Info

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