Born 1968 in Helsinki, Finland
Sepänkatu 19 A 16, 00150 Helsinki
+358 40 5271347
kaisa.salmi@aalto.fi
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisa_Salmi
Studio at Harakka Island, Helsinki
LANGUAGES
Finnish – native language
English – good
Swedish – good
Spanish – fair
MUSIC
Electric piano and drums on the Olento Orchestral band
FAMILY
Two children
Kaisa Johanna Salmi
Kaisa Salmi is Helsinki based visual artist, who works with different media, such as performances, installations, video, environmental art, and documentary movies. Many of her projects are participatory. She is well-known of her huge eye-catching works. More than 11 000 people took part to Fellman’s Field (2013), which included an enormous performance as well as a documentary film. Fellman’s Field was a construation of the biggest prison camp in the Finnish civil war in 1918. Salmi is completing her doctoral thesis at Aalto University and she holds two master’s degrees, from Theatre Academy (Theatre Arts) and from Aalto University (Visual Arts). Kaisa Salmi was artistic leader at Moi Helsinki festival in Beijing China, 2016.
Studies
Doctoral student, Aalto University, Department of Art, Helsinki
Master of Arts, Aalto University, Environmental Art, 2011 Helsinki
Master of Theatre Art, Theatre Academy, lighting design, 2006 Helsinki
Sculpture studies, Escola Massana, 2011, Barcelona, Spain
Business incubator, Aalto University, 2004 Helsinki
Theatre Academy Masterclass, Nida, Lithuania 1998
Engineer, electrical power technology, HTOL, 1997 Helsinki
Works at Collections
Saastamoinen Foundation, HAM, Kiasma Art Museum, Turku Art Museum, Lahti Art Museum, Kouvola Art Museum and Oulu Art Museum
Rewards
2017 HAM Community Art contest, 1st prize, Kutosten kaltsit
2016 Sipoo municipality Public Art contest 1st Prize, Pumppuhuone
2013 University act 1st Prize Kaisa Salmi and Fellmanin pelto film, Lahti
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-6929754
2013 Publicity act prize, Ruusukatu, Oulu
http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/oulu/ruusukatu-palkittiin-vuoden-julkisuustekona/652057/
2013 Oulu 100 acts no. 48, Kaisa Salmi and Ruusuteos (“Rose street”)
2013 Punavuori Society prize, Sinebrychoff tower lighting design
2011 Finnish Institute Artist of the Year, Estonia
http://www.finst.ee/uudised/kaisa-salmi-soome-instituudi-aasta-kunstnik/
2010 1st prize at Shaft environmental art contest, Helsinki
Positions of Trust
Saari Artist Residency Summer Well, planning and managing 2019
Jury member at Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Finnish views, 2018
KONE Foundation valuer 2014
SVÄS Board Member 2011
Artistic Festival Manager
2016 Moi Helsinki Festival at Xidan, Beijing, China
Grants From the Past Three Years
2019 Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation, Jatkuva pelko, €15 000
2019 TAIKE, artist grant , 1 year, €24 000
2019, TAIKE, €3 000
2019, TAIKE, €6500
2016-2018 TAIKE Artist Grant, 3 years, €61 200
Upcoming Works
2020 Jatkuva pelko, Jewish refugee movie
2020 Näkyvä ja näkymätön meri exhibition and symposium, Harakka island
2020 Markku Pätilä, documentary art film
2020 Making Bertolt Brecht, art movie
2021 Vuosaari 21 project
(2023-24 Yhteinen yksinäisyys, participatory art film)
Selected Exhibitions at Public Spaces and Galleries
2020 Oil paintings, Kaapeli gallery, Helsinki
2019 Sipoo, installation and art film
2019 Plastic mama, Opening ceremony for the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Kansalaistori Square 2019
2019 Näkyvä ja näkymätön meri symposium and art exhibition, Harakka
2018 Kutosten kaltsit, communal art piece and film, HAM commission piece
2018 Fellmanin pelto, EMMA
2018 Veripelto, film, Kouvola Art Museum
2018 Veripelto film Pori Art Museum Oct 4-Oct 6
2017 Naisten puutarha, communal environmental art piece, Hyvinkää Art Museum
2017 #TEKOJA, communal art piece, Helsinki Festival, Inhimilliset uutiset, Suomi100
2017 #TEKOJA, communal art piece, Oulu August Festival, Inhimilliset uutiset, Suomi100
