Born in Lohja, Finland, 1978
Lives and works in Stockholm
Education
2001- 2007 MFA, The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2003-2004 Malmö Art Academy, Sweden
1999-2001 The Nordic Art school, Kokkola
1998-1999 Västra nylands folkhögskola, Karis
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Evanesce, Kohta, Helsinki, Finland
2021
Weaving, yearning, public sound installation, Kings Cross, London, UK
Weaving, yearning, public sound installation, Puolalanpuisto, Turku, Finland
2019
No Land is an Island, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vasa, Finland
2018
Kasvotusten, Söderlångvik, Kimito, Finland
Ett kluvet hus, Stockholm konst, Humlegården, Sverige
2017
a u g u s t, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
Off Seasons, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
2015
Why is the remote always so far away, Maria Stenfors, London, UK
Ett kluvet hus – Den ena, Galleri Elverket, Ekenäs, Finland
Ett kluvet hus – Den andra, Sinne, Helsinki, Finland
2014
Divisions – and Other Possibilities, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
In Good Faith, Finnish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
2013
In Good Faith, Konstfabriken, Borgå, Finland
A Part and the Whole, Litteratursymposiet i Odda, Norway
In Good Faith, Project/Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2012
Pintojen Välissä, Takkahuone, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
2011
Blindsight, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
Du utan jag, The Studio, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Mikado, The Pigeon Wing, London, UK
2010
Flyktpunkt, Galleri Sinne, Helsinki, Finland
2009
Mikado, Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
2007
I could have told you that, FAFA Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Collaboration with Juha Laatikainen
Group Exhibitions
2024
Summation, Felleshus, The Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany
I Feel, for now, Amos Rex, Helsinki, Finland
Enter Woodland Spirits, Library of Estonian Nature Folklore, Tartu, Estonia
Open Studios, International Studio & Curatorial Program, ISCP, New York, USA
2023
Frieze Sculpture, Regent’s Park, London, UK
Down North / Contemporary Art in the Arctic, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
Taikaa!, Sinkka Art and Museum Center, Kerava, Finland
North Atlantic Triennial: Down Иorth, Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
Behold, Hypha Studios, London, UK
2022
Landscapes of Belonging, Kindl Contemporary Art Center, Berlin, Germany
North Atlantic Triennial: Down Иorth, PMA Portland Museum of Art, USA
Subterranean, Amos Rex, Helsinki, Finland
Art & Activism , Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
2021
A I S T I T / coming to our senses, Taidehalli, Helsinki, Finland
When Our Eyes Touch, Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France
Platsens Minne, Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå, Sweden
Point of No Return, Attunement of Attention, NART Narva Art Residency, Narva, Estonia
MONSTER SOUP – A Heady Brew of Art Projects in Public Spaces, KØS – Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge, Denmark
2020
The Nature of Isolation and Loneliness, VEGA I ARTS, Vega, Copenhagen Denmark
Samlade hemligheter, Pro Artibus, Galeri Elverket, Ekenäs, Finland
2084, Catalysti, transcultural artists in Finland, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2019
Touch, Saastamoinen Foundation Collection, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
Anatomy of Political Melancholy, Schwarz Foundation, Athens Conservatory, Greece
Future Delay, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
Heritage, The North Coast Art Triennale, Gribskov, Denmark
2018
Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More, 1st Riga Biennial, Riga, Latvia
Salon 63, Public Art Exhibition, London, UK
The Third Ear, Vooruit Arts Center, Gent, Belgium
Nordic Delights, Light Art Festival, Soho, London, UK
2017
The Garden – End of Times, Beginning of Time, Aros Triennial, Århus, Denmark
Balance, Continous Drift, Meeting House Square, Dublin, Ireland
Calm Before Storm, Waterside Contemporary, London, UK
2016
Chart Art Fair, Special Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Revive!, The Crypt of St Mary Magdalene’s Church, London, UK
EMAP 2016,
S.O.S. Art For a Time of Urgencies, Ewha, Seoul, South Korea
Playroom, Union Club Studios, London, UK
2015
Smugglers, Narracje 7, Public Art Festival, Gdansk, Poland
Imitation Game, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE
The Vanishing Point of History, L’Été Photographique de Lectoure, France
2014
Theater of the Mind, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomsfield Hills, USA
Sound, Image, Experience, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
Initiatives for Individuality, Untitled. Art Fair, Miami, USA
Confusion in her eyes that says it all, Maria Stenfors, London, UK
Encounter: Listening to the City, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE
2013
Nouvelles Vagues: The Black Moon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Minneskonst/Art of Memory, Bonniers konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
The Invisible Lady, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Acting in the City, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
