Education

Turku University of Applied Sciences Arts Academy: Animation director 2016

Thesis (in finnish): Vahingossa kärsivä Tipi : Eläimen kärsimys animaatiossa semioottisin silmin 

Key Skills

Stop motion

2D animation

Cut out animation

Illustration

Writing & Story board

After effects

Peg bar

Adobe

Toon Boom

Stop motion pro

Art grants

Taike, 4600 e, 2022

Taike, 6000 e, 2021

Taike, 4500 e, 2021

Taike, 4000 e, 2020

Experience

Short films:

Mika Koskinen: Kirjeitä Parkkimäentielle, stop motion 2022

Bog cotton (finn. Suovilla) (short puppet film, unreleased), directing, writing, set and puppet making, animating, shooting, lightning, cutting, editing 

Aittokoski Experience Ltd: Voi Toto  Pikkuli spin off short film animating 2015

Annika Dahlsten: Safety heaven (short puppet film), puppet making, animating 2013

Art exhibitions:

Valorealismia                  Galleria-Ateljé Kristiina Turtonen, Naantali 2019

About birdcages, symbolism & ethics Galleria-Ateljé Kristiina Turtonen, Naantali 2017

Taide valtaa with Otto Turtonen, Nina Laakko & Jani Laakko, Turku 2015 

Stop motion workshops for children (Turun alakoulujen (Pallivaha, Halinen, Vähä-Heikkilä, Raunistula) iltapäiväkerhot 2021-22, Muumimuseo Tampere 2019, Kuparivuoren koulu 2018, Kirjahyrrä Naantali 2017, Taidehuone Naantali 2014)

Aittokoski Experience Ltd: Character design, mobile game animation, illustration & motion graphic animation 2015

Special skills

Sibelius-opisto: Accordion 3/3, Music theory I

Photorealistic drawing