroshima City University, Japan
blühbungen, gallery Lothringer 13, program angels, München, Germany
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2004
Vor Ort, symposium, Rothenburg o.d. Tauber, Germany
PUBLIC WORKS
2008
Offene Schranke, with Ladislav Zajac, painted steel sculpture, eurocom business–park Nürnberg, Germany
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2007/2009
Beedance, concrete sculpture, Jan–Erik Andersson´s house life on a leaf, Turku, Finland