Born in Northumberland, United Kingdom

Lives and works in Tampere, Finland

Education

Master of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, UK
Bachelor of Art (hons), Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art. Scotland, UK

Grants

2003 Three year Finnish Arts Council grant
Finnish Culture Foundation 1 year grant
VISEK, the Promotion Center for Visual Art, Grant
Finnish Fund for Art Exchange

2002 Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
Finnish arts council travel grant

2001 Pirkanmaa 2001 Award for Culture
One year Finnish Arts Council grant
Finnish Art Academy Foundation
Oskar Öflund Foundation
Finnish Arts Council travel grant
Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture in Finland

2000 The City of Tampere

1996 Alli and Allan Salo Foundation

1995 Strathclyde Regional Council

1994 Scottish Arts Council
Glasgow Development Agency

1993 Bram Stoker Award for Art
Glasgow School of Art

1992 Scottish Arts Council
Glasgow City Council

Solo Exhibitions

2008 "Correspondances Musée d'Orsay Art contemporain", Paris
"Charles Sandison", Galeria Virinässä. Virrat. Finland

2007 Subtext, CentrePasqueArt, Faubourg du Lac, Switzerland
Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul
Hälsinglands Museum, Sweden (with Teija-Tuulia Ahola)
Fundación César Manrique, Spain
Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Galleria Raijatila, Tampere
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Cryptozoologies, Arndt & Partner, Berlin

2006 “The Reading Room”, Centro Cultural Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastian, Spain
“Received Text“, Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Geneva

2005 Arndt & Partner, Zürich
“Hello World”, Yvon Lambert, New York
Galerie Baronia Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece
Cornerhouse, Manchester, England
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland
“Locus Loppem“, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem-Zedelgem, Belgium

2004 Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland
Lisson Gallery, London
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland

2003 Galerie Frank, Paris
Centre d’art Contemporain Georges Pompidou, Cajarc, France
Lieu d’art Contemporain, Sigean, France
Sketch, London

2002 Gallery Baronian-Francey, Brussels
Artcurial, Hôtel Marcel Dassault, Champs-Elysées, Paris (site specific project)
Galleria Frank, Paris, France
La Criée centre d’art contemporain, France
Galleria Kari Kenetti, project space, Helsinki, Finland

Group Exhibitions

2008 "Blown Away", Krannert Art Museum, Illinois, USA
"El cuerpo (con)sentido: una (re)presentación visual", Centro de Historia de Zaragoza, Spain


2007 "Numerica", Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea Via di Citta, Siena, Italy

2006 “Ordering and Seduction”, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
“Breaking the Ice – Contemporary Art from Finland”, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, USA
“Ars06”, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

2005 “l'art de produire l'art”, Le Fresnoy National Studio for Art, Lille, France
“Valohoitoa“, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum. Turku, Finland
“Zwischen Haut und Orgasmus”, Groeningemuseum, Brügge, Belgium
„Documentary Creations“, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland

2004 „ein-leuchten“, Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Austria
"Typo", Moderna Museet, Stockholm
"Panorama", National Studio of Contemporary Arts Le Fresnoy, France "Panorama"
Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä, Finland
Kiasma, RoomX 04, Helsinki
Collection Yves Lambert, Avignon, France

2003 Pirkanmaan 1. Triennaali, Museokeskus Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland
Conversation Pieces, Manchester, England
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Le Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts, Lille, France

2002 New Art, Barcelona, Spain
FRAC, Nantes, France
Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä, Finland
Avesta Biennale, Sweden
Blur, Miami, USA

2001 Im Buchstabenfeld. Die Zukunft der Literatur, Neue Galerie Graz, Austria
Plateau Of Humankind, 49th Venice Biennale, Italy
Nuorten Näyttely, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland

2000 Pirkanmaan 1. Triennaali, Museokeskus Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland

1999 From Near And Far, Haihara Art Centre Tampere, Finland

1997 Black Stars, Taidekeskus, Mältinranta, Tampere, Finland
Fragments For A History Of A European City, Galeria Miejska, Wroclaw, Poland

1996 All + Tag, Industriemuseum, Chemnitz, Germany

1994 Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
New Visions International Festival of Film, Video & Media, Glasgow, Scotland
Museum of Cultural Anxiety, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England

1993 Wonderful Life, Lisson Gallery. London, England
National Review of Live Art, Institute of Contemporary Art. London, England

1992 Invisible Cities, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Collections

2004 Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Pompidou center Paris, France
LAC Foundation for Contemporary Art, France
Museum of Contemporary Art Luxembourg
Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Germany
Collection Gilles Fuchs
Collection Yvon Lambert
Lhoist collection, Belgium