She lives and works in Helsinki, Finland
born in 1974 in Hämeenlinna, Finland
Group Exhibitions
Education
1998—2002 MA, University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Dept. of Photography
1994—1997 Turku school of Art and Communication, Dept. of Photography
Awards and Scholarships
2015 State Prize for Photographic Art
2015 Nomination for the Finnish Fine Arts’ Academy Prize
2014 Arts Council of Finland, Finnish Cultural Foundation
2012 Finnish Cultural Foundation Prize
2011 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Frame
2010 Arts Council of Finland, Frame
2009 Arts Council of Finland
2007 Arts Council of Finland, Ministry of Education, Oskar Öflund Foundation, Frame, Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation
2006 Fine Arts Society of Finland, Frame
2005 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Arts Council of Finland, Finnish Cultural Foundation
2004 City of Paris, Frame
2003 Hasselblad Foundation, Ministry of Education, Finnish Cultural Foundation
Collections
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
MEP, Maison européenne de la photographie, France
Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Le Fonds national d'art contemporain (FNAC), The State Art Collection, France
DZ-Bank Art Collection, Germany
Statoil Art Collection, Norway
Fondazione Fotografica, Modena, Italy
State Art Collection, Finland
Vihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo, Finland
Kone Foundation, Finland Salo Art Museum, Finland
SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Norwa
Société Yves Rocher, France
SpallArt Collection, Austria
Various private collections Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, the Netherlands, USA, Austria and Switzerland.