PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE and PROJECTS in Finland 1993 - 2009

2009

• Portfolio Reader at Photography Festivals in Lodz/Poland and Braga/Portugal;
• Jury member in Finland “Press Image of the Year 2008” competition;
• Curator: Final Work Exhibition of Tampere School of Art and Media;

2008/09

• Backlight 2008 Project Manager: exhibitions, workshops and seminars in five European countries; www.backlight.fi
• Portfolio Reader at Fotofestival in Lodz/Poland;
• Curator: Final Work Exhibition of Tampere School of Art and Media;

2007

• Portfolio Reader at TransPhotographiques, Lille/France;
• Jury Member Festival Internationale di Roma-2007; Baume&Mercier Award 2007;
• FOL - European Festival of Light Conference;
• EU-Culture 2007-2013 Program: Contributions to the Inauguration workshop in Brüssell

2006

• Oracle XXIV, annual international conference of photo curators in Prague
• Young European Photography in Sardinia; Curator of exhibition with two Finnish artists and catalogue-text;
• Festival Internationale di Roma2006 – The 20th Century; Curator of exhibition with four Finnish artists and catalogue-text;

2005

• Oracle XXIII, annual international conference of photo curators; Lecture: EU funding in Backlight Fotofestival;
• Founding conference for European Fotofestival Union in Lodz/Poland
• BACKLIGHT2005 -Untouchable Things http://www.backlight.fi/BL05/uk/index.htm Project Manager and Curator;
• NICC - Nordic Intercultural Communication Congress Lecture: Aspects of intercultural communication in Backlight project;

2002

• BACKLIGHT 2002 - Critical Authenticity; Project Manager and Curator http://www.backlight.fi/bl02/ukindex.htm
• Oracle XXIII, the annual conference of international photo curators in Cologne/Germany;

2001

• Counter Photography - Japans artists today; Exhibition in Museum Centre Vapriikki Tampere with 12 artists; Cooperation with Shoto Museum of Arts / Tokyo and with Japan Foundation;
• Africa Inside; Exhibition with 12 artists in Museum Centre Vapriikki Tampere; Cooperation with Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen/Netherlands

2000

• Tina Barney (USA); Cooperation with Folkwang Museum in Essen/Germany; Workshop with Tina Barney and Andy Grundberg from New York in Tampere
• Oracle XXII, the annual conference of international photo curators in Helsinki;

1999

• BACKLIGHT1999 – Document and Identity; Idea, Project Manager and Curator http://www.backlight.fi/uk/ukbindex.htm

1993-97

• Several Project from Germany together with Goethe Institute in Tampere/Finland

1993

• Photography Triennial in Valokuvakeskus Nykyaika; Curator and Project manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE in Germany 1981-1992

1989-91

• City of Achim/Germany; Project Manager in Culture Department

1982-92

• Fotoforum Bremen / Forum Böttcherstrasse; Freelance assistant of Wolfgang Stemmer in the exhibition program and head of the workshop program in the Museum für Zeitkunst/Bremen.

1983-84

• The States Archive of Bremen and University of Bremen; Assistant in Prof. Dr. Hans-Josef Steinberg´s research project “Resistance and Persecution during the National Socialism in Bremen - 1933-1945”

1981

• Trainee in Collection of Religious Arts and Crafts, Marburg;

TEACHINGS in Finland 1994 - 2009

2001 to present

• University of Tampere: Dep. of Intercultural Communication Studies; Courses on Perception and Identity in Visual Art and Media
• Tampere School of Art and Media: Supervisor and Art Critic in post-graduate studies; Lectures on European Media History; Backlight related workshops, supervision and productions

1994 to present

• University of Art and Design, Taik-Helsinki; Lectures on European Media history;

2003/2004

• SAMPOLA School, Tampere; Teacher of Art in the German Language Classes;

1996/97

• Muurla Art School; teachings in history, concepts and aesthetics of photography;

1994/95

• Turku School of Art and Media; Teacher for history & aesthetics in Photography and Media Art

TEACHINGS in Germany 1984 - 1992

1985-1992

• Fotoforum Bremen; Chief-organizer of the Institutions workshop department; freelancer

1986-1987

• Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; Freelancer in the department for pedagogic;

1984-1992

• Institutions of adult education: Volkshochschule Bremen; Arbeit und Leben; Advanced and post-graduate trainings and teachings for adults; freelancer

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• 2008 Backlight 2008 catalogue
• 2006 Festival Internationale di Roma 2006; contribution to the catalogue Menotrentuno Sardinia; contribution to the catalogue
• 2005 Backlight2005 catalogue
• 2002 Backlight2002 catalogue
• 1984 Resistance and Persecution in National Socialism in Bremen 1933-1945; Image-text documentation in the Federal States Archive research project.

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