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Susse (b. 1988, they/them) 
Artist and designer, dragdoll, event producer and activist, wilderness guide and youth worker. 

Collectives
2023– Artist Collective Tuhmat, collective projects marked with dagger symbol (†) 
2024– Drag Duo Dragdollz, collective performances marked with asterisk (*) 

Work
2024– Espoo Ciné Film Festival. Communications coordinator and graphic designer. Espoo, Finland. 

Education
2021–22 Politician School, KSL-opintokeskus, Kansan Sivistystyön Liitto KSL ry. 
2020–21 Nature photographer, Kuusamo-opisto. 
2016–17 Wilderness guide, Eerikkilän urheiluopisto. 
2010–15 Designer, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences & ArtEZ University of the Arts Zwolle. 
2005–09 Youth worker, Suomen nuoriso-opisto. 

Exhibitions
2025 † Kreenholm Ceremonies group exhibition. Narva, Estonia. 
2025 † Multisensory exhibition Tuulenpesä. B-galleria, Turku, Finland. 
2025 † Multisensory exhibition Hylkäämisestä, hylätyksitulemisesta. Galleria Saltbodan, Loviisa, Finland. 
2024 Tufting Ex Machina group tapestry. Aavistus Festival, Helsinki City Museum, Finland. 
2024 † Tuulenpesä photography exhibitions. IPI Kulmakuppila, Helsinki; Favorit, Loviisa, Finland. 
2024 † Two Years and Ten Meters group exhibition. Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France. 
2024 Communal Extravaganza group installation. Drifts Art Festival, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. 
2022 VTF video art exhibition. Tampere Video Art Festival, Finland. 
2021 I Fucking Love My Friends photo series. Kuusamo, Finland. 
2020 Nature photography exhibition. Kuusamotalo, Finland. 
2015 Still Standing – exhibition on bees. Seinäjoki, Finland. 
2014 Seinäjoki Design Week. Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki, Finland. 
2013 Children’s book illustration group exhibition. Vaasa City Library, Finland. 

Media Art
2025 How does it feel to be a gurl? Short film. Premiered at Tampere Film Festival 2025. 
2024 † Muut. Uneton48docs short film challenge – Jury’s Favourite. YLE Areena acquisition. 
2024 † No, saako? Uneton48 short film challenge. Helsinki, Finland. 
2023 † Chaotic Good. Uneton48docs short film challenge (documentary) – Finalist. 
2022 Lyylittelykivi. Video art, performance. 
2022 Two Screens, One Disco. Generative multimedia installation. Rovaniemi, Finland. 

Prizes
2025 Uneton48 short film competition, Best Poster, with Elina Brunfeldt, Helsinki, Finland
2024 † Uneton48docs short documentary competition, Jury’s Favourite. Helsinki, Finland. 
2021 First prize at nature photo competition. Kuusamo-opisto. 
2010 First prize in a national photography competition by Sony. 

Installations
2026 † Kinetic sculpture Katedraali. Frozen People Festival, Oulu Culture Capital of Europe 2026. 
2025 † Installation RV 25. Pixelache Media Art Festival. Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. 
2025 † Summernight Dream – Installation within Installation. Night of the Arts. Loviisa City Museum. 
2025 † Soiva Metsä art festival main stage Metsälava design and construction. Suomussalmi, Finland. 
2024 † Artificial Reef 2.0 sculpture. Ilmiö festival, Turku, Finland. 
2024 † Sea Monster sculpture. Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs festival, Urjala, Finland. 
2024 † Wind Sculptures installation. Frozen People Festival, Oulu, Finland. 
2023 † Multisensory installation Tuulenpesä. SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland. 

Sculptures
2025 Memorial. Sculpture from concrete and found materials. Narva, Estonia. 
2025 Lullaby for the Dead. Kinetic sculpture for dying coral reefs. Narva, Estonia. 
2024 Pinkwashing Genocide. Sculpture and statement against the genocide in Gaza. Loviisa, Finland. 
2023 Eight sisters, one of them is small. Sculpture series. Reykjavík, Iceland. 
2023 Long tits. Sculpture series. Reykjavík, Iceland. 
2014 Robotti. Sculpture and light installation. Provinssirock, Seinäjoki, Finland. 

