Printmaker, born 1957, lives and works in Helsinki

STUDIES

1981-86 The Academy of Fine Arts
1994-97 Courses in Photopolymergravyr, University of Art and Design, Department of Photography, Helsinki UIAH
1995 Handmade Japanese Papermaking Workshop at The Finnish National Gallery, Finland
1995-96 Courses in Photography, The Academy of Fine Arts
1995-96 Japanese Bookbinding Workshop, The Academy of Fine Arts
1996 Courses in Japanese Watercolour Woodcut, UIAH
1997 Washi Papermaking Workshop, Tosa Washi Village, Kochi, Ino, Japan
1998 Washi Papermaking Workshop, UIAH
1999 Non-Toxic Intaglio Printmaking Course, The Academy of Fine Arts
2000 Non-Toxic Intaglio Printmaking Course, The Studio of Artprintters of Arabia, Helsinki
2002 Non-Toxic Intaglio Printmaking Workshop at Grafisk Experimentarium Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1987 Gallery of The Society of Finnish Graphic Artists, Helsinki Gallery Grafiart, Turku
1988 The Pohjola Gallery, Helsinki Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä
1989 The Art Museum of Tampere, Runner-up for Young Artist of the Year Ässä Gallery, Helsinki
1990 Lindblom Gallery, Helsinki
1992 Gallery of the Finnish Painters Union, Helsinki
1993 Gallery of City of Raisio As a winner of The Competition for Young Graphicers, several exhibitions in Railway Stations in Finland, WWF and State Railways, Gallery G, Helsinki
1998 Gallery G, Helsinki
2000 Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki
2001 De Crescenzo & Viesti, Galleria D´ arte Contemporanea, Rooma, Italy together with Markku Salo
2004 Malkki Museum, Tampere

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1983, -84 The Gallery of Kaivopuisto, Helsinki
1984, -86,-88 Annual Exhibition, The Finnish Society of Artists, Art Hall, Helsinki -92, 2000
1984, -85, -87 Exhibition of Young Artists, Art Hall, Helsinki
1986 Gallery Duetto, Helsinki, Gallery Kultturelli, Joensuu, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka
1987 Kemi Art Museum, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
1988 Maila Talvio Salon, Hartola, Gallery Strindberg, Helsinki, Raision Risteys, Raisio, Kälviän Färjärit, Kälviä Hyvinkää Art Museum
1989, -92 Pro Graphica Triennial, Gallery Mino, Lohja
1991 Gallerie Graphiart, Turku, Gallery Pieni Agora, Helsinki
1992 Touch, Villa Roma, Ruissalo, New Potret of European, Gallery Vapaudenaukio, Helsinki
Exhibition of The Artist´s Association of Helsinki, On The Borders, County Exhibition, Helsinki
1993 Mänttä Fine Art Exhibition, Acid- The Seacret Life of Graphic Art, Helsinki City Art Museum
WWF Gallery, Art Competition Winners, Gallery Ullakko, Helsinki
1994 Stockholm Art Fair, Sollentuna, Sweden, Gallery G, Gallery Sirius, Jyväskylä, Stone, Wood and Paper, Exhibition, Hyvinkää, Publishing Exhibition of Art Graphic Collection of Repola, Helsinki
1995 Nightmare, Gravure Exhibition, Into Gallery, Helsinki, Laterna Magica, Helsinki; Victor Barsokevitch Photographic Center, Kuopio; Nykyaika Photographic Center, Tampere; Iisalmi Photograph Biennial; Rantagalleria, Oulu; Zebra Gallery, Karjaa; Gallery Artic, Vaasa
1996 Gallery Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Villa Wegelius Art Center, Ikaalinen, Summer Exhibition, Villa Danielson-Kalmari, Vääksy, Hartola Summer Exhibition, Hartola
1997 Exhibition of The Artist´s Aassosiation of Helsinki
1998 What is Real, The Finnish Photography Triennial, Art Hall Helsinki and Mikkeli Art Museum, The Opening Exhibition of Gallery Uusitalo, Helsinki
1999 Tunne, Group Exhibition, BIO -99, House of Science in Helsinki, Association of Finnish Artist´s and The Academy of Science. Photopolymergravyr Exhibition, Museum of Photography, Helsinki
2001 Little-Big-Little, The 70th Anniversary of The Association of Finnish Printmakers, Helsinki
Axis, 40 Finnish Photographers and Printmakers Portfolio Exhibition in Media Center Lume UIAH, Helsinki, Graphia Borea, Prints from Finland, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki
Highlights in Nordic Photogravyr, Gallen- Kallela Museum, Helsinki
Hockey Flowers, Works from The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection at Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki
2002 Stockholm Art Fair, Sollentuna, Sweden , Gallery Uusitalo
KIAF - Korea International Art Fair 2002 Pusan, South -Korea,
Gallery Uusitalo and Gallery Pyo from Seoul.
2003 Northern European Print Art Exhibition, Chiak Art Hall, Wonju Hanji Festival, South-Korea
Northern European Print Art Exhibition, Kim Nae Hyun Art Gallery, Seoul, South-Korea
Summer Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava
The Jubilee Year Show of Myllypuro Artist Village, Gallery Johan S, Helsinki

