EDUCATION
2001- MA in New Media, Media LAB, University of Industrial Arts of Helsinki
1997- Architecture, Helsinki University of Technology
1992-1996 BA Fine Arts, Lahti Insitute of Fine Arts

EVENTS
2005 Art's Birthday - Noise City, Bar KOKO, Helsinki - Organizer, performer
2004 Helsinki Computer Orchestra (HCO), concert in Tallinn Music Academy - performer
2004 HCO, concert in Helsinki Sibelius Academy - performer
2004 HCO, concert in Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki - performer
2004 HCO, concert in Club Dubrovnic, Helsinki - performer
2004 Art's Birthday, mBar, Helsinki - Organizer, performer

EXHIBITIONS
1998 Tulevaisuuden sankarit, Group exhibition of Architecture Students
1996 Graduation exhibition, Lahti Art Museum
1993 Nuortennäyttely, Annual Exhibition of young Finnish Artists

COMPETITIONS
1998 Laita, honorary mention, environmental art competition for the use of Finlandia house marble stone samples *
1995 Rantaharppu, 1st prize, environmental art competition of Matinpalo Museum and Taarasti Art Center *
1994 Rinki, 1st prize, environmental art competition of Iittala *

PUBLIC ART
1996 Suhteellisuuden mitta, Sculpture, High School of Lohja
1996 Eläimet, Environmental video installation, Gaduate work, Lahti
1994 Rantaharppu, Environmental Artwork, Matinpalo Museum, Lahti
1994-1999 Rantapallo *

GRANTS
1995 Uudenmaan läänin taidetoimikunta

WORK EXPERIENCE

Finland
2004 - Freelancer
2003 - Onesta Solutions, part time
2001 Genio Innovations, Art Director/Usability Architect, full time
2001 Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Graphic Designer, summer job
1998-2001 RTSe Finland Oy, Art Director, full time
1998 RTS Multimedia Oy, Art Director, part time
1997 Pegy Multimedia Oy, Graphic Designer, part time

France
1999-2000 RTSe France, Sofia Antipolis, Valbonne, Art Director, 3 months

Germany
1995 Video documentary, Berlin

USA
1994 San Francisco, Photogravuere, 2 months

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

Sarana Visuals, Freelance Graphic Designer
Onesta Solutions, Art Director, part time

JOB DETAIL

My job at Onesta Solutions includes designing the user interface, concept and the look'n'feel of the sites and browser-based services that the company delivers to it's customers. I also take care of the Onesta brand, design all the print material and business cards.

As a freelancer I work with corporate brands - web and print - design book layouts and covers, design rich media content for web sites using Macromedia Flash. I also work with sound design - mainly electroacoustic music and data sonification.

EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC WEB SITES

EXPERTISE

My main expertise and experience is in visual design of web interfaces and brands which often includes design of a whole corporate image - logo, stationary, etc. I also work a lot with traditional print. I have worked with variety of media from mobile device interface graphics to TV commercials.

Excellent knowledge of visual design and publishing tools for web and print
– Photoshop CS
– Freehand MXa
– Illustrator CS
– InDesign CS
– Macromedia Flash MX 2004
– Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004

Good knowledge of sound design software
– Cubase VST5.0
– Reason 1.0
– SoundForge 6.0
– Audacity 1.2

Good knowledge of non-linear, real-time sound design
– PureData, data-flow programming language

Basic knowledge of 3D animation and rendering
– Softimage XSI 3.0
– Rhinoceros 3D 2.0

Basic knowledge Perl programming language

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Finnish - Native
English - Excellent
Swedish - Helpful

*)   In cooperation with Tiina Kuhanen