EN / FI
My works are made with people. Choirs, village communities, island residents, people who have moved to Finland, and children have given the works their voices, their breath and their stories.
The works have been listened to in art museums, at revivalist summer gatherings, in the archipelago and in libraries across Finland and beyond its borders. Between 2023 and 2026 they have been presented in more than ten towns and cities in Finland, as well as in Estonia and Portugal. I bring people together to listen, because a strength lives in us as a gathered people, and it wakes when we listen to it together.
Northern Finland
OWLA, Oulu Art Museum 2023. 56 singers from three choirs in Northern Ostrobothnia.
Armo, Herättäjäjuhlat gathering, Nivala 2019. 24-channel work with the Raudaskylä Mixed Choir. About 1,500 people visited the work.
INTER, Held, Galleria Oiva, Herättäjäjuhlat gathering, Ylivieska 2026. Raudaskylä Mixed Choir, saxophonist Anna Voutilainen and baritone Esa Ruuttunen. Over three days, 2,303 people visited the work. The gathering as a whole drew about 16,000 people.
RE-VERB, Aine Art Museum, Tornio 2025.
Arrival / Saapuminen, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu2026, November 2026. With choreographer Henna-Maria Hanhineva.
The Song of Time, Oulu Art Museum, in care homes in Kainuu and Ostrobothnia 2023–2025. The work was brought to care home residents.
Piste Iin päälle, Kulttuurikauppila, Ii 2021. Outdoor sound installation.
Eastern Finland
RE-DITUS, Möhkö Ironworks, Ilomantsi, and Halkosaari Pavilion, Lappeenranta 2025. Sawotta Choir.
RE-FLORIS, Galleria Villa Suruton, Savonlinna 2025. Sawotta Choir.
OrigiNation, M_itä? Contemporary Art Biennial, Joensuu Art Museum Onni, 13 May to 17 September 2023.
KOHTA / HERE, Museum Island, Aholansaari, Nilsiä 2023.
Central Finland
Harmony in Displacement, Haihatus, Joutsa 2024. Ukrainian residents of Joutsa and local singers. The summer exhibitions at Haihatus and KITA, with their events, drew nearly 7,000 visitors.
RE-VERB, KITA, Joutsa 2025.
INTER, Body, Laikku Cultural Centre, Tampere 2027 (forthcoming).
Western Finland and the archipelago
INTER, Jurmo, outer Turku archipelago 2026. Voices of about 30 island residents. John Nurminen Foundation.
Pöytä kahdelle (Table for Two), Turku, Helsinki and libraries in Vakka-Suomi 2022–2025. With Hilla Väyrynen. The exhibition at Annantalo, Helsinki, had 12,000 visitors.
RE-SOUND, Taiteen talo, Turku 2025.
From the Same Tree / Samasta puusta, Kauhava 2020. Virtual choir installation with the Kauhava church choir.
INTER, Kristinestad 2027. Permanent outdoor work, recorded with local residents and school pupils (forthcoming).
Southern Finland
RE-BIRTH, MUU Helsinki 2025. A shared breathing session across 40 channels. Visitors stayed in the work for up to four hours.
OrigiNation, Part IV, Purkutaide’s Ihmemaa X exhibition, Kerava, 1 June to 28 August 2024. The exhibition had about 50,000 visitors.
Across borders
ON THE BORDER, Narva, Tartu, Porvoo and Helsinki 2022–2023. 40 singers from Estonian, Russian-speaking Estonian and Finnish communities. Tallinn Music Week’s Narva programme drew 6,904 visitors.
Possible Worlds, Narva Art Residency 2024–2025.
Memories of the Leaning Building, Tartu Art Museum 2024. For children and families, in collaboration with Lundahl & Seitl. The exhibition had 17,300 visitors.
INTER-WITHIN, One-to-One Festival, Oeiras and Oulu 2025.
INTER, Gotland, Visby 2027 (in planning).
Teaching, talks and positions of trust
University of Lapland 2026, Uniarts Helsinki Theatre Academy 2023 and 2026, SAMK Kankaanpää 2025, Rantasalmi Upper Secondary School 2024–2025. Oulu2026 panel. Pool of Experts, Finnish Arts and Culture Agency 2026–2029.
Writings
Spatial Listening Architectures / Tilallisen kuuntelemisen arkkitehtuureja (2026), 18 texts in Finnish and English. Artist books Meri kuuntelee meissä and SALATTU (2026).
