CV
Education
PhD of Arts, University of Lapland, ongoing
Master of Arts (Applied Art), University of Lapland, 2012
Bachelor of Art (Industrial Design), University of Lapland, 2011
Composer, Conservatory of Oulu, 2009
Other studies
Pedagogical Studies for Teachers (60 ECTS cr.), University of Lapland, 2015
Currently working
Dissertation Researcher, Doctoral program, University of Lapland
Premieres (musical compositions)
2024 KURU – Tribute to Silence. Revision for Chamber Orchestra
2024 Magic Simon for Chamber Orchestra
2024 Epistaxiophobia for Pianotrio
2023 Depression Suite for Contemporary Quartet and Video Projection (voice, acc., elect., db.)
2022 Seven Last Words of Jesus for Voxal Sextet
2022 KURU – Tribute to Silence for Contemporary Tentet (cl., a-sax., bsn., tpt., trbn., b-trbn., 2 perc., vln., db.)
2021 Weight of Silence for Contemporay Nonet (fl., cl., hrn. in F., vln. I, vln. II, vla, vlc, pno, perc.)
2019 Hysteria for String Quartet and video projection
2018 Tapa minut ennen aamua – Kill Me Before Dawn for Violoncello and Percussion
2018 Fimbulvetur for Contemporary Septet (fl., cl., trbn., perc., pno., vln., vIc.)
2010 Otava for Euphonium Solo
2010 Am I Still Here? for String Quartet
2009 January 3 for Guitar Solo
Premiers (short movies)
2019 I Dreamed a Dream, TAFF – Turku Animated Film Festival, Turku Finland
Residencies
2024 Rewilding Cultures Travelling Residency in Northern Finland, Sweden and Norway
2020 Hanns Eisler Composer Residency, Leipzig, Germany
2012 VICC – Visby International Center for Composers, Visby, Sweden
2007 Lapland Arts Council’s Artist in Recidence, Berlin, Germany
Art exhibitions (solo and duo exhibitions)
2024 Pasifistinen balladi – Media-art installation for 80th Anniversary of Timo K. Mukka, Lappia-talo, Rovaniemi Finland
2024 Artist of the Month, Korundi/Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi Finland
2019 Kempele Stories, Art Linnakallio Goes Baana, Kempele Finland
2019 Ne tulivat läpi seinistä – Artist of the month, Korundi/Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi Finland
2019 What They Say, Arctic Art Summit, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi Finland
2019 What They Say, exhibition with Simi Susanna Ruotsalainen, Mustanapa/Napa Gallery, Rovaniemi Finland
2017 Suomi100 exhibition, Napa Gallery, Rovaniemi Finland
2017 Death and the Dancing Bear, 5 short animation movies, Studio Mustanapa, Rovaniemi Finland
2016 Kahdeksan – Gávcci, City-Sámi exhibition area, Helsinki Finland
2016 Untitled. Art installation, BLOOM! Hotel, Brussels Belgium
2016 Kahdeksan, City-Sami exhibition area, Helsinki Finland
2015 Relate North exhibition, Kimura Gallery, Alaska US
2015 HEATWAVE exhibition with Susanna Ruotsalainen, Rovaniemi City Hall Finland
2015 Uneksin, video exhibition, Studio Mustanapa/Napa Gallery, Rovaniemi Finland
2015 Artist of the Month, Korundi/Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi Finland
2012 Pisto, Kajo Gallery, Rovaniemi Finland
Art exhibitions (group exhibitions)
2025 Barents Spektakel, Kirkenes, Norway
2024 Arctic Glass Design, Rovaniemi, Finland
2024 Shifting Ground, Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi, Rovaniemi
2023 Navigating North, Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi, Rovaniemi
2022 Navigating North, Kiasma, Helsinki
2019 In the very act, Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland
2015 Avaus – Opening, Kemi Art Museum, Kemi, Finland
2013 Napapaita, Valo Gallery, Rovaniemi Finland
2012 Catch and Forcefully Hold, Contemporary Urban Space, Rovaniemi, Finland
2011 RAFLOSTi, Media Art Exhibition, Reykjavik, Iceland
2009 llé de Batz – international art course exhibition, Quimper, France
2004 Biennale Internationale Design, Saint Étienne, France
Prizes and nominations
2025 1-year Scientific Scholar, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
2024 Timo K. Mukka, tänään! Media art competition for 80th Anniversary of Timo K. Mukka, first prize (I)
2024 Unanimes! International Composition Competition/Association Française des Orchestres, Chamber Orchestra Category, first prize (I)
2024 Mobility Grant, Suomen kultturirahasto – The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2024 Artistic Scholar, Taike Finland
2024 Rewilding Cultures Mobility Grant, Creative Europe programme of the European Union
2022 Mobility Grant, Taike Finland
2022 Mobility Grant, Suomen kultturirahasto – The Finnish Cultural Foundation
2022 1-year Artistic Scholar, Taike Finland
2021 Scholar, OKKA-foundation, Finland
2019 Festival Composer in Open Circuit Festival of Experimental Music (Liverpool, UK)
2018 Herbert prize for composing TPlCC2018, first prize (l)
2018 Festival Composer in Mise-En Festival (New York, USA)
2011 Lieksa Brass International Composing Competition, second prize (Il)
Public artwork
2024 Outlet, media art installation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Art Collection
2019 Kempele Stories, outdoor wall mural and sound art piece, Kempele, Finland
2019 What They Say, media art installation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Art Collection
2019 One for Sorrow RE-mix, BLOOM! Hotel, Brussels Belgium
2009 One for Sorrow. Fresco Painting. BLOOM! Hotel, Brussels Belgium
2012 SNow. Art relief, painted wood. Hotel SantaSport, Rovaniemi Finland
Publications
2024 Ruotsalainen, J. (2024). Discursive frameworks of Arctic art. Arctic Yearbook 2024 – Arctic Relations: Transformations, Legacies and Futures. https://arcticyearbook.com/arctic-yearbook/2024/2024-scholarly-papers/526-discursive-frameworks-of-arctic-art
Seminar speaker, guest lecturer
2019 Art Linnakallio goes Baana Art symposium, ”Yhteisötaiteeen menetelmät julkisen taiteen prosesseissa”, Kempele, Finland
2019 Arctic Art Summit, ”Performing Arts in Arctic” panel, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
2019 Open circuit festival seminar, ”Media arts and experimenting with technology”, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
2016 Art seminar, Hotel BLOOM! international art event, artist talk, Brussels, Belgium