Suvi Ermilä
Born 1985 in Tampere, Finland
Living and working in Helsinki
Education
2015-2018 Master of Arts in Visual Culture and Contemporary Art, Aalto University School of Art and Design
2011-2014 Bachelor of Arts in Art Education, Aalto University School of Art and Design
2005-2008 Bachelor of Social Services, Pirkanmaa University of Applied Sciences
Publications
2021 Vastaanottokeskus, published by Suuri Kurpitsa
2018 Jälki, published by Suuri Kurpitsa
2017 Hauho, published by Suuri Kurpitsa
Exhibitions
2022 Omissa oloissa, with Juulia Jurvanen, Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki
2020 Ukkosta Ilmassa, with Juulia Jurvanen, Galleria Kajava, Helsinki
2015 My Revolution, with Anne-Mari Oikarinen, ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin, Germany
2015 Proposals for Establishing Authorship 1-4, Oakalo – group, LARU15.
2015 Ennallistajan Polku, with Petra Martinez, Koli Environmental Art Festival
2015 The Cloud, Lux Helsinki, Lantern Park, Finland
2014 I_Otaniemi, interactive artworks in Otaniemi, Finland
2013 The Sitting, interventions in public space, Augsburg, Germany
2013 Utopia Hotel Room, with Aapo Raudaskoski, Grandhotel Cosmopolis community, Augsburg, Germany
2013 Let’s Have Fun with Miissa Rantanen, Helsinki Comics Centre
Illustrations
2021 Parnasso, 4/2021
2019 Kuti-lehti, number 52
2019 niin&näin – magazine, number 2/2019
2018, Läskimooses – magazine, number 41/2018
Others
2020 ”Kuukauden kotimainen”, comic strips in Ilta-Sanomat
2018 – 2021 Art workshops for asylum seekers in reception centers, Myllyteatteri ry
2018 Runoja ja Ruutuja – contemporary comics meets contemporary poetry, collaboration with a poet Leena Kellosalo, organized by artists Ville Pirinen and Anna Elina Isoaro, Taike
2017 Illustrating Me, with World Comics Finland and Hei Helsinki, comics project with asylum seekers in Finland, Taike
2013 – UTOPIA TOOLBOX – community art project together with Juliane Stiegele, Aapo Raudaskoski and Satu Herrala
Teaching
2019 – 2020 Part-time teacher in Helsinki adult education center, teaching art to immigrants in Finnish courses
2014 Photography workshop with organization IHH, Turkey, Gaziantep
2013 The Comics Center Helsinki, workshops with children and adolescents, Vuosaari development project together with Youth Department, City of Helsinki
2005 – 2008 Documentary film project with children in custody, Saint Petersburg
Memberships
Vice Chairman in World Comics Finland
Member of Kutikuti
Member of Sarjakuvantekijät ry
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