I’m a Helsinki-based visual artist, photographer, and graphic designer focused on visual storytelling.

”MEMORYLANE”

Personal documentary photography project capturing the importance of immortalising memories. Edition of 100.

Photography & publication design – 2023

”SPIKES”

Digital collage of my photographs and etching prints. Risoprinted in HAW Hamburg Design Department. Edition of 30.

Poster Design – 2025

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THE FINNISH MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY & PHOTOFUSS

Promotional poster designs for the Finnish museum of Photography´s youth group Photofuss´ group exhibition, Do You feel It Too? (2024) and I Love to Play With Light (2025). Both printed in A3 size with a total of 40 copies each.

Poster Design – 2024 & 2025

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FLOW FESTIVAL 2025

Four sided painting for Flow Festival 2025 art program. Each side is 1.5 metres wide and 3 metres high.

Artwork – 2025

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FINSCOOTER – ”KIREITÄ SIIMOJA 2”

Design of the visual identity for the scooter film Kireitä Siimoja 2, layout design for the DVD release, and digital banner ad design for the film’s premiere at BioRex in the Redi Shopping Center.

Poster Design – 2024 & 2025

”POSTER SERIES 001”

Series of limited edition posters of 15, each printed, signed, and numbered by myself. Digital collages combining my photographs, drawings and illustrations. The posters are printed on A3-sized, 160-gram Fabriano matte paper. The designs are titled Chain, Waves, and Electric.

Poster Design – 2024

Logo design for the multidisciplinary group, Zalama Collective. Promotional poster and two-sided flyer design for the group’s debut exhibition, Everything Around Us at Stoa Cultural Center. Fliers were size A5 and posters size 50x70 cm.

ZALAMA-COLLECTIVE

Logo & Poster Design – 2025

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I organised my first solo exhibition called Fragments Of Observation at Idle Hands Gallery in Tampere in March 2025, on the theme of observing the details of my environment and its role in my artistic work. Exhibition poster designed by me.

FRAGMENTS OF OBSERVATION

Solo Exhibition – 2025

Type design for clothing project called Riimi. The shirts were produced as a limited edition of 50.

RIIMI

Type Design & Photography – 2024

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Advertising campaing for Selkosanomat newspaper which was made in part of a marketing campaing course project. Project made in collaboration with Pyry Runila.

SELKOSANOMAT

Photography & Graphic Design – 2024

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Four different illustrations for the rap artist Ares for his merchandise collection. One of the illustrations was also used on the cover of Ares’s single, Kokonainen, released in 2024.

ARES

Illustration – 2024