Artist born in Kuopio 1994.
I enjoy to experiment with different materials and techinques. I look for fascinating phenomenoms from my environment, which I study in my works. Because of this I have become a versatile artisan. My experience and studies steer me towards painting, Illustrating and murals.
When it comes to art. I give my everything to achieve the wanted results.
My thesis was about hobby horses. It reached 150 views in 2 months.
Thesis
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My family was into handcrafting and especially my mother encouraged me into creativity. This is how I learned to appreciate handmade crafts.
When I was younger I participated in clubs and courses, which supported my creativity. These were: handcrafting club, handcrafting course, manga drawing-course and clay & glass club.
I applied and got into classes that emphasized art in Hatsala Classical highschool.
In school I participated in a competition named "Smoke free is... ". The idea was to create an ending for the slogan and make a poster for the campaign. My creation was top of the class and got into an exhibition and qualification.
In our class we also had a competition for the cover of 9-magazine. My creation was chosen to be published.
I utilized my creativity when organizing parties in my friend group. Especially Halloween type decorating became familiar and a favorite to me in the past years.
I completed a college art-diploma.
When I was in college, I took the most art classes in my year. Still, I remember feeling that I didn't took enough art classes.
I received an art scholarship when I graduated.
I applied and got into Kuopio Academy of Design.
I got a job as an illustrator at Animecon 2013.
In the summer of 2015 and 2016, I did internships for a company that designs Theme Parks called Fantasia Works. My job description mainly included illustrating and planning concepts.
My works made it to the school exhibition, where only the best and most suitable works of the class were selected.
I wrote my thesis on hobby horse obstacles. I got the highest grade.
I helped fellow student Petri Holopainen to implement the winning mural in the center of Kuopio.
(Haapaniemenkatu 21)
I held my first own exhibition called "Who am I" in Kuopio Library's cafe.
