Utu-Tuuli Jussila (they/she) is a photographer and gender studies scholar based in Helsinki Finland. 


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Education

2022– PhD, Doctoral Programme in Gender, Culture, and Society (SKY), University of Helsinki
2021     MA, Gender Studies, University of Helsinki
2020    MA, Photography, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Espoo, FI
2016     Bachelor of Visual Communication, Photography, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Lahti, FI

Solo exhibitions

2024    PHMuseum Days, Bologna, IT
2024    The