Born in Kerava, Finland in 1980
Currently works and lives in Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
Oil Color Painting,
Hyvinkää Art School, 2003
MEMBERSHIPS
Sarjakuvantekijät Ry
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2025 Sarjakuvasta kuviksi, Söderkulla library
2023 Sarjakuvasta kuviksi, Myymälä2, Helsinki
2022 Post Man taideklassikot, Oulun sarjakuvakeskus Gallery, Oulu, Finland
2020 Post Man taideklassikot, Sarjakuvakeskus, Helsinki
2019 Valontaivuttajat, Pesula Gallery, Nikkilä, Finland
2018 Valontaivuttajat, Stoa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Lapparin kakarat (with Jukka Laine), Mental Museum, Lapinlahti, Helsinki
2016 Teurastamo, Helsinki, Finland
2015 Urbane Art Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2012 S-Gallery, Sokos Helsinki, Finland
2011 Reikäreuna short film festival, Finland
2010 Linnanmäki Amusement Park, Finland
2008 Hovinkartano Art Center, Finland
2007 Vuotalo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Raatihuone Gallery, Turku, Finland
2006 Gallery 4-kuus, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Järnätti-gallery, Järvenpää House, Finland
2004 Savoy Theatre, Helsinki, Finland
2003 Stoa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2024 Oulun sarjakuvafestivaalit, Kulttuuritalo Valve, Oulu
2021 Valontaivuttajat,Taidehalli, Vaasa, Finland (Curator, artist)
2021 Valontaivuttajat, Kulttuuritalo Laikku, Tampere, Finland (Curator, artist)
2020 Galerie Sonia Monti, Paris
2018 LPWA exhibition, APM Building, Beijing, China
2018 LPWA exhibition, UNESCO, Paris, France
2018 Lux Helsinki, Esplanadi, Helsinki Finland
2017 Polar Night Light Festival, Ruka, Finland
2017 Lux Helsinki, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Global Shop, Duggal select artists, Las Vegas, USA
2015 Unesco Year of Light, UNESCO, Paris, France
2015 Astana Art Fest, LPWA Exhibition, Astana, Kazakhstan
2015 LPWA Special Event, Koblenz, Germany
2014 LPWA Special event, Lanzhou, China
2014 LPWA Special event, New Town Plaza, Hong Kong
2014 LPWA Special event, Aubervilles, France
2014 Krakow Photomonth Festival, Main Programme, Krakow, Poland
2013 LPWA World Exhibition, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
2013 LPWA Special event, G8 Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013 International Light Painting Show, Techfest, Mumbai, India
2012 LPWA World Exhibition, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2012 URBE Rigenerazione Urbana, Torino, Italy
2012 Helsinki Underground Art Weekend, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
2010 Fotox1000, Rome, Italy
2010 Floydfest, Virginia, USA
2010 Exhibition of the Finnish Art Association, Järvenpää Art Museum, Finland
2010 The Art of Basware – Competition For Young Artists , Sanomatalo, Helsinki
2008 Anniversary Exhibition, Artists Association of Järvenpää, Finland
2007 Kuumaa taidetta, Kerava Art Museum, Finland
2005 Culture Hall, Jogeva, Estonia
2005 Finnish Artists Association, Art Factory, Porvoo, Finland
2004 Anniversary Exhibition of the Nordic Art Association, Rantakasarmi, Suomenlinna
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS AND PRODUCTION (Selected)
2024 Light installation, Stoa Helsinki
2024 Light installation, Salo library
2024 Light installation, Outo Valo light festival, Outokumpu
2024 Light installation, Culture house Kultsa, Vihti
2023 Hillitön valo, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää
2023 Light installation, Nummela Art Night, Vihti
2023 Light installation, Valon kaupunki light festival, Jyväskylä
2022 Light installation, Taidetehdas, Porvoon Valot light festival, Porvoo
2021 Light installation, Vaasan Taidehalli, Vaasa
2021 Light installation, Kulttuuritalo Laikku, Tampere
