Artificial Pelago
Year: 2026
Exhibition: Sculpting Time, group exhibition, Marsio, Aalto University, Espoo
Materials: 3D-printed PETG plastic
Size:H 800 x W 1800 x D 1050 mm
The sculpture Artificial Reef is 3D-printed from PETG, a plastic derived from petroleum and a close relative of the plastic used in beverage bottles. The universe is full of rock, metals and stars, but materials created by living organisms, such as wood and oil, might exist only on Earth. This makes petroleum one of the rarest materials in the cosmos. It formed roughly 200–300 million years ago from ancient marine organisms, such as plankton, compressed under immense pressure on the seabed.
With this artwork, I wanted to build a bridge between ancient biological history and contemporary digital fabrication. It is also a reflection on the overconsumption of our era. We have built our entire modern society on oil while depleting the Earth’s reserves of this millions-of-years-old material. Petroleum and plastic have been reduced to something mundane, even despised. We have forgotten to feel gratitude for this unique biological and material heritage.
Bleaching
Year: 2025
Solo exhibition: Gallery Katariina, Helsinki
Material: 3D printed porcelain
The skull has long been an enduring symbol of death in art. For me, its equivalent is coral that has lost its colour: a metaphor for the dying of marine species in the wake of environmental catastrophe. I have made these works in 3D-printed porcelain, whose translucent white evokes a lifeless seabed and the stark reality of coral bleaching.
Today, 3D-printed coral structures are used to create new habitats and restore damaged reefs, perhaps already too late. An artificial reef could help species survive while we work to slow climate change. In my process, I use growth algorithms that mimic organic forms, the same kinds of algorithms used in design, architecture and urban planning.
Juurikka (Root Stump)
Year: 2025
Exhibition: Truth or Fairy Tale?, Birch Alley Biennial, Iisalmi
Material: 3D-printed PLA and laser-cut plywood
Size: H 1800 × W 2000 × D 2000 mm
My ancestral roots trace back to the countryside of Iisalmi. In my relationship with my own history there are discontinuities, and they appear as fractures within the sculpture. The work was built from hundreds of individual sections 3D-printed in plant-based PLA, combined with laser-cut plywood. Its formal language joins elements of everyday life with organic, mathematical models.
Hauru
Year: 2025
Group exhibition: Under the Surface, Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
Materials: 3D-printed porcelain
Changing Identity
Year: 2007
Final Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, HAM, Finland
Material: Epoxy resin, silicone and human hair
Size: 1200x1200x1200 mm
