I am a visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland, originally from Austria. In my practice, I combine photography, painting and sculptural elements. My approach emerges from synthesising subjective experiences with culture-historical and art-historical occurrences. In my work, I often explore the contradiction between monumentality and ephemerality. I received an MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, Germany. My works have been shown in Finland and abroad.
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*1985, Austria
Lives and Works in Helsinki, Finland
Education
2018 MFA Degree, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2016-2018 MFA Studies, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2013-2016 Diplomstudium Fotografie, Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig
2009 Master’s Degree in Economics, University of Vienna, Vienna
Solo- and Double-Exhibitions
2024 Pendulum, MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Helsinki
2024 Wunderkammer, Pori Art Museum/Poriginal Gallery, Pori
2024 Residue, Photographic Centre Peri, Turku
2024 Sala Terrena, Photo North, Oulu
2023 The Ground Wherein We Have Been Laid, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
2021 Leviathan, Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
2020 Hinterland, Galleria Ars Libera, Kuopio
2018 Turning Earth into Earth, Third Space, Helsinki
2018 Wandlung, Academy of Fine Arts Library, Helsinki
2016 Mapping the World, Galleria Hämärä, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi
2014 enjoy photography SEBASTIAN REIS, HANS SCHABUS, Schule Friedl Kubelka für künstlerische Photographie, Vienna
2014 8 Porträts – Entlang eines Weges, Ve.Sch, Vienna
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Conk, Pitted Dates, Helsinki
2024 Booked, MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Helsinki
2022 Nurture, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna
2021 Field Recordings, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik
2020 Nature | Technology: Part Two, SLOW BURN NYC/The Canvas, New York City
2020 Paolo, GALERIA PADA, Barreiro/Lisbon
2019 Portrait Now!, Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby
2019 Portrait Now!, The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød
2018 fin.land., The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
2018 Kuvan Kevät 2018, Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki
2017 I was told there would be cake, Project Room, Helsinki
2016 Remains of Light, EYES ON - Month of Photography, Malzgasse 12A, Vienna
2016 Matkan Varrelta, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi
2015 Vordiplom, Werkschauhalle, Leipzig
2015 QSIM, Tapetenwerk, Leipzig
2015 FOLGENDES, University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, Hamburg
2014 15 Easy Pieces, Borgo Ensemble, Fürth
2013 „Seitenverhältnisse“, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Vienna
2013 ViennaPhotobookFestival, OstLicht. Galerie für Fotografie, Vienna
Grants
2024 SKR/Finnish Cultural Foundation, The Uusimaa Fund, Finland
2024 TAIKE/Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
2022 TAIKE/Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
2021 Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of the Republic of Austria, Residency Grant
2021 TAIKE/Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
2021 TAIKE/Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
2021 TAIKE/Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
2020 Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation, Finland
2020 Federal Government of Lower Austria, Austria
2020 TAIKE/Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
2019 St. Moritz Art Academy, Switzerland
2018 Young Artist Grant 2018, Finnish Art Society, Finland
2018 Anita Snellmann Foundation, Finland
2014 EMANUEL und SOFIE FOHN-STIPENDIENSTIFTUNG, Austria
Works in Publications
2024 Taide-Lehti 3/2024, Helsinki.
2022 BILDER. NURTURE. Fotogalerie Wien, Wien.
2020 Die ersten 30 Jahre - Photographie, edition Fotohof, Salzburg.
2020 Contemporary Identities, International Art Magazine, Issue #5, March 2020.
2019 ÉLAN. Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel.
2019 PORTRÆT NU! 2019. Carlsberg Foundation Portrait Award, Det Nationalhistoriske Museum på Frederiksborg, Hillerød.
2018 fin.land. – Photobooks from Finland, Helsinki.
2018 Kuvan Kevät 2018. Taideyliopiston Kuvataideakatemia, Exhibition Catalogue, Helsinki.
2018 Taide-Lehti 3/2018, Helsinki.
2018 Constellations. Academy of Fine Arts of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Helsinki.
2014 Austria Kultur International. Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Auslandskultur 2013, Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres, Vienna.
2014 Ve.Schheft Nr. 19 & 20, Doppelausgabe, Ve.sch - Verein für Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst, Vienna.
Residencies
2021 The Artists Residence Herzliya/Tel Aviv, Israel (Granted by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, Republic of Austria)
2021 SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2020 PADA Residency, Barreiro/Lisbon, Portugal
2019 St. Moritz Art Academy, Switzerland
2018 Impilinna Residency, Utö Island, Finland
2017 Berlin Residency of the Academy of Fine Arts Finland, Finland