2017 405,6 communal art piece, 3D videos and installation, SuomiAreena, SITRA https://www.sitra.fi/ihmiset/taiteilija/
2017 Todellisuus Suomesta, Pori Cultural Foundation, communal art exhibition, Suomi 100
2017 Ronda, LUX Hki, lighting piece
2016 Magic boxes, Xidan Culture Square, Beijing, China
2016 Veripellot performance, Jättömaa Festival, Kouvola
2015 Bottlesea, Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki
2015 Meeting Odysseus journey on an artist boat, pop-up performances, environmental art, Sardinia, Italy, Sete, France
2015 Joint environmental art exhibition, Former Power Station Rathenauhallen, Berlin
2015 Kouvola Art Museum invitational exhibition Puolivilli puutarha, Bottlesea
http://www.hs.fi/arviot/a1436580627841
2015 Suomesta Gallery, Berlin
2014 Fellmanin pelto, film at Helsinki Short Film Festival, The Lahti Poetry Marathon festival, Tampere Short Film Festival, in Museo Werstas, Oulu Art Museum as an installation and at the Lahti Art Museum as an installation
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0uB1wHf25o
2014 Hush! Three videos and an installation at the Pumppaamo Drift Festival, Suomenlinna, Helsinki
2013 Uusi Oulu communal lighting piece, LIGHTZOO, Oulu
2012-2013 visual artist in the KOLMIO pilot project, Harjula schools
2013 Rose piece Ruusukatu pakkahuoneenkatu, Oulu Art Museum environmental art exhibition
2013 Fellmanin pelto performance for 22 000 people in Lahti April 28
2012 TORI exhibition in Lahti, three performances together with Tero Annanollin and Ulla Reme, Häme Art Committee, Ornamo and WDC
2012 Edible sculpture, ArsBoretum12 Westers, Kemiö
2012 Unikuvia kaupunkitilassa and a beggar performance, Helsinki, commission piece for the Ihana Helsinki city festival
2011 Private exhibition, Gallery Kandela Helsinki
2011 Private exhibition, Rotermann Square, Tallinn, Estonia
2011 Private exhibition, Kulttuurikattila, Tallinn, Estonia http://www.ormar.info/pano/kultuurikatel/salmi/index.html
2011 Private exhibition, Gerbera labyrinth, in front of the Turku cathedral
2011 Summer exhibition, Arsboretum11 Westers , Kemiö
2011 Private exhibition, Tallinna Square, East-Helsinki
2011 Private exhibition, STOA gallery, Helsinki
2011 Private exhibition, Piknikutopia, centre of Helsinki. I closed a street from traffic for one week. It is an unnamed street that runs between the north and South Esplanade park and continues north named as Mikonkatu
2011 Private exhibition, Piknikutopia, Baltijaam, Tallinn Railway Station, Estonia
2010 Private exhibition, Päiväunet kaupunkitilassa jousitriolla, commission programming for the Helsinki Festival at the Old Church Park, Central Railway Station and Mannerheimintie
2010 Communal exhibition, PAIN, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava
2010 Private exhibition, Muovivyöry, Kamppi Narinkka Square. A large pile of trash in front of a shopping centre, commission piece for the Helsinki-viikko Festival, Helsinki
2010 Private exhibition, Vereslihalla, Gallery Kandela, Ruoholahti, Helsinki
2010 Joint exhibition, Neukölln Art Festival , Berlin, Germany
2010 Joint exhibition, AHNE Festival, Siltasaari, Helsinki
2009 Private exhibition, Gerbera labyrinth, at the Helsinki Central Railway Station, Helsinki
2008 Private exhibition, Gerberauni, in front of the Turku Cathedral
2008 Joint exhibition, Moving face, Kasarmintori Square, Helsinki, commission piece for the Helsinki Festival
2008 Joint exhibition, Burning man, Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, at the Valon voimat Festival
2008-2007 Private exhibition, Soiva kasvihuone, Lasipalatsi inner courtyard and East-Helsinki, Helsinki
2007 Private exhibition, Gerberameri, in front of the Finnish Parliament House and on the steps of the building
2007 Private exhibition, Soiva kasvihuone with gerberas, in the Lasipalatsi inner courtyard, Helsinki
2006 Private exhibition, Soiva kasvihuone with roses in the Lasipalatsi inner courtyard, Helsinki
2003 Joint exhibition, Anna palaa performance, Sinebrychoff Park, commission piece for the Valon Voimat Festival, Helsinki
2004 Light paintings at the Maunula Church Hall, Vantaa
