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EDUCATION

 

2022                Ph.D. in Art and Visual Culture (Studio), Western University, ON, Canada

2016                MFA in Video Art, Department of Film and Media Arts, Syracuse University, NY, USA

2015                MFA in Documentary Film Directing, ELO Film School, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

2011                BFA in Documentary Film Directing, ELO Film School, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

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AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

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2021                 Artist in Residency Fellowship, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM

2019                 Artist in Residency Fellowship, Goetemann Artist Residency, Gloucester, MA

2017                 Artist in Residency Fellowship, Terra Summer Residency, Terra Foundation for American Art, Giverny, France

2017                 Jury’s Citation Award, Black Maria Film Festival

2016                 Artist in Residency Fellowship (9 months), Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

2016                 Special Award, AVIFF 2016 & Angel Orensanz Foundation

2015                 Artist in Residency Fellowship, I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, CT

2015                 Artist in Residency Fellowship, Fjuk Art Centre, Husavik, Iceland

2015                 Finlandia Foundation Scholarship

2014                 Fulbright Scholarship

2011                 Grant for Media Art, AVEK (Center for Audio-Visual Media)

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EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

 

2023    we are not lost from us, a site-responsive sound and video installation presented at 140 Dundas St in London, ON, as part of

            Resounding Peripheries series on August 26th. Curated by Christine Negus for LOMAA London Ontario Media Arts Association

2021    I left parts of myself everywhere, Artlab Gallery, London, ON

2016    Black River, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIVE WORKS:

 

2023    a rested development, video and sound project with Ellen Moffat, a CD publication launch and screening presented by

            squint press in conjunction with Suoni Per Il Popolo in Montreal, CQ, on June 11th.

2021    a rested development, online video and sound project with Ellen Moffat, curated by Christof Migone

2021    Written on the Earth, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON

2018    Texturings, sound and video performance with Ellen Moffat, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

2017    Night Swim, Random Access Gallery, Syracuse, NY

            Brianna Miller/Eeva Siivonen, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

2016    Visions, Nunnery Gallery, London, UK

            Cloudlands, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY

            None the Wiser: MFA 2016, Rogue Space, New York, NY

            None the Wiser: MFA 2016, SU Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY

2015    SATELLITES at the Franklin, curated by Third Object and MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL

            Were the Eye Not Sunlike, ACRE TV, Fernway Gallery and MCA Chicago, curated by Third Object, Chicago, IL

 

SELECTED FILM FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS

 

2021    Dobra International Experimental Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

            AVIFF Cannes Art Film Festival, Cannes, France

2020    Transient Visions Festival of the Moving Image, Spool Contemporary Art Space, Johnson City, NY

            Barcelona International Short Film and Video Festival, Barcelona, Spain

            Crossroads 2020, San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA

2019    Bideodromo International Experimental Film and Video Art Festival, Bilbao, Spain

2017    Short Time Long Distance Film and Video Art Festival, Helsinki, Finland

            2nd Floor Rear, Chicago, IL

            Black Maria Film Festival, 36th Annual Tour

2016    Critical Edge Film Festival, Tallahassee, FL

            aCinema, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee, WI

            AE Art House Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN ((Nominated for Creative Vision Award)

            MUX: Asheville Video Art Festival, Asheville, NC

2015    Hammerbrook Film Fest, Hamburg, Germany

            AE Art House Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN (Nominated for Creative Vision Award)

2014    International Short Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland

2013    International Nature Film Festival, Savonlinna, Finland

            Docpoint - Documentary Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland

2011    Montreal Underground Film Festival, Montreal, Canada

2010    Aubagne International Film Festival, Aubagne, France

            Gvik International Student Film Festival, Moscow, Russia

            Union Docs: Finnish Documentary Spotlight, New York, NY

            Film Palace Fest International Short Film Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria

            Reikareuna Film Festival, Orivesi, Finland

            Audiovisual Poetry Festival, Tarp, Lithuania

            Music Laboratory Network, Vilnius Planetarium, Vilnius, Lithuania

2009    Lens Politica Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland