Born in 1970, Finland
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
1996 Master's Degree in Fine Arts ( Monumental and Decorative Painting ) and Art Criticism,
Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts ( named Stroganov )
1994 Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts ( Monumental and Decorative Painting ),
Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts ( named Stroganov )
1990-91 Turku Arts Academy / Finland, Painting -faculty
SOLO SHOWS
2017 JMStyle Furniture and Gallery - Hong Kong
2016 Fooody - Hong Kong
2014 Fooody - Hong Kong
2013 Artist of the month, Turku Artists' Association / Taidelainaamo - Kirjakahvila, Turku, Finland
2010 Hotel Aleksanteri - Finland
2010 FINDS – Hong Kong
2010 Harkko art museum - Finland
2009 Renaissance College Hong Kong "Children's Rights Awareness" - Hong Kong
2009 Harbour Plaza - Hong Kong
2009 The Gallery of Modern Art – Hong Kong
2008 Harbour Plaza Hong Kong hotel
2004 Art Walk – Mumbai, India
2001 Fringe Club – Hong Kong
1999 Fringe Club – Hong Kong
1997 Studio 7 – Mumbai, India
1994 Raisio Town Hall – Finland
INTERNATIONAL ART AND DESIGN FAIRS
2017 Business of Design Week - Hong Kong
2016 Affordable Art Fair Stockholm 2016 - Alla Prima Co Gallery
2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2016 - Alla Prima Co Gallery
2015 Affordable Art Fair Stockholm 2015 - Gallery Kadieff
2015 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2015 - Blue Lotus Gallery
2014 Asia Contemporary Art Show 2014 Hong Kong - Alla Prima Co Gallery
2013 Hong Kong Contemporary Art Show 2013- Hong Kong
GROUP SHOWS
2019 Fotan Open Studios 2019 - Hong Kong
2018 Turku Artists' Association Summer Exhibition - Turku City Theatre, Finland
2018 HeART Walk 2018 / H Studio Gallery - Hong Kong
2018 Fotan Open Studios - Hong Kong
2017 Sai Kung Art and About local art fair - Hong Kong
2017 Fotan Open Studios - Hong Kong
2016 Sai Kung Art and About local art fair - Hong Kong
2016 Blue Lotus Gallery - Hong Kong
2016 Fotanian Open Studios 2016 - Hong Kong
2015 Blue Lotus Gallery - Hong Kong
2015 Galleria FOGGA- Helsinki
2015 Fotanian Open Studios 2015 - Hong Kong
2014 Galleria 5 - Oulu, Finland
2014 Galleria A - Turku, Finland
2014 Fotanian Open Studios 2014 - Hong Kong
2013 Hong Kong Art Prize 2013 - Wheelock Gallery, Hong Kong
2013 Fotanian Open Studios 2013 - Hong Kong
2012 Swan of Finland – Turku, Finland
2010 Prive – Hong Kong / charity event
2009 HLYIS “Art Extravaganza” – Hong Kong
2009 Klomp! in Pacific Place –Hong Kong / charity exhibition
2008 Red Elation Gallery – Hong Kong
2008 Business of Design Week – Hong Kong
2008 Stage 1 Gallery – Hong Kong
2008 Blue Lotus Gallery – Hong Kong
2005 Bajaj Art Gallery – Mumbai, India
1996 University of Industrial and Applied Arts – Moscow
1995 Annual Young Artists’ show – Moscow
1994 Annual Young Artists’ show – Moscow
1992 Annual Young Artists’ Show – Moscow
1989 “Osuuspankki” – Raisio, Finland
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
Mural Painting "Poetic Park" (2019) by HAD, Kowloon City District Council and Hong Kong Art and Culture Foundation / Hung Hom - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Rainforest" (2019) by HAD, Kowloon City District Council and Hong Kong Art and Culture Foundation / Kowloon Tong - Hong Kong
3-D Ground Painting (2018), Artlane project by Henderson Land / Sai Ying Pun - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Transformation II" (2018), Artlane project by Henderson Land / Sai Ying Pun - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Transformation I" (2018), Artlane project by Henderson Land / Sai Ying Pun - Hong Kong
3-D Ground Installation "Flamingo Park" (2017) by Sai Kung District Council / Po Tung Road, Sai Kung - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Pretty in Pink" (2017) by Sai Kung District Council / Sai kung - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Kites" (2017) / 20th Anniversary of HKSAR, by Kowloon City District Counci - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Balloons" (2017) / 20th Anniversary of HKSAR, by Kowloon City District Council - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Koi Garden" (2017) by Sai Kung District Council - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "8 happy fish" (2017) by Sai Kung District Council - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Waterfalls" (2017) by Sai Kung District Council - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Up and beyond" (2016) by Sai Kung District Counsil - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Meeting at Causeway Bay" (2016) -restaurant & venue place (2016) - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Symphony Orchestra" (2016), outdoor wall of Tai Po Secondary School - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Dolphin" in Tai Po Waterfront Park (2016) / Hong Kong Art and Culture Anywhere Foundation Association and The Hong Kong Jockey Club
