Creative based in Helsinki
Painter
Writer
Producer
Designer
Co-founder of the
circle poetry collective
Master's studentI'm a cross-disciplinary creative out of both interest and necessity. I find multiple areas as sources of inspiration and I do what it takes to accomplish my creative vision. This has led me down many paths including video editing, sound design, photography, printmaking, web design, writing a substack newsletter, book design, interviewing, obtaining a master's degree, starting a poetry club...what can I say, I'm passionate!I'm currently writing a master's thesis at University of Helsinki about the exploitation of artists and the decolonization of art sales.Alongside my own creative practice, I hope to work with artists in the future to help them accomplish their creative visions & get fair compensation for their work.

15. - 21.7.24Our group, the Circle Poetry Collective, curated a visual poetry exhibition for this UrbanApa x Tekstintalo residency. The title was ‘Spaces as Archives: Identities Through Time’. We compiled works, edited texts, worked on common themes, and then came in with one week to put together a cohesive exhibition. I learned so much about the time it takes and the logistics of the curation of an exhibit. I felt energized to come work everyday, and woke up happier than I usually do, so it felt like something I want to do more of. It was such a privilege to be given the space, materials, and emotional support to be creative all week and express your vision. That type of real experience is so valuable, and I’m so aware how difficult it is to connect the creative vision to the actual curation because logistics start to cloud the original vision of the project.The exhibition featured 6 of my poems, as well as 3 of my paintings. I loved being able to exhibit poems and paintings together, as my creativity does often come in multiple forms at once. I had painted with the same things in mind as I had been writing about, so I hoped that could be felt and something could be gained from seeing both pieces at the same time. The exhibition ended with two of my paintings hanging from the ceiling with the poems written on the ground.I am so proud of our work as a team as well. I had never collaborated on a creative project before and although this was made up of our individual works, the curation of the exhibit required a lot of group decisions, creative support, team thinking, compromise, ideas from others that you would have never thought of, insisting upon your vision, learning when to insist versus allow other ideas, etc.