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

1986 International Graphic Art Biennial, Cracow, Poland, Intergrafic, Katowice, Poland
1987 The Third European Triennial of Engravings in Grado, Italy
The Seventh Miniprint International, Cadaques, Spain
International Graphic Triennial in Vaasa
1988 De Gravure de Menton, Les Pays Nordiques, France
1989 18th Ljubljana International Print Biennial, Jugoslavia
1991 Nordic Graphic Art Now, Sweden
1992 9th Tallinn Print Triennial, Estonia, Liljevalchs Art Hall, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 Sand and Stone, II Baltic Sea States Triennial of Graphic Art, Gdansk, Poland
1996 The 3rd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Japan
1997 Hojlys & Dybtryk III-Fotogravyren i Norden, Museum of Photography, Odense and Kopenhagen, Denmark, and in Oslo, Norway
1998 The 4th Sapporo International Print Biennale, Sapporo, Japan, 11th Print Triennal of Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Relativities, 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol UK
Highlights in Nordic Photography, Photographic Festival of Houston, Winter Street Art Center and Southeast Museum of Photography USA
6th International Biennal of Graphics of The Baltic Sea Countries / Kaliningrad - Köningsberg
2nd World festival of Art on Paper, Ljubljana, Slovenia
12th Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
2002 10th International Print Triennial, Graphica Creativa, Jyväskylä
12th Space International Print Biennial Seoul, South-Korea

FINNISH ART EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

1986 Finnish Graphic Artists, Södertälje, Sweden
1987-89 Finnish Contemporary Art, Germany
1988 Exhibition of Finnish Art, Baku, Azerbaizhan
1989-90 Finnish Contemporary Graphics and Drawings Exhibition, Jugoslavia
1994, -97 Repola Collection, Touring Exhibition in Europe and USSR
1997 Kaiku / Echo, Group Exhibition of The Teachers of The Department of Art from University of Art and Design, UIAH, Helsinki, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
Meetings, Finnish Contemporary Graphics, Gallery Tosa Washi Village; Tosa, Ino, Japan
1997 Finnish Contemporary Graphics, Residence of Finnish Foreign Office, Cape Town, South Africa
1998 Appointments, Finnish-Japanese Art Exhibition, Kyoto International Community House Gallery, Japan
Finnish Contemporary Art, Museum Judetan Teleorman, Aleksandria, Romania
1999 Finnish Contemporary Graphics, Residence of Finnish Foreign Office, Windhoek Museum, Namibia
2000 Finnish Contemporary Graphic Art Exhibition, Kiova

COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Aamos Andersson
The Finnish State Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Tampere Art Museum
Wäinö Aaltonen Art Museum
The City of Kemi
The City of Helsinki
The City of Joensuu
The City of Jyväskylä
The City of Kotka
The City of Raisio
The City of Varkaus
Kemi Art Museum
Kouvola Art Museum
Hämeenlinna Art Museum
Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi Art Museum
Muncipality of Lohja
Merita Bank Collection
Pohjola Collection
IVO Collection
State Railway Collection
WWF Collection
Repola Collection
Muncipality of Södertälje, Sweden
The National Museum of Warshaw
The Tallinn Print Triennal´s Art Collection
The Collection of Saastamoinen Säätiö
The Collection of Paulon Säätiö
The Collection of Kerava Art Foundation
Oulu Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampere
The Collection of Finnish Cultural Foundation
Jyväskylä Art Museum
The Collection of Sara Hilde´n Foundation
The Collection of Museet For Fotokunst, Oodense, Denmark
The Collection of Pusan Muncipal Art Museum, South Korea
2002 The 12th Space International Print Biennial, Seoul, South Korea
In The Series of Space Grand Prize; Selected Prize

AWARDS

1987 International Print Triennial of Young Artist, Vaasa
1st prize Exhibition of Young Artist, Helsinki
Saskia Scolarship
1989 Runner-up for Young Artist of The Year -89
1992 Pro Graphica Triennial, Gallery Mino, Lohja 1st prize
1993 The State Railwys and WWF Art Competition 1st prize
1997 Finnish National Gallery ex´libris Competition, Finland, 1st prize
1998 11th The Tallinn Print Triennial 1st prize
2001 Kaliningrad-Köningsberg Graphic Biennial, Honourable mention

MEMBERSHIPS

The Society of Finnish Printmakers
Finnish Painter´s Union
The Artist´s Association of Helsinki

OTHER ACTIVITIES

1984- Courses of Fine Art, Helsinki and Espoo
1984- Summer Courses in Finland
1990- Teacher of Printmaking, University of Art and Design, UIAH
1996-97 Teacher of Printmaking at The Academy of Fine Arts

Travelling and studies in following countries; Italy, France, India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand and Japan.