COMMISSION WORKS IN COMMON PLACES
Mural Painting "Koi Fish" (2018) / New Focus Ltd office - Hong Kong
Mural Painting for Primary building (2018) / Renaissance College - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Sakura Forest" (2017) / Delicious Eatery -restaurant in Ho Man Tin - Hong Kong
Painted ukulele "Nature calls" (2017) by Hong Kong Art and Culture Anywhere Foundation Association / Saint Joseph Primary School - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Dandelion and dragon flies" (2017) / "My meat run buddy" -restaurant in Tau Kok Tsui - Hong Kong
Painted piano "Nature blooming" (2017) by Hong Kong Art and Culture Anywhere Foundation Association - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Lotus Flower" (2017) / Pure Yoga - Hong Kong
Painted piano "Underwater" (2016) / Boys' and Girls' Club of Hong Kong in Kwai Chung South Centre - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Meeting @ Causeway Bay" (2016) -restaurant & venue place (2016) - Hong Kong
Mural Painting "Under the sea" / Eco-Sys Action office (2016) - Hong Kong
COMMISSION WORKS IN PRIVATE PLACES
Indoor door painting "Free to go" (2018) / private home - Hong Kong
Ceiling mural painting "Sky" (2018) / private home - Hong Kong
Indoor Wall Painting "Hong Kong Nature Calls" (2018) / private home - Hong Kong
Outdoor Floor Painting "Wonders of Underwater" (2017) / private home - Hong Kong
Wall Painting “Boat” (1992) – Taivassalo, Finland
WORKS IN COMMON AND PUBLIC PLACES
Hotel Aleksanteri - Finland
Eero Rantanen Foundation - Finland
RCHK – Hong Kong 2009
Oberoi Hotel – Mumbai, India
WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Europe - Finland, Sweden, Russia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France and Spain
Asia - India, China, Japan and Hong Kong,
Australia and Canada
WORKS DONATED FOR CHARITY
2018 HeART Walk 2018 / H Studio Gallery, Hong Kong
2012 RMHC Gala Dinner, Hong Kong
2010 "Angels Rock" in Prive, Hong Kong
2009 "Klomp" in Pacific Place, Hong Kong
WORKSHOPS AND ART CLASSES
2009 - 2019 After School Art Classes at Sha Tin Junior School - Hong Kong
2009 - 2019 After School Art Classes at Renaissance College - Hong Kong
2018 Mural Painting workshop for visual art scholars at RCHK - Hong Kong
2017 Sai Kung Art And About art fair / live painting performance - Hong Kong
2017 St. Joseph Primary School / clay modelling workshop - Hong Kong
2016 Sai Kung Art And About art fair / live painting - Hong Kong
2013 Sha Tin College CAS week / painting workshop - Hong Kong
2012 Renaissance College Hong Kong / Portrait talk - Hong Kong
2012 Ronald McDonald House Charities / painting workshop - Hong Kong
2012 Sha Tin College CAS week / painting workshop - Hong Kong
2011 Renaissance College Hong Kong / Portrait talk - Hong Kong
GRANTS
1996 The Finnish Cultural Fund, personal grant
1995 Tellervo and Juuso Walden’s Cultural Foundation, personal grant
1995 The Finnish Cultural Fund, personal grant
1993 25th Anniversary of Raisio, personal working support grant
MEMBERSHIPS
Turku Artists’ Association, Finland
Asiaportrait, Hong Kong
Fotanian Artists' Association, Hong Kong
PUBLICATION
South China Morning Post / interview 2019
East Week -magazine / interview 2019
TVB "Scoop" -program 2019
HK01 / interview 2019
Sing Tao -magazine / article 2019
Svenska Yle Finland / article 2019
YLE Radio Vega / interview 2019
ScandAsia China, June edition / interview 2017
Asian Art News/ "A Vision Of Time We Can't Get Back"/ volume 27 number 1 2017
Home Journal/ Hong Kong January 2016 issue
Ming Pao summer edition -magazine / interview 2014
Fotanian 2013 / Riitta Kuisma, viewing from outside / interview 2013
Mirkka Mattheiszen / art critic (“Meetings” -show) 2010
Kaupunkiuutiset –newspaper (“Meetings” -show) 2010
Turun Sanomat –newspaper (“Meetings” -show) 2010
HK magazine (“Brush with nature” –show) 2010
Sing Tao newspaper (“Journeys Of Life” –show) 2009
South China Morning Post – Special report / interview 2008
Journal Des Palaces -magazine (“Translations” –show) 2008
Sing Tao newspaper (“Just A Little Ladies’Talk” –show) 2008
Asia Art News –magazine 2008
Sahara TV / Mumbai / interview 2004
Elle Mumbai -magazine / interview 2004
Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Mumbai (“Alphabets Of Life” –show) 2004
Mumbai Times (“Alphabets Of Life” –show) 2004
Ming Pao –newspaper (“In Touch With Nature” –show) 2001
BC Magazine (“In Touch With Nature” –show) 2001
Cable TV / Hong Kong / interview 2001
Sing Tao newspaper (“Alphabets Of Life” –show) 1999
RTHK / Hong Kong / interview 1999
