EDUCATION

2015  MA in Theatre and Drama research University of Tampere

2014 Theatre Master Classes, Song of the Goat Theatre, Wroclaw, Poland

2013  BA in Performing Arts Turku university of Applied Sciences

2010   BA Theatre and Drama research University of Tampere

SELECTED WORKS

2021   Book of Rooms Tehdas Teatteri, Aura of Puppets, Aurinkobaletti, Room number 31, concept, performer

2019  On love – A Glossary for the coming decades, performer, Premier at Cirko – Center for New Circus, Helsinki, touring in Finland 2019-2021

2019 Ava and the Moody Trumpet, children play, director, dramatist, performer, Turku City Theatre, touring in Finland and Sweden 2019-2021

2020 How to preserve Cherries, Theatre Mundo, director

2018  MY KING The Finnish National Theatre’s Touring Stage, acting, touring in Finland 2016-2018

AWARDS

2021 State Prize for Performing Arts, Book of Rooms, room designer, performer (room number 31)

GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland,COVID -19 Support (personal) Round 5

2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland,COVID -19 Support (personal) Round 2 & 3

2020 The Finnisch Cultural foundation, Varsinais-Suomi Regional Fund, Book of Rooms (personal)

2019 The Finnisch Cultural foundation, grant for mobility, DE-CONSTRUKT residency (personal)

2019 DE-CONSTRUKT residency, New York

2019 Kökar residency

2019 Turun Teatterisäätiö, Ava and the Moody Trumpet (working group)

2019 The Finnisch Cultural foundation, Varsinais-Suomi Regional Fund, Ava and the Moody Trumpet(working group) 

2019 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland,  Ava and the Moody Trumpet (working group) 

2019 TOP Foundation, Ava and the Moody Trumpet (working group)

2018 Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Ava ja oikukas trumpetti (working group)

2015 The Finnish Cultural foundation, My King (together with director Veera Alaverronen) 

2015 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, My King (together with director Veera Alaverronen)

2014 Turun Teatterikerho, Theatre Master Classes in Song of the Goat theatre (personal)