Education
2017 PhD by creative practice, School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University, Australia
Title: In Pursuit of Puzzlement: how architecture can pose questions
Supervised by Professor Pia Ednie-Brown, Associate Professor Jondi Keane, and Dr. Charles
Anderson
2008 Master of Arts (Environmental Art), Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland
2002 BFA (Double Major) in Fine Arts and English Literature, York University, Canada
Exhibitions
Solo
2017 RMIT Design Hub, “Extrusion”
2014 OmaVarasto, Finland, ”Adaptations”
2013 RMIT University Design Hub, Australia, ”Building Movements”
2010 Oksasenkatu 11, Finland, “The Space Within”
2010 Ptarmigan, Finland, “Push/Pull”
2009 Public work, Arles, France, “Grèffe/Graft”
2007 Public work, Helsinki, Finland, “Huone 511: Arkisto”
2005 Cinema 379, Canada, “Black & White Film Screening”
2002 York University Installation Room, Canada, “Kitchen”
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Prisma Studio, Portugal, “Doppelganger 6”
2024 R.A.R.O., Spain, “Doppelganger 5”
2024 486 Barton, Canada, “Doppelganger 4”
2023 Banff Center for Arts and Creativity residency, “Drywall” and “Doppelganger 3”
2012 Aalto University, Finland, ”Testing Hall/Testaushalli”
2011 Kerava Art Museum, Finland, ”Hole in the Universe”
2008 PAU Gallery, Canada, “Love Letters to Dinosaurs”
2006 Finnish Museum of Architecture, Finland, “Hidden City”
2006 Helsinki City Museum, Finland, “7 Additions” group show
2005 Public work, Suomussalmi, Finland, “Ancient Fires” group project
2003 Optic Nerve Film Festival Peterborough, Canada
2002 Splice This! Film Festival Toronto, Canada
Published writing
Book chapters
(forthcoming) Emerging Possibilities, Elizabeth Bonapfel, ed. Leiden: Brill (forthcoming, in peer review).
Chapter: “Adaptation and exaptation: possibilities for bodily change through material encounters.”
2014 Place or Space, Markku Hakuri, ed. Helsinki: Aalto Books Finland. Chapter: “Threshold: Locating the
Environment”
Journal articles (peer reviewed)
2021 “Shell, Shelter and Surface: the transformative aesthetics of cars” in Popular Inquiry: the journal of
aesthetics, kitsch, camp and mass culture” (forthcoming winter 2021/2022)
2020 “Embodied Aporia: exploring the potentials for posing questions through architecture” in IDEA
Journal volume 17 no. 2 (https://doi.org/10.37113/ij.v17i02.391)
2019 “Building Material Encounters” (with Dr. Chris Cottrell) in Journal of Artistic Research, volume 18
(https://doi.org/10.22501/jar.384876)
2019 “Catalyzing Immanent Critique” in RUUKKU: studies in artistic research, no. 10 (https://
doi.org/10.22501/ruu.423399)
2019 “The Plasticity of Flesh and Bone: Transforming the body through somaesthetic experience” in
Journal of Somaesthetics, vol. 5 no. 1 (https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.jos.v5i1.3307)
Grants
2022 Canada Council for the Arts ‘Research and Creation’ grant
2017 Immediations SSHRC Partnership Grant Project led by Dr. Erin Manning. Concordia University/ Im-mediations Montreal, Canada
2014 Finnish Cultural Foundation Project Grant
2013 Immediations SSHRC Partnership Grant Project led by Dr. Erin Manning for residency at
RMIT University
2009 University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland, Teacher Grant
Residencies
2024 Prisma Studio, Lisbon Portugal
2024 R.A.R.O., Barcelona Spain
2023 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Summer artist in residency
2013 Immediations project / RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
2010 Ptarmigan Helsinki, Finland
2007 Robert Wilson Watermill Centre Watermill NY, USA
Bibliography
2015 Ednie-Brown, Pia. “Architecture of the Occasion,” Architectural Design May/June, profile no. 235. pp 100-105.
2011 Kerava Art Museum, “Hole in the Universe” exhibition catalogue.
2011 Mäcklin, Harri. “Totuttuun maailmaan lyödään reikä,” Helsingin Sanomat July 27th. Review of “Hole in the Universe” exhibition.
2011 Mäkinen, Mari. “Reikä avaruudessa –näyttely palaa poroksi elokuussa,” Keski-Uusimaa Sanomat May 27th. Review of “Hole in the Universe” exhibition.
2011 Tuomas-Kettunen, Jouko. “Viimeinen kesä Klondyketalossa,” Keski-Uusimaa Sanomat July 5th. Review of “Hole in the Universe” exhibition.
2010 Isohanni, Tuula. Art in Arabianranta. “Arabianranta allotments” community garden project p23.
2010 Kuumola, Leena. “Oudoissa tiloissa,” Taide 5, p55. Review of solo show “The Space Within.”
2008 Robert Wilson Watermill Centre Collection. “The Bodybuilding Project.”