STUDIES

 

1998-2004

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany,

 

2005

Diploma1994-1998 University of Applied Sciences, department of glass design, Hämeenlinna, Finland

 

1996

guest student at the Sint Lukas Institute, Ghent, Belgium

 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

 

2013-2014

studio scholarship from the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and Arts

 

2012

Erwin & Gisela von Steiner Foundation

 

2010

Alexander Tutsek Foundation

 

2008-2011

studio scholarship from the City of Munich

 

2008

Artist-in-Residence, Sibiu, Romania/ Europäisches Stipendium Oberbayerne-merge bronze award, Bullseye Glass Co.

 

2006

Finnish Cultural FoundationErwin & Gisela von Steiner Foundation

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2011

Melkweg Mediaroom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Und wenn das Unglück mein Glück ist?, Gebrüder, Munich, Germany

 

2009

Schnee, Galerie Dina4 Projekte, Dina's Garage, Munich, Germany

 

2008

Never been there, Apollo13 / Lothringer 13, Munich, Germany

 

2006

Idols, Galerie Goethe 53, Munich, Germany

 

2005

Play it loud!, AkademieGalerie, Munich, Germany

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2014

Essi Utriainen Glas, Heidi Willberg Malerei, Galerie Arja Decker & Veerle Marissen, Munich, Germany

 

2013

We ♥ the World, Bürgerhaus Unterföhring, Unterföhring, Germany

My mind keeps wandering, Wehrmühle Biesenthal, Biesenthal, Germany

Finnish Glass Art 2005-2010, travelling exhibition of the Finnish Glass Museum,

   Musée du Verre, Carmaux, France

   Glashütte Gernheim, Gernheim, Germany

 

2012

Art Fair Suomi 12, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland

Die ersten Jahre der Professionalität 31, Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany

Finnish Glass Art 2005-2010, travelling exhibition of the Finnish Glass Museum, National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Design Factory, Bratislava, Slovakia

 

2011

Agter die Berge - Joburg Fringe Video Berlin, 7 hours, Berlin, Germany

Talente - Kunst vor dem Anfang der Kunst, Galerie Royal, Munich, Germany

 

2010

Rain of Down 3/3, Kunstihoone, Linnagalerii, Tallinn, Estonia

Hundert Meisterwerke, Galerie Royal, Munich, Germany

Joburg Fringe VIDEOart, Johannesburg, South Africa

Finnish glass lives 6, Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland

ScanART, Muffathalle, Munich, Germany

 

2009

Artist-in-Residence851, Lothringer 13/Laden, Munich, Germany

Island of Art, WhiteBOX, Munich, Germany

some kind of vacuum, Galerie Royal, Munich, Germany

Schön, Rathausgalerie, Munich, Germany

 

2008

Kleinere Arbeiten, Raum 500, Munich, Germany

To Samuel with Love, Muzeul Naţional Brukenthal, Galeria de Artă Contemporană, Sibiu, Romania

Transfer – Rumänien II, Schafhof - Europäisches Künstlerhaus, Freising, Germany

Zimmer frei, Hotel Mariandl, Munich, Germany

200 Jahre Akademie der Bildenden Künste München – Absolventen der Klasse Prangenberg,Galerie Barbara Gross, Munich, Germany

European Glass Context, Bornholm Kunstmuseum, Bornholm, Denmark

 

2007

Nordost, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany

Island of Art, Praterinsel, Munich, Germany

Young Glass, Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark

 

2005

Thank you for the music, Galerie Sprüth Magers Projekte, Munich, Germany

Finnish glass lives 5, Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland

 

2004

3 Zi., Kü., Bad, Glas, Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany

Polish your image, Kunsträume Kempten, Kempten, Germany

 

2003

PresentA '03, National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan

MUC–TOK, München-Tokyo, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany

Lasista, Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland

Nuoret 2003 – Young Art 2003, Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland

 

2000

Akademie INS Haus der Kunst, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany