CURRICULUM VITAE




Biography

Tuomo Tammenpää
Born 1969, Helsinki, Finland
Works and lives in Pornainen, Finland


Education

1997 MA in Photography (UIAH) Minor subject studies: Interactive art, Media Lab (UIAH)
1995 BA in Photography, University of Art and Design (UIAH), Helsinki


Experience

2006-07 Part-time lecturer, University of Huddersfield, UK
2004--> Entrepreneur: art, design & research, Tuomo Tammenpää (tmi), (ongoing)
1997--> Creative Director Mindworks Ltd., (ongoing)
1993-97 Freelancer photographer and graphic designer


Selected group exhibitions

2007 "Mouse Labour", media installation with Juha Huuskonen, Digitally Yours, Ars Nova, Turku
2006 "TileToy" (v.1.0), Modular electronic game prototype with Daniel Blackburn, Sauma, New York
2006 "TileToy" (v1.0), Modular electronic game prototype with Daniel Blackburn, Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo
2005 "TileToy" (v.1.0), Modular electronic game prototype with Daniel Blackburn, Sauma, Washington DC
2004 "Float" (v1.0), locative sound installation with Tamas Szakal, Pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica
2004 “Float” (v1.0), locative sound installation with Tamas Szakal, ISEA2004, Interfacing Sound Cruise
2004 “Brandbody” (v2.0), media installation, Pixelache04, Kiasma, Helsinki
2003 “Brandbody” (v2.0), media installation, F2F, Brussels
2003 “Brandbody” (v1.1), media installation, Ideologia II, Röda Sten, Gothenburg
2002 “NEED” shop2, media installation F2F, Parsons School of Design, New York
2002 “Brandbody” (v1.0), media installation, Symptomania, Kunsthalle Lophem, Brugge
2002 “Brandbody” (v0.9), media installation, Sonarmatica, Sonar festival, Barcelona
2002 “NEED” shop2, media installation F2F, Saidye Bronfman centre for the arts, Montréal
2001 “NEED” video screenings, Trick or Treat, Nope-gallery & Sho Art, Tokyo
2001 “NEED” shop2, media installation F2F, InterAccess, Toronto
2001 “NEED” stand1, media installation Social Hackers, Forde Gallery, Geneva
2001 “NEED” shop2, media installation F2F, Embassy of Finland, Washington DC.
2000 “NEED” shop2, media installation F2F- New Media Art from Finland, UCLA, Los Angeles
2000 “NEED” kiosk1, media installation, Continent-exhibition, Lasipalatsi, Helsinki
2000 “NEED” booth1, media installation, Continent-exhibition, Brussels 2000 Center, Brussels
1998 ”NEED” kiosk1, media installation, Artgenda98, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1997 "NEED" shop1, media installation, Gallery INTO, Media Art Project MAP, Helsinki
1995 "Inforbator", media installation, Museum of Architecture, Helsinki
1995 "Observer", media installation, "Lemminkäinen", Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki
1995 "KLIK", media installation, "Lemminkäinen", Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki


Selected projects

2005 "PLAN*B for Arcadianmäki" with Juha Huuskonen, Kiasma, Helsinki
2004 "ISEA2004" graphic identity and screen, print and product design for the event
2003 "Rajapinnalla" graphic identity and motion graphics for the tv-series
2000 "cafe9.net" concept design, 9 cities of culture, year 2000
2000 "Artgenda2000" marketing, Artgenda 2000 Helsinki
1998 "Promise" concept design, Pan-European new media project
1997 ”Link Café” concept design, Valo-festival, Barbican Centre, London
1994 "Mediascape" program identity, Helsinki Mediascape, ISEA 94


Latest grants, awards, residences


2006 Grant for MouseLabous project, Alfred Kordelin foundation
2006 Grant for installation in ForumBox, Arts Council of Finland
2006 Grant for MouseLabous project, Arts Council of Finland
2005 Jury recommended works award for TileToy in Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo
2004 Artist in Residence, The Media Centre, Huddersfield, UK
2003 Grant for Brandbody (v2.0) production, interactive installation, Arts Council of Finland
2002 Artist in Residence, Finnish Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
2001 Mention of the Jury, Prix Möbius International 2001 Beijing for NEED-project
2001 Prix Möbius Finlande 2001 Award for NEED-project in cultural productions category
2000 Artist in Residence, Interactive Media Art Laboratory (iMAL), Brussels
2000 Grafia ry, grant for Need-project, print production
2000 Avek, grant for Need-project, web production
2001 Grafia ry, Best Finnish advertising gold & silver award, Art Director, New Media
1996 Grafia ry, Best Finnish advertising gold & silver award, Illustrator, Posters


Bibliography

2005 Cultural Hacking, SpringerWien NewYork, ISBN 3-211-23278-8
2005 Point&Shoot, Dazibao, ISBN 2-922135-26-8
2004 ISEA2004, exhibition catalogue, m-cult, ISBN 952-99439-0-3
2003 Ideologia II, exhibition catalogue, Robert Grou, Lui Hopf
2003 Nordic media culture – actors and practices, m-cult, ISBN 952-91-5878-5
2002 F2F, New Media Art from Finland, exhibition catalogue, FFVA, ISBN 0-9724881-0-3
2002 Symptomania, exhibition catalogue cd-rom, Kunsthalle Lophem
2002 Sonar festival catalogue
2002 Uusi mediakulttuuri innovaatioympäristönä, m-cult, ISBN 952-91-4785-6
2001 Social Hackers, exhibition catalogue, FRAME publications n.19, ISBN 952-5065-13-8
2000 Visuaalinen Viestintä – monialainen tulevaisuus, WSOY, ISBN 951-0-25288-3


Works in collections

2004 Need -installation, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki



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