ONGOING PROJECTS
05/2026 – Producer / Co-curator: Photo North, Northern Photographic Centre: Adaptation project and exhibition
01/2025 – Co-Curator: Kempele Municipality, Art Linnakallio Symposium
PAST PROJECTS
06/2022-05/2025 Producer/Co-writer: Photo North – Northern Photographic Centre: More-than-Planet project
11/2021 Producer: Kultturiyhdistys Kulttuuribingo ry: Art Vehicles Luleå 2021
04/2021 Participating in Local City, Global City lab with Curator collective Kuuma organized by ANTI-festival together with Reykjavik Dance Festival in 2021.
11/2019 Lemmenpolun valotapahtuma, Municipality of Muhos and Northern Opera Company
09/2019 Producer: Muu ry, Art Vehicles: Art bus to Insomnia festival, Tromsø
06/2019 Producer: Municipality of Muhos: Muhoksen musiikkipäivät
02/2019 Producer: Muu ry, Art Vehicles: Art bus to Inversia festival, Murmansk
01/2017- NUAN65 Northern Underground Art Network, Kulttuuribingo
04/2017-08/2017 Producer: Kulttuuribingo, Art and Math project
01/2017-08/2017 Producer: I <3 Iijoki a multi-disciplinary boat journey in Ii. Artist group: Anni Arfman (fine art), Anssi Laiho (sound art), Anni Rissanen (contemporary dance) and Hanna-Kaisa Tiainen (theatre)
18-19/05/2017 Producer: Be-Wilderment (Nature Drag) performance by amazing artist Kira O’Reilly. The performance was part of SPLICE Re-examining Nature exhibition at Oulu Museum of Arts (OMA) produced by Bioartsociety and OMA.
EDUCATION
2025 - Uniarts Helsinki / Aalto University / University of Lapland: Specialisation Programme in Public Art
2009 - 2014 / / / Oulu University of Applied science / Visual Communication, Oulu
2008 - 2009 / / / Cultural production (Oulu University)
2003 - 2007 / / / Upper secondary school, Tornio
2003 - 2007 / / / Vocational school LAPPIA, Visual arts, Tornio
WORK EXPERIENCE
02/2020- / / / Producer, Photo North, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland
02/2018-01/2020 / / / Cultural Prducer, Municipality of Muhos, Muhos, Finland
09-12/2017 / / / Producer, Oulu Comics Center, Oulu, Finland, Producing Oulu Comics Festival 2017 www.oulucomics.com
09/2016-07/2017 Producer: Oulu Comics Center, SHOW UP -project
04/2016-08/2016 / / / Producer, KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre, Ii, Finland, Producer and Visual designer of the AIB2016
08/2015-03/2016 / / / Coordinator, Oulu Comics Center, Oulu, Finland, Coordinating the Arctic Comics Network and organizing the Arctic Comics Seminar 2015.
02/2015-08/2015 / / / Producer, KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre , Ii, Finland
GRANTS
2026 Finnish Cultural Foundation, mobility grant, Earth Gazes Back exhibition in Slovenia, co-writer
2022-2025 European Union’s Creative Europe programme More-than-Planet, grant agreement No 101056238, co-writer
2022 Frame, Mobility Grant, Hérna exhibition in collaboration with Físl The association of contemporary Photographers at SIM Korpúlfsstaðir
2021 Nordisk Kulturfond, Art Vehicles, Kulttuurbingo
2021 Art Promotion Centre, Oulu A-i-R residency programme, Kulttuuribingo
2017 Kone Foundation, NUAN – Northern Underground Art Networks, co-writer
2017 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Northern Ostrobothnian Fund, I love Iijoki production
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Upcoming: 09/2026 International Photographers Symposium NIDA
TITLE: Nordic Photography Network (NPN)
Nordic Photography Network (NPN) is a collaborative platform and network founded in 2012 by Photo North – Northern Photographic Centre (FI), Galleri Image (DK), Forbundet Frie Fotografer (NO), Fotogalleriet (NO), and Centrum för Fotografi (SE). Today, the network brings together 13 organizations from the Nordic and Baltic regions. Through meetings and joint projects, the network cultivates dialogue, shared knowledge, and innovative practices within both regional and global art fields.
2025 Moderator: PINO2025, Photo North Photobook event
2024 Moderator: PINO2024, Photo North, Photobook event
2018 City in us seminar at Monchegorsk
2015 Suburban Art Run — Artist-run communities in the suburbs Association behind the community — Bingo free urban space
ARTICLES
Upcoming: 11/2026 Space as a place of public art?, Uniarts Helsinki / Aalto University / University of Lapland: Specialisation Programme in Public Art
2024 On Walking Properly (Oikeinkävelystä), Map of Fog II, Toivo Heinimäki, Publisher: Photo North – Northern Photographic Centre
EXHIBITIONS / ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS
2015, 2016 and 2020 Work from art I-III, Ränni-galleria, Oulu
2015 MATTA, Ränni-galleria, Oulu (Scuuter -collective)
2013 Kesänäyttely, Bingo-galleria, Oulu (group exhibition)
2011 Hetki -installation, Tähtitornin kahvila, Oulu