2019 Zsolnay Light Festival (FinnFocus program), Pecs, Hungary
2019 Valotulitus (light performance production/ event production), Hamina, Finland
2018 Lux Festival, Senaatintori, Helsinki, Finland
2013 Valokarnevaalit (Light performance production), Linnanmäki, Helsinki, Finland
2013 Lux Helsinki, Finland
2013 Media Facades Festival, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Valotulitus (Light art production), Meilahti Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Valojen Yö, Hamina Bastion, Finland
2012 Oulu Music Video Festival, Oulu, Finland
2012 Media Facades Festival, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Helsinki World Design Capital, Children’s light art workshop, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Etkot (Light art production), Kiasma Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Lux Helsinki, Finland
2011 Dazed and Confused Film Festival, London, England
2011 Action!, Seattle, USA
2011 Finland House, Saint Petersburg, Russia
GRANTS
2024 KONE: Metsän puolella (Drawing the Susitaival graphic novel)
2024 TAIKE: Kirjastoapuraha (Script writing for the Neonvalojen alla graphic novel)
2024 TAIKE (Drawing the Susitaival graphic novel)
2022 TAIKE: Kirjastoapuraha (Script for the Susitaival graphic novel)
2022 TAIKE (Script writing for a graphic novel)
2021 TAIKE (Drawing the End of Rome Graphic novel)
2020 TAIKE (Script writing for the End of Rome graphic novel)
2013 AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
2012 AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
2012 AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture
2005 City of Järvenpää
OTHER PROJECTS (Selected)
2019 Lighting design for computer, Corsair, USA
2018 Artist workshop, Look.Learn.Do, Shanghai, China
2017 Samuli Kemppi -Pouring Over, music video, director: Juha Forsander
2017 Pohjoinen enkeli -Documentary, Director:Jean Michel Roux, Making Movies
2016 Isäni tähtien takaa -Documentary, Director: Einari Paakkanen, Pohjola Films
2016 Duggal Select Artists, Duggal Visual Solutions, USA
2014 Adobe Remix, Adobe Systems Inc, USA
2014 Von Herzen Brothers – Flowers and Rust, Music video, director: Veera Tyhtilä
2012 Itte-Q! Light art for Japanese television program with Ito Asako
GRAPHIC NOVELS
2024 Susitaival, 206 pages (November 2024)
2023 Murtumia, 112 pages, Suisto Books (Finnish)
2022 Rooman rajoilla, 174 pages
2022 Ulkopuolella, 312 sivua (Finnish)
2018 Post Man, 127 pages, Suisto Books 2019 (English, Finnish)
2017 Shoegazing, 427 pages, Suisto Books 2018 (English)
PUBLICATIONS (Selected)
2020 Fashion New Order, UK
2018 Mastering Long Exposure, Ammonite Press, UK
2016 Digital Camera Magazine, UK
2016 Duggal Artists' Book, Duggal Visual Solutions, USA
2015 Night Photography and Light Painting, Focal Press USA
2014 Highlike book, SESI Publishing, Brazil
2014 BOB - International Magazine of Space Design, issue 122, Korea
2014 The National Geographic Yearbook 2015, Pedigree Books, USA
2014 Metro Helsinki, Finland
2014 Miesiac Fotografii w Krakowie 2014 - Re:Search, Poland
2014 Fotografe Melhor, Brazil
2014 The Art of Tinkering, Exploratium Museum, USA
2013 Helsingin Sanomat, Finland
2013 Folha Opiniao, Brazil
2013 Metro Montreal, Canada
2013 Liberation, France
2013 National Geographic: Ultimate Weird But True 2 -book, USA
2013 National Geographic Magazine (worldwide editions)
2012 Ripley's Believe It or Not 2013
2012 Photo & Video, Russia
2012 Bizmode, China
2011 National Geographic Kids, USA
2011 World of Design/Wuxi Design, China
2011 L+D, Brazil
2011 I Want You, USA
2011 Sciences & Vie Découvertes, France
2011 The View, Germany
2011 The Sun, United Kingdom
WEB PUBLICATIONS (Selected)
National Geographic
Wired
Juxtapoz
Der Spiegel
The Guardian
Telegraph
Pravda
thisiscolossal
Bored Panda
