Aino Ojala
Visual Artist & Textile Designer
Based in Helsinki, Finland
contact@ainoojala.com

ART STUDIES

2019–2022 Master of Arts in Textile Design, Aalto University
2019 Basic Studies in Creative Writing, University of Turku
2018–2019 Textile Artisan studies, Raseko
2014–2018 Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, TUAS Arts Academy
2017 Exchange Program in Sculpture, Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
2010 General Upper Secondary School Diploma in Crafts, Kaarilan Lukio, Tampere

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Tunnen Sut / I Feel You, Huuto Gallery, Helsinki
2019 Seassa / Among, B-galleria, Turku

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 (curated) The International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, Warsaw, Poland
2022 (as invited artist, curated) DIALOGUES – Creating New Textile Futures, New York Textile Month, New York, USA
11/2022–2/2023 (as invited artist, curated) Aalto Textiles, Dipoli, Espoo
2022 (as invited artist, curated) SLAM: Field Station, Ifö Center, Bromölla, Sweden
2022 In Search of the Present: Research Forum, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art
2022 (curated) Metsä vastaa, Galleria Muuntotila, Tampere
2021 Kannan hengittämisen tulevaisuutta, Kuusiston Taidekartano, Kaarina
2020 Tulevaisuus 2020, Artcenter Mältinranta, Tampere
2018 NYTT – Fine Arts Graduation Show, Forum Marinum, Turku 
2017 またね / Matane, Köysiratagalleria, Turku 
2017 ギャップの間に / Between the Gaps II, Yōkai SOHO, Kyoto, Japan
2016 Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää
2015 Jotta kaikki olisi hyvin, Köysiratagalleria, Turku

OTHER ARTISTIC WORK

2021–2022 Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Practice: Art, Media, Design and Architecture Cultures – course, Aalto University of Art, Design & Architecture
2021 Research Assistant (patternmaking and textile prototyping), Wearable Systems Lab, Mobile Cloud Computing Group, Aalto University
2020 Handmade rugs for dance performance ÖH, Zodiak Center for New Dance, Helsinki
2018 Textile masks and illustration for dance performance Cenere, Köysiteatteri, Turku
2016–2017 Illustration for Papunet, The Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
2016 Social art performance, In Public, In Particular, New Performance Turku, Turku City Library
2016 Scenography team, Turku Student Theatre
2016 Murals for Vilske Kindergarten and for ICT City, Turku
2016 Book illustration, Talentum
2016 Installation for Ruisrock festival Art Programme, Turku
2016 Video installation for H2Ö-festival Art Programme, Turku
2016 I love Finland – Drawings by the asylum seekers, workshops and exhibition at Vino-galleria, Turku Concert Hall

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Aug 2021 & Sep 2022 (as invited artist, curated artist-in-residence) SLAM: Field Station: Contemporary experimental clay practices, Ifö Center, Bromölla, Sweden
2022 Feb TUOTUO Residency, Joutsa, Finland

AWARDS

2018 Exhibition award, Nykykulttuuriyhdistys Suunnitelma B

MEMBERSHIPS

Ornamo Art and Design Finland
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI)