For me, art is the lifeblood. Art is another, more humane, point of view for our society that depends on the constant growth of economy.

I am an almost graduated student at the University of Lapland. I’m studying art education. Being an artist and an art teacher goes hand-in-hand in my thinking. They are both important for me. Making art and teaching art works together reflectively. My own art making process and discussions and working with other people support and strengthen each other. Teaching art brings another point of view also for the school-world. The schoolworld also lies today on the effeciency-thinking which is limiting creativity. Art is another point of view which can be an alternative for all of us, one way or another.

I use many different materials and techniques in my art. I make performances, videos and installations, draw and paint. I don’t want to get stuck using one technique or just one theme. I choose a material which helps me the best way to show my thoughts. For me Russia is a great source of inspiration, maja myza. I was one year (2008-2009) an exchange student in Saint Petersburg in the State academy of art and design. Most of my figure-paintings and drawings, shown on this site, are works from my period of studying there. Russia interests me in many different levels: language, culture, art, animations, toys, history, politics, people, places, architecture, the way how the people take over the surrounding space and so on. From Russia, I have also found a concrete view of my own mind. Through art I travel to these views of my mind over and over again and deeper and deeper. And I hope that these views of my mind that I’m presenting, my art, can bring something new to someone else’s lives as well. Maybe even offer a different kind of aspect to the everyday life.

Curriculum Vitae

Studies:
2009 – University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design, Art Education Program
2008 – 2009 St.Petersburg State Academy Of Art and Design. Decorative and Mural Painting, The Faculty of Monumental Arts.
2005 – 2008 University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design, Art Education Program
2004 – 2005 University of Art and Design Helsinki (TaiK)
2003 – 2004 University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design, Art Education Program
2002 – 2003 University of Helsinki

Solo exhibitions:
2009 “Tshjornie I bjelie basni…” (“Black and white animal stories...”) Paintings, drawings. Gallery Borey. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2009 “Tshjornie I bjelie basni…” (“Black and white animal stories...”) Paintings, drawings. Café Zoom. Saint Petersburg,Russia.
2009 “Mortuus non multus”. Video-installations, (online) performance. Vyhod Media-center. Petrozavodsk, Russia.
2008 “Ja Znaju – Mä snaijaan”. Installations and video. “Katve”- gallery, Rovaniemi. Finnish Lapland.
2004 “Olla tyttö” (“Being a girl”). Woodcuts. University of Lapland. Faculty of art and design. Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland.

Coming exhibitions:
2010 May. “Avovaunujen turkoosit pylväät.” My travelling-diary through myself and Russia, and the way back to the starting point. Videos, installations, collages. Gallery Kilo. University of Lapland. Rovaniemi. Finland.

Group exhibitions:
2009 “šah mat”. video-installation and painting. “V gallery”. St. Petersburg, Russia.
2009 Pan Barentz, Ideal Cities. Installation. Napa- gallery. Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland.
2009 “šah mat”. Department of Decorative and Mural Painting (Monumental Arts). Video-installation and painting. St.Petersburg State Academy Of Art and Design. Russia
2009 “Arkki”. Installations and videos. Helsinki, Finland.
2008 “Christmas”. Paintings. Conservatory of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2008 “Colouring the north”. Gallery Verligheten, Umeå, Sweden.
2008 “Russian roulette”. Video: “Pussyan roulette”. Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany.
2008 Faces etnofestival. Installations and videos. Billnäs, Finland.
2008 “Human’s nature”. Video: “Circulation”. Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland.
2006 Ice-sculptures (installation). Luleå Vinterbiennal, Luleå, Sweden. (workshop + exhibition)
2005 “Redo India”- installation. University of Lapland, Faculty of art and design. (workshop + exhibition)
2005 Paintings. Library of Vallila, Helsinki.

Performances:
2008 Anonymous. At the exhibition opening (“Human’s nature”). University Of Lapland, Rovaniemi.
2008 “Luullun arvausta”. Performance. Art-museum of Rovaniemi, Lapland.
2008 “Border exercises”. Installation + performance. Barents Spektakel. Kirkenes, Norway.
2006 “My fear”. Performance. Rovaniemi, Lapland.
2005 “Marras-kalenteri”. Train-performance. Rovaniemi area, Lapland.

Workshops (selected):
2008 Media expression workshop (+ exhibition). “Livingroom”. University of Lapland.
2008 “Border exercises”-workshop. Barents Spektakel. Kirkenes, Norway. (participant)
2007 “How do we do”. First-Artsmo- program, State Academy of Art and design. St.Petersburg, Russia. (participant)
2007 “Hot Arctic”-workshop by performance-group Blue Noses (Russia). Barents Spektakel. Kikenes, Norway. (participant)

Projects
2009 “Pan Barentz” - project. Architecture- workshop “MurmanskMotion”. Murmansk, Russia. (teacher, researcher)
2007 “Arctic children”-program. Lovozero, Russia. (teacher)
2007 “Tulikettu” (“Fire-fox”) Cross-artictical and –scientifical performance-workshop and show. Utsjoki, Lapland. (teacher)
2007 “Tuulikettu” (“Wind-fox”) Performance- and painting workshop. Utsjoki, Lapland. (teacher)

Festivals
2009 Frik Film Festival, Skopje, Macedonia.
2008 Videonotsh, Petrozavodsk, Russia.
2008 No Festival, Tsheljabinsk, Russia.
2008 Golden tambourine, tv- and video- festival, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
2008 Videoholica, August in art, Varna, Bulgaria.

Groups
2009 – Pilvenpiirtäjät. Group of two artists: Heidi Hänninen and Grigorij Andreevitsh Pisarenko (architect, St. Petersburg, Russia).

Articles
Taide-lehti
Karjalan Sanomat