I'm a visual artist working on Harakka island in Helsinki, Finland. In my artistic practise I lean on photography, text, spatial entities and performance.  My works are often playful attempts to give space to other organisms and exercises in relinquishing control. I long for humour and I dream about a very gentle fall of capitalism.

Contact:
kastehelmikorpijaakko@gmail.com
+358503472931

2025:
3.1. - 27.3. Residency, Cité, Paris, France
8.8. - 31.8. Solo exhibition, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
13.9. - 2.11. Solo exhibition, Poriginal Gallery, Pori Art Museum, Pori




Studies

Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture / MA in Photography / 2013-2018
Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan / exchange studies / 2015
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture/ MA in Art education / 2008-2011
University of Art and Design Helsinki / BA in Art education / 2003-2008
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China / exchange studies / 2005-2006

Solo exhibitions

> Poriginal Gallery / Pori Art Museum / Pori 2025
> Gallery Hippolyte / Helsinki 2025
Comedy About a Meadow That Wanted to Own Itself (part II) / Gallery Lennätin / Helsinki 2024
Res Nullius / Galleria Huuto / Helsinki 2023
Notes on Grass, Roots and the History of Control / Mältinranta Artcenter / Tampere 2021
Pause / Photographic Gallery Hippolyte Studio / Helsinki 2020
A Kind of Sanctuary / Gallery Lennätin / Helsinki 2019
Preachin' To The Choir / Gallery Lapinlahti / Helsinki 2018
Heavily Carefree / Photographic Centre PERI / Turku 2017
Heavily Carefree / Photographic Gallery Hippolyte / Helsinki 2016
Throwawaymeadow / Kosminen Art Space / Helsinki 2016
Siimes / Gallery Jänis / Turku 2014
Katve / TILA Gallery / Helsinki 2012
Landscape Announcements /Gallery Aralis / Helsinki 2010
Tiny pictures from China / Gallery Aralis / Helsinki 2007

Group exhibitions

The Days of Impossible / The Nomadic Academy of Experimental Arts / Helsinki 2024
Artists' Island 2023 / Helsinki 2023
Booked 2022 / Muu Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre / Helsinki 2022
OTOS/22 / Maamusta Galleria / Helsinki 2022
Artists' Island / Harakka island / Helsinki 2021
Pyhä / Harakka island / Helsinki 2020 
Visible and Invisible Sea / Harakka island / Helsinki 2019
Less Is Amore / Gallery Lennätin / Helsinki 2018
The Future of This Land / AIAV / Yamaguchi 2017
Happiness / Lapua Art Museum / Lapua 2017
Art Fair Suomi / Helsinki 2015
Tokyo bath / Gallery Le Deco / Tokyo 2015
Polaroid / The Finnish Museum of Photography / Helsinki 2012
MoA2011 / Aalto University graduation exhibition / Helsinki 2011
Pleasures recommended / AHNE’10 Art festival / Helsinki 2010

Social Art Projects & Collaborations

Vuosaari 21 / A community art project / The Finnish Museum of Photography / artist-producer / Helsinki 2019-2021
Island Rehearsals / Harakka island / Helsinki 2020
Pöytä/Table / Third Space / Helsinki 2018
Vuosaari - In Other Words / A community art project / The Finnish Museum of Photography  / mediating artist / Helsinki 2016-2018
Brand New Helsinki - public art for subway stations / mediating artist / Helsinki 2016

Residencies

> Cité, Paris, France / 2025
ÖRES, Örö, Finland / 2023
Kökar, Finland / 2021
Källskär, Finland / 2019
Mustarinda, Finland / 2017 
Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan / 2017
Villa Karo, Benin / 2014

Memberships

Photographic Artists' Association
Artists' Association MUU
Circus Maximus
Harakka Collective
Harakka ry, board member

Works in collections

The Collection of Finnish State Art Commission
Private collections

Grants

> KONE foundation / 2025 - 2027
> Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation / 2025
Arts Promotion Centre Finland / 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020
Alfred Kordelin Foundation / 2021
The Finnish Cultural Foundation / 2020
The Paulo Foundation / 2019
The Finnish Art Society: Young Artists' Grant / 2019
Aalto University / 2016

In publications and media

Jälki -kirjoituksia valokuvasta / publication, ed. Hanna Weselius / S&S / 2022
EDIT / Valokuvan ja tekstin välissä / interview / 2022 
Taiteilijuus Nyt: Taiteilijan moninainen työnkuva, Osa 1 / Artpodi -podcast / 2022
Vuosaari 21 / project publication / 2021
Kulttuuritoimitus / exhibition review / 2021
Mustekala / exhibition review / 2021
Agency and The Photographic - Unravelling Subjectivities / course publication / Uniarts Helsinki 2021
Heavily Carefree / Masters of Arts Thesis / Aalto University 2018
Ylioppilaslehti / interview / 2017
EDIT / exhibition review / 2017
Turun Sanomat / exhibition review / 2017