2004 Lighting the Sinebrychoff Tower, commission piece for the Valon Voimat Festival, Helsinki
2001 Group exhibition, Installaatio at the Jyväskylä Craft Museum, Jyväskylä
2000 Private exhibition, Soiva kasvihuone, Töölönlahti, Helsinki, commission piece for Nordic Light
2000 Private exhibition, Hallgrim’s kirkja ulkopintaan Pani, high-power projection with large hand-painted pictures, Reykjavik, Iceland
1999 Palava jää performance, Sanomatalo Square, Helsinki
1999 Joint exhibition, installation at the Prague PQ99 Theatre Festival, Czech Republic
1999 Private exhibition, light sculptures at the Espoo Hall of Culture Gallery, Espoo
1999 Joint exhibition light sculptures at the VR warehouses, Helsinki, Valon voimat Festival
1995 Private exhibition at the Tampere Library, commission piece for the Women’s Culture Days, Tampere
1995 Joint exhibition, Valaistu puutarha at the Tampere Arboretum Tampere
Visualisation, Production Design, and Lighting Design for Opera, Theatre, Contemporary Dance, Ballet, and Music
2016 Visualization for Dagarnas skum, directed by Tanya Weinstein, Svenska Teater
2015 Visualization for Sibelius – konsentraatio, Ssht! directed by Juha Siltanen, Avanti!, Aleksander Theatre, Helsinki
2015 Meeting Odysseus journey on an artist boat, pop-up performances, France: Sete and Italy: Sardinia, Toskana
2012 I stopped my body contemporary dance piece, at the actively functioning Maria hospital in Helsinki, choreography Hanna Brotherus
2012 Manuscript contemporary dance piece, choreography Carl Knif, Kuopio tanssii ja soi Festival, Kuopio
2012 La nozze de Figaro, directed by Piotrek Scholodansky, Sibelius Academy, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki
2011 Mahti, Dance Theatre Tsuumi Oslo, Norway
2011 Ludwighafen contemporaty dance contest, choreography by Carl Knif, Saksa
2011 The turn of the screw, directed by Katariina Lahti, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
2010, 2012 MAHTI, Dance Theatre Tsuumi, Aleksander Theatre, Helsinki
2010 Aune Kallisen yhteiskunnallisia muistioita, Kiasma Theatre
2010 Mandorla, contemporary dance piece, choreography by Carl Knif, Dansets Hus Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Mandorla, contemporary dance piece, choreography by, STOA, LUME, NUKU, Helsinki and Oulu
2009 Flash Flash Andy Warhol opera, directed by Kimmo Kahra, Alminsali, National Opera
2008 Lähiosoite, choreography by Hanna Brotherus, Zodiak
2008 Messiaen, Helsinki Cathedral crypt, Helsinki
2007 Hki-Berlin-Paris, Jorma Uotinen’s song soiree, Aleksander Theatre, Helsinki
2006 Sotilaan tarina, ballet, choreography by Rachid Tika, Vanemuine, Estonia
2005 Rasputin opera, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Marinski Theate, Saint Petersburg
2005 Pessoa, choreography by Jorma Uotinen, Oulu Theatre
2005 Arkkienkeli Oulusta, directed by Kaisa Korhonen, Jyväskylä City Theatre
2004 Messiaen, video piece, Maunula Church
2004 Norsunluutorni, choreography by Petri Kekoni Raatikko, Almi Hall, National Opera, Helsinki
2004 Pessoa, choreography by Jorma Uotinen Tartto, Estonia
2004 Yksi päivä ja yksi yö, choreography by Alpo Aaltokoski, Caracas, Venezuela
2004 Kävelen hitaasti tuulessa, choreography by Petri Kekoni Zodiak and STOA, Helsinki
2004 Suuntia choreography by Mikko Kallinen, Helsingin kulttuuritalo
2001 Scrjabin: Prometheus, music visualization, high-power projection with large hand-painted pictures, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lucerne Festival, Switzerland
2001 Christmas concert visualization, Sibelius Hall, conducted by Osmo Vänskä, Lahti
2001 Täällä Pohjantähden alla, directed by Kaisa Korhonen, Jyväskylä City Theatre
1997-2000 four Suomussalmiryhmä dance pieces in the inner courtyard of Ateneum, at the Fredrik Theatre and Jugend Hall Gallery, Helsinki
2001 Red Xing, choreography by Raisa Punkki, Pyhäjärvi Dance Festival
2000 Voices of Europe feat Björk, production design and lighting design, St. John's Church, Helsinki
2000 Dance performances for Pia Karaspuro’s, Tiina Jalkanen’s and Päivi Rissanen’s work group, Espoo Culture Hall