Critical Mass, Public art exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia
24 Spaces – A Cacophony, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
Sequences VI, Real Time Art Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
2012
Reality bites, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
So You Say, West Space, Melbourne, Australia
Undergo. The Parallels, Public Art Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia
Volumi contrastanti/Kontrasterande volymer, Italian Culture Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Noorderzon, International Performing Arts Festival, Groningen, The Netherlands
Baltoscandal, International Theatre Festival, Rakvere, Estonia
Intersección, Santiago a Mil, Centro Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile
2011
Imagine Being Here Now, The 6th Momentum Biennial, Moss, Norway
Nordic Art Today, Loft Project ETAGI, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Reflective Shadow, Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Denmark
Fast, International Festival of Contemporary Arts, Terni, Italy
Meteor 2011, International Theatre Festival, Bergen, Norway
Homo Novus, International Festival of Contemporary Theatre, Riga, Latvia
Festival Divadelna Nitra, International Theatre Festival, Nitra, Slovakia
Santarcangelo 41, International Theatre Festival, Santarcangelo, Italy
Intersection, Prague Quadrennial, Prague, Czech
Float All in Windows, Slakthusateljéerna, Stockholm, Sweden
Gifts of Intimacy, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Baltic Circle, International Theatre Festival, Q-Teatteri, Helsinki, Finland
Bastard, International Theatre Festival, Avant Garden, Trondheim, Norway
Presences, Real Presence 10, Zvono Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Spellbound by Stories, The Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Street View, MAP – Mobile Art Production, Avenyn, Gothenburg, Sweden
New Beginnings, Open House, Iaspis, Stockholm, Sweden
The End of the Knowers, Teaterhuset Avant Garden, Trondheim, Norway
2009
Recent Acquisitions, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
New Pleasure, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, Norway
Tänk på döden, MAP – Mobile Art Production, Culture Festival in Stockholm, Sweden
Open Studios, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Kesänäyttely, Honkahovi, Mänttä, Finland
Urban Story, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
2008
Jotain muuta odotellessa, URB 08, Museum of Contempoary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Urban Pedestals, Public Art Project in Helsinki. Finland
Mare Balticum. Thomas Mann Culture Festival, Nida, Lithuania
2007
Consequences and Proposal, The Biennale of Young Artists, Tallinn. Estonia
Midbaugur og Kringla, Leisure, Administration and Control, Reykjavik, Iceland
Suomen 25 parasta taiteilijaa, The XII Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland
2006
Make your own shadow, Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, England
Collaboration on Site, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki. Finland
Kuvataideakatemian kevätnäyttely, The Fine Art Academy gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Hard Revolution, NORD culture festival, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
2005
Lost in Translation, 9th Istanbul biennale (collateral event), Istanbul, Turkey
Real Presence, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Speak Up! gallery Myymälä 2, Helsinki, Finland
Bull´s Eye, Kaiku Gallery, Helsinki, Finland & San Francisco Art Institute gallery, USA
2004
Pimeä, Contemporary Art Festival, Kallio, Helsinki, Finland
Young Nordic Art, Borlänge, Sweden
Spring exhibition, Malmö Art Academy, Sweden
City of Love, The Office Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2003
VV2-Recycling the Future, Vivere Venezia II, 50th Venice biennale, Italy
Pinnalla, The Fine Art Academy Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Nuorten Näyttely, Muu Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Residencies
2024 International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA
2021 Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
2012 GeoAIR, Tbilisi, Georgia
2010 Iaspis, International Artist Studio Program in Sweden, Stockholm
2009 Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Centre d’Art I Natura, Farrera, Spain
Works in Collections
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, USA
KIASMA, Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, Helsinki, Finland
Amos Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Pro Artibus Foundation, Finland
Public Art Works
Varjot veden pinnalla, Espoonlahti metro station, Espoo, Finland
2066, Värtahamnen, Permanent Sound installation in the Port of Stockholm, Sweden
Hiljaa Läsnä, Permanent sound installation in the Library in Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Prizes
2020 Finnish State Prize for Media Art
2016 William Thuring Prize, The Finnish Art Association
2015 Ars Fennica nominee
2011 Duukaattipalkinto, The Finnish Art Association
2010 Stina Krooks stiftelse, Art prize
Grants
Taiteen edistämiskeskus
Svenska Kulturfonden
Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
FRAME
Kulturkontakt Nord
Taiteen keskustoimikunta
Grönqvist stiftelse
Oskar Öflunds stiftelse
Nordic Artists Centre Daleåsen
Majaoja-säätiö
Konstsamfundet
Petter ja Margit Forströmmin Säätiö