Mika Elo
1966 | born in Helsinki, Finland |
1992-1998 | study of art and photography (MA), Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Helsinki, Finland |
1996-1997 | study of photography, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom |
1999-2005 | doctoral studies of Visual Culture (Doctor of Arts), Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Helsinki, Finland |
2005 | curator of the Helsinki Photography Festival |
since 2005 | Post-Doc Researcher at the Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Helsinki, Finland |
Grants and Awards
2000-2002 | scholarship of the Finnish Cultural Foundation |
1998 | scholarship of the Finnish Ministry of Education |
Group Exhibitions
2003 | Hospitalities – Voipaala art center, Voipaala, Finland |
1997 | Sketches for Arabia Shore – Helsinki City Planning Office, Finland |
1996 | Synthesis, Young Finnish Photography – Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland |
1995 | LUMO 95 - Photographic Art Festival – Galerie Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland |
1994 | Still-life – Galerie Vita Havet, Stockholm, Sweden |