SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 SCONFINAMENTI, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy
2008 UUSI MAALAUS, Lahti Art Museum, Finland
2008 IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL, Galleria Titanik, Turku, Finland
2007 BEASTS, PLANTS & PORCELAIN-WHITE, Quartair Gallery, Den Haag, Netherlands
2007 83.th SHOW OF TURKU ART SOCIETY, Turku, Finland
2007 AMERIKKA, Art Center Lovely, Heinola, Finland
2005 81.th SHOW OF TURKU ART SOCIETY, Turku, Finland
2005 EMPIRE AND NOSTALGY, with H. Aho, Gallery Kakelhallen, Mariehamn, Åland
2004 WANDERLUST, with H.Aho, Rajatila Gallery, Tampere, Finland
2004 SKJL 66.th SHOW, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
2004 THE FOREST, Aho, Ketola, Piilola, Poriginal gallery, Pori, Finland
2004 FULL CIRCLE, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2004 80.th SHOW OF TURKU ART SOCIETY, Turku, Finland
2003 ”50/50: A No Name Show”, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2003 PACIFISTS OF LOVE, Kaapelitehdas, Puristamo, Helsinki, Finland
2003 78.th SHOW OF TURKU ART SOCIETY, Turku, Finland
2002 STUDENTS OF TURUN PIIRUSTUSKOULU, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2001 PIGEONS, Valkoinen Sali, Helsinki, Finland
2001 SIE-project, Estonia, Museum of modern art, Pärnu, Estonia
2001 SIE- project, Art Academy, Tallinn, Estonia
2001 ME- OBJECT, Laugaveg, Reykjavik, Iceland
2000 MAP.PAM, Köysiratagallery, Turku, Finland
2000 77.th SHOW OF TURKU ART SOCIETY, Turku, Finland
2000 FLOWERS, BEES AND MASTERS, Köysirata Gallery, Turku, Finland
2000 THE ENGAGED, Köysirata Gallery, Turku, Finland
1999 FINAL WORKS, en Galleri, Nykarleby, Finland
GRANTS & PRIZES
2008 Turku Art Association
2008 Oskar Öflunds‘ Foundation
2007 FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
2007 National Counsil for Visual Arts
2007, -03 Foundation Konstsamfundet
2007 Cultural board of the city of Turku
2006 Finnish Art Society, Young Artist’s grant
2006, -04 Oskar Öflunds‘ Foundation
2006 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Fund of Varsinais-Suomi, 1-year grant
2006 Arts Council of Varsinais-Suomi
2006, -05, -04 National Counsil for Visual Arts (G)
2005 Villa Karo Foundation, Artist recidency in Africa
2005 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Artist Recidency in France
2005 Turku Art Association
2005 The Finnish-Swedish Cultural Foundation
2004 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Fund of Varsinais-Suomi (G)
2004 Arts Council of Varsinais-Suomi
2003 1 st price in public artwork competition for Turku School of Economics
2003 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2002 Finnish Art Society (G)
ARTIST-RECIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS
2008 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, 4 months
2007-08 Skandinavisk Förenings Kunstnerhus, Rome, Italy, 3 months
2006 Recidency in Grand Popo, Benin, Africa, 3 months
2006 Recidency in Grez-sur-Loing/Paris, France, 6 months
2002-01 SIE-project, Art students exhibit in Turku/FI, Reykjavik/Iceland, Pärnu/Estonia
2000 Intercultural exchange (video, photography), Murcia, Spain
UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Gallery Aarni, Espoo, Finland
BIBLIOGRAPHY & INTERVIEWS
2008 Sconfinamenti, dalla buona pittura alla video-art, catalog 2008, Italy
2007 Haltia, Mia “Tarinoita paratiisista”, Turun Sanomat, 21.10.2007
2007 Parikka, Jaana “Valokuvamaisia öljymaalauksia”, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat 16.6.07
2006 Tykkyläinen, Mia “Tulen roihu ja virtaava vesi”, Turun Sanomat, 25.9.2006
2006 von Wright, Heidi “Botanisk konst & konst i botanik”, Åbo Underrättelser, 9.9.2006
2006 Mezian, Rim “Taiteilija viherpeukalo”, Turun Sanomat, 30.8.2006
2005 Salokorpi, Asko ”Uudelleen löydettu paratiisi”, Uutispäivä Demari, 26.7.2005
2004 Saarela, Katri ”Artist portrait, Tamara Piilola”, Liekki, Radio Dei 6.10.2004
2004 Oikarinen, Maaria ”Kuoleman kanssa”, Taide 6/04
2004 Heljakka, Kati ”Nuorten taitureiden taikametsä”, Satakunnan Kansa, 4.12.2004
2004 Nyrhinen, Tiina ”Kulttuurivaihtoa ja turismin haaveita”, Aamulehti, 2.4.2004
2004 Rouhiainen, Anne ”Madonna näyttäytyy Tornissa”, Helsingin Sanomat, 19.2.2004
2003 Antinluoma, Iina ”Huoneet meissä”, Turun Sanomat, 12.6.2003
MEMBERSHIPS
Finnish Painters‘ Union
The Union of Artist Photographers
Kuvasto (a Finnish copyright protector organization)
Arte ry (Turku based artist association)
Photographic centre Peri
Kaatosade (Artist studio collective)
Visual Art Association of Kokkola
PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2003 AURAT, Turku Shool of Economics, Finland
2002 TEN-PENNY CHANDELIER, with Aho & Ketola, Turku Arts Academy, Finland
2002 LEMPI & TOIVO ON A WAY TO ONNELA, Tavasti- house, Turku, Finland (G)
2001 3 WALLPAINTINGS, with Aho & Anttonen, Robert’s Coffee, Turku,
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Salo Art Museum
City of Mariehamn, Åland
Heinola Art Museum
Arts Academy at Turku Polytecnic
Turku School of Economics
Hotel Torni, Helsinki
Private collections in Finland and Europe
STUDY JOURNEYS
2005 St. Petersburg, Russia,
2004 Bremen, Berlin, Germany
2002 Dokumenta 11, Kassel, Germany
2001 Stockholm, Sweden
1999 Stipendiate at Reykjavik, LHI, Academy of Fine Arts, Iceland
1998 Berlin, Germany
1997 Dokumenta X, Kassel, Germany
MISC
2007- Artists Association Arte, exhibition committee membership
2004-2005 Artists Association Arte, administrative member
1999-2000 Primary Studies in Art History, Turku University
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