I would be happy to do freelance photography work, please do not hesitate to contact me. Previously I have done a lot of portraiture, weddings, and photographic work for magazines. Although my work experience is mostly in the world of fine arts; making exhibitions, working in a gallery as an assistant and mainly doing the artistic work, I would be happy to participate as a photographer or as a visual artist for your project. My input would be surely very creative as I have studied Fine Arts in The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts (MFA), in Paris in École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris and done my BA in Visual Arts in the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Now I am settled in Paris after artist residencies in Cité des Arts in Paris and Hôtel Chevillon in Grez-Sur-Loing made me feel like home in France. I am also willing to do work in Finland as I travel there quite often. I speak Finnish, English and French and am currently studying Portuguese. All kinds of projects in the field of photography and Fine Arts interest me.
CURRICULUM VITAE Iiris-Lilja Kuosmanen
Born 30.7.1983 in Kuopio, Finland
lives and works in France
Education
2010-2011 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Exchange Program, Paris, France
2009-2012 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, MFA
2005-2009 Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, BA in Visual Arts, Specialisation in photography and printmaking
2004-2005 Snellman University of Applied Sciences, Fine Arts
2003-2004 Voionmaa Institute, Photography
Upcoming
2018 Kuopio Dance Festival, Finland
2018 Micro Galleries, Nepal
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Nonville Road, Gallery G12, Kuopio, Finland
2013 Jackal’s wedding, Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa, Finland
2013 Jackal’s wedding, Cité des Arts Corridor Gallery, Paris, France
2012 Photographic Centre Peri, Turku, Finland
2012 Cover, Gallery Harmonia, Jyväskylä
2011 Cover, Gallery of Finnish Academy of Fine Arts,Helsinki
2011 With Noel, Napa Gallery, Helsinki
2011 Another Me, Photographic Centre of South-East Finland, Lappeenranta
2010 On The Boundary, Gallery of University of Jyväskylä
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Past Present Future, Vienna, Austria
2017 Micro Galleries, Jakarta, Indonesia
2016 Micro Galleries, Graz, Austria
2015 Le Projet Kairouan, Group Show, Kairouan, Tunisia
2015 Le Projet Kairouan, Group Show,Tunis, Tunisia
2015 Microgalleries, Denpasar, Bali
2015 Micro Galleries, Nowra, Australia
2015 Micro Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa
2014 Expanded Photography, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Meeting no 12, Group Show, Art Museum of South Karelia, Lappeenranta
2012 Preview 5, Kollective Group Show, Finnish Museum of Photography, Project Space, Helsinki
2012 valoKuvA, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki
2011 Gate 2011, Fondazione Fotografia, Modena, Italy
2011 Horizonte Zingst, Zingst, Germany
2011 Culture Tram, Helsinki, with Laura Paavilainen
2011 Masters of Fine Arts 2011, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki
2011 Photokina, Cologne, Germany
2010 Behind The Moving Glass, Gallery Kaiku, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts,Helsinki
2010 The New Master Students of Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery FAFA, Helsinki
2009 The Sugar Tongues,Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2009 The Sugar Tongues, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra
2009 Transitional Forms, Atlanta, USA
2008 Seos II, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences spring exhibition, Culture Center, Imatra
2007 Sing Me To Sleep, photographs and paintings, with Janne Manérus, Business Research Center, Imatra
2005 Fragile, photographs, with Johanna Parviainen, Bar Vakiopaine, Jyväskylä
2004 VOV 2004, Voionmaa Institute spring exhibition, Culture House Telakka, Tampere
Works in collections
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
Imatra Art Museum
Private Collections
Grants and Awards
2014 Koneen säätiö (for a group)
2014 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2013 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2013 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2012 Alfred Kordelin fund
2011 Academy meets Photokina-prize
2009 Finnish Cultural Foundation, South Karelia Regional Fund
Memberships
Finnish Union of Artist Photographers
Residencies
2018 Mazzano Romano, Italy
2015 Kairouan, Tunisia
2013 Hotêl Chevillon, France
2012 Cité, Paris, France
2010 Berlin,Germany, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Studio