Murals
2024 Mitä ipoi teil on hanassa? House of Text, Helsinki, Finland. 
2023 Kaija Saariaho In Memoriam. Midnight Sun Film Festival, Sodankylä. 
2018 Mural series. El Pecado, Madiha, Sri Lanka. 

Concerts
2025 † Official closing ceremony of the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture. Narva, Estonia. 
2025 † Sleeping Concert at Cultural Centre Caisa. Helsinki, Finland. 
2025 † Saltfest music festival. Loviisa, Finland. 
2024 † Live score to Sleeping Beauty (Edvin Laine, 1949). No Sun Film Festival, Rovaniemi, Finland.
2024 † Live score to Sleeping Beauty (Edvin Laine, 1949). Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs festival, Urjala, Finland. 
2024 † Frozen People Festival. Oulu, Finland. 
2024 † The House of Text Opening. Helsinki, Finland. 
2023 † au JUS project space. Brussels, Belgium. 

Performances
2026 Initiative ritual: Lumikammi, initiative ritual: Water Ceremony, Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi
2023–25 † Performative Wind Sculptures. Reykjavík, Iceland; Kökar, Åland Islands; Suomenlinna, Helsinki. 
2025 † Kreenholm 1856–2010 followed by silence. Narva. Estonia. 
2025 † Microplastics Picnic. Picnic On The Beach music event, Loviisa, Finland. 
2025 † Leeway in the post-plastic era. A Critical View on Plastic exhibition opening. Loviisa City Museum. 
2025 * Lounge of Auer. Cultural House Martinus, Vantaa, Finland. 
2025 * Loviisa Pride. Loviisa, Finland. 
2025 * Welfare State For Sale Drag Soiree. Ilves Theater, Helsinki, Finland. 
2025 * Attic Underground x Pride: THE BRIGHT FUTURE. The Attic, Helsinki, Finland. 
2025 * Drag Brewery. Olarin Panimo, Helsinki, Finland. 
2025 * Kiss My Ars Performance Night. Kiss My Ars, Helsinki, Finland. 
2025 * Bimboklubi. House of Text, Helsinki, Finland. 

Workshops
2025 † Mentoring of International Tamsalu Schoolyard workshop for young architects. Tamsalu, Estonia. 
2025 † Plasticless toys workshop & community art workshop What shields us from evil. Loviisa, Finland. 
2025 † Sensory Painting workshop at Söderlångvik Manor’s Blossom Day. Kemiö Island, Finland. 
2025 † Multisensory Spaces workshop for Art School Maa students. HIAP, Helsinki, Finland. 
2024 † Trash Art Workshop at Kökar school. Kökar, Åland Islands. 

Residencies
2026 † Læsø AiR for Nordic artists. August–September 2026. Læsø, Denmark. 
2026 † Mustarinda residency. March 2026. Hyrynsalmi, Finland. 
2025 † Finnish Cultural Foundation residency program, NART. Oct–Dec 2025. Narva, Estonia. 
2025 † Art in Lov – A Critical View on Plastic artist residency. June–August 2025. Loviisa, Finland. 
2025 † Norpas artist residency. May 2025. Taalintehdas, Finland. 
2025 † Haihatus artist residency. March 2025. Joutsa, Finland. 
2025 † HIAP Workspace Residency. February 2025. Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. 
2024 † The Åland Archipelago Guest Artist Residence. January–February 2024. Kökar, Åland Islands. 
2023 † SÍM Residency. November 2023. Reykjavík, Iceland. 

Grants
2025 † City of Loviisa, culture grant for outdoor film screening, 250 € 
2024 † Finnish Cultural Foundation, working grant for Narva Art Residency, 16 500 € 
2024 † ELMU ry, production grant for sleeping concerts, 1 000 € 

Positions of trust
2022 Rovaniemen Cinema ry.Vice President
2022 Lapland University student representatives Vice President 
2022 Vasemmisto-opiskelijat ry. board member
2022 Rovaniemen Seta ry. board member
2021 Kuusamo City Council deputy, Civil Engineering board member

Selection of past clients
ILMIÖ-festivaali, Bar Tÿpo, Bar Ö, No Sun Film Festival, Arctic Pride, Vegaaniliitto ry., Seinäjoen kaupunki, Seinäjoen Ammattikorkeakoulu, Flow Festival, Provinssirock, Partioaitan 365-klubi, Kirjalabyrintti.