2000 Ruben Oskar Auervaara, ohj. Katariina Lahti, Tampereen työväen teatteri
1999 Scrjabin, Prometheus, music visualization with high-power projections projected on the walls and ceiling of Barbican center, conducted by Pletjev, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, London
1999 Neiti Julie, directed by Katariina Lahti, Q-teatteri, Helsinki
1999 Huhtikuu choreography by Mikko Orpana, Gloria Hall ja Venus Theatre
1998 Scrjaboin Mysterium world premiere, visualization on the walls and ceiling with high-power projections, Finlandia Hall, conducted by Leif Segerstam
1996 Kesäyön uni, directed by Pirjo Koljonen, Hyvinkää Theatre
1996 Suuntia, choreography by Mikko Kallinen, contemporary dance festival, Turku
Film Screenings
Fellmanin pelto, Veripelto, Kutosten kaltsit, and Drift
Yle, Docpoint Hki, Tampere Short Film Festival, the 1918 functions of Risto Jarva Society in Orion, Kannu Kino in Espoo, Oulu Art Museum, EMMA, Pori Art Museum, Suomenlinna, Lahti Art Museum, The Lahti Poetry Marathon, numerous private functions: Asikkala, Jyväskylä, Estonia, and Tampere
Memberships
Member of MUU ry since 2012
The Artists' Association of Finland 2012
Environmental.art website http://environmentalart.net/kaisa_salmi/
AV-arkki
Teaching and Lectures
2019 KUVA life skills and large-scale productions on the open field, lecture series
2013-2018 Lectures about trauma history and reconciliation, using Fellmanin pelto as an example. Numerous lectures at different seminars, including Psychotherapy Conference (Psykoterapiapäivät) in Tampere, for art teachers in EMMA, at the Tampere Visual Art Conference (Kuvataidepäivät), at the Hailuoto murhaperjantai seminar, Asikkalan 1918 event, Philosophy Club (Filosofian Klubi) and multiple functions in Aalto University
2013 Aalto University, Lantern Park workshop, Otaniemi
2012 Aalto University, Environmental art, Lantern park workshop, Espoo
2012 Aalto University, Environmental art, Kouvola la Arctopolis workshop, Kouvola
2011 Aalto University, Environmental art, Lantern park workshop, Espoo
2011 Ruutia festival, workshops for youths using recycled materials, Helsinki
2010, 2007 and 2001 projection course, Aalto University, the Department of Production Design, Helsinki
2009, 2008 and 2003 projection and painting course, Theatre Academy, Helsinki
2006 Dance course at Snellman elementary school, Helsinki
1998 Lighting design teaching, Centro Nacional de las artes, Mexico city, Mexico
Contests
2019 Helsinki Biennale 1/10 plan in the running
2017 Communal art contest, HAM Jakomäki, 1st prize
2016 Sipoo City invitational contest, permanent art piece, shared 1st prize
2014 Invitational contest, public art piece plan for an upcoming building, Aurinkokivi, the City of Vantaa
2011 Environmental art contest Baana, 1st prize
Curating
2019 Näkyvä ja näkymätön meri biennale and exhibition, Harakka Island
2019 Nainen, meri ja utopia, Saari Summer Well
2016 Moi Helsinki Festival, Xidan, Beijing. Curating a photo and video exhibition
2013 Lux Helsinki Lantern Park, Helsinki
2012 Lux Helsinki Lantern Park, Helsinki
2011 Lux Helsinki Lantern Park, Helsinki
Other Work Experiences
dishwasher, cafe employee, restaurant assistant, cleaner, bread demonstrator at a shop, person responsible for preparing cold foods, nanny, assistant to an electronic installer, electronic installer, technical foreperson, garden worker, secretary, lighting manager, neon sign washer, dancer at Riihimäki Theatre, actor at Hyvinkää Theatre, actor in Riihimäki Theatre
Residences
2018 Residence, Grassina, Firenze, Italy
2016 Saari Manor, KONE Foundation
2014 Marbella Artist Residence, Spain
Other Publications:
Lahden paikka, Lahden paikat, Päijät-Häme Research Society 2014, ESA PRINT
Tinfo 2014 article, Fellmanin pelto
Kollabjournals article: https://kollabjournal.wordpress.com
Blog: https://www.sitra.fi/ihmiset/taiteilija/
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisa_Salmi
http://recycledart.fi/kaisa_salmi/index.htm
http://www.environmentalart.net/kaisa_salmi/index.htm