PRESS
2026 Featured artist: Laura Lowe, Jaakko Belt, Niin & Näin, issue 2/26 (published in June)
2026 Sparking ice crystals, Fiat Lux review, Harri Mäcklin, Helsingin sanomat
2026 Light flows & shimmers in Lowe’s paintings, exhibition text, Sanna Lipponen, Forum Box
2026 Materia Liquida, exhibition text, Manuela Pedrón Nicolau, Finnish Institute in Madrid
2025 On the Colour of Melting Ice, Ars Bioarctica residency essay, Bioart Society
2023 Global Design Graduate Show competition, shortlisted artists, Arts Thread
2023 Kuvan Kevät : MFA degree show review, Sini Mononen, Helsingin sanomat
2023 Kuvan Kevät : MFA degree show review, Camilla Granbacka, Hufvudstadsbladet
2022 Memento Mori review, Susanna Lähdekorpi, Hämeen Sanomat
2022 Winter’s flowers, Tea Honkasalo, Koti & Keittiö, issue 2/22
2019 Samoilua review, Seppo Heiskanen, Demokraatti, issue 16/19
NEWS
2029 Excited to announce my first institutional show Light with Kristiina Uusitalo at Joensuu Art Museum.
2027 Participating in a group show at the Helsinki International Artist Programme, Suomenlinna UNESCO site coinciding with the Helsinki Biennale, 2 —20 June.
2027 Participating in group show Pulssi, showcasing emerging Finnish painters at Institut Finlandais in Paris, FR, 22 April – 30 June.
2026 Delighted to announce my next solo show with Galerie Forsblom, 8 January – 7 February.
2026 Exhibiting works developed at the Helsinki International Artist Programme residency with Constanza Dessain at Kulturhus Björkboda, Kimitoön, 31 October – 31 December.
2026 Delighted to be exhibiting with Chilean sculptor Fernando Casasempere in the European Captial of Culture ‘26 exhibition at AALTOSIILO, Oulu during the summer.
2026 My first major solo exhibition FIAT LUX will open 30 April at Forum Box, Helsinki, 2 – 24 May.
2026 Participating in the Finnish Painters’ Annual Show at the Cable Factory, Helsinki, 7 – 15 March.
2026 Participating in my first international group show Materia Liquida, showcasing emerging Finnish painters for ARCO Art Fair at the Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia, Madrid, ES, 6 March – 14 May. Introduced by curator Manuela Pedron Nicolau.
2025
2025 Honoured to receive a grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation for my first international group show Materia Liquida
2025 Participating in group show 6th SKANNO x Finnish Painters’ Union at SKANNO Showroom, Helsinki, 4 June – 8 December.
2025 Invited to the Ars Bioarctica residency at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, Sápmi, Arctic Finland, during May – June. Supported by the Bioart Society.
2025 Delighted to announce an upcoming solo show, Narkissos at Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, 1 – 30 March.
2025 Honoured to receive a Two-year working grant from the Irene Stenberg Memorial Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
2025 Invited to the Helsinki International Artist Programme residency with Scottish printmaker Constanza Dessain during February.
2024
2024 My first public commission Glow for the Art Nouveau building Hotel GLO Art was installed on the ground floor of the guest wing in July.
2024 My first solo exhibition post-graduation Hanasaari Requiem will be shown at B-Galleria, Turku, 12 – 29 September.
2024 Honoured to receive a grant from the Oskar Öflund Foundation for my upcoming exhibition Hanasaari Requiem.
2024 Participating in the Ways of Seeing workshop hosted at the Aalto University's Biofilia laboratory together with the Bioart Society during April.
2024 Honoured to be selected for the Alumni Mentorship Programme ’24-25 of the Saastamoinen Foundation.
2023
2023 Graduating with a MFA in Painting and awarded a Diploma for outstanding achievement from the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki during December.
2023 Presenting a small solo show Fleur du Mal at Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, 23 September – 10 October.
2023 Honoured to receive a grant from the Anita Snellman Foundation for my MFA degree work The Structural Colour Paintings.
2023 Presenting my MFA degree show The Structural Colour Paintings at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, 5 May – 4 June. The show was featured in Helsingin sanomat, Hufvudstadsbladet, NOBA contemporary art platform and several smaller publications.
2023 Presenting Heavy Element, featuring artistic research conducted in Japan with Meri Hallenberg at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, 3 – 26 March.
2023 Ecstatic to announce that my proposal Glow has won First Prize and Audience Favourite in the Hotel GLO Art competition. Looking forward to working on my first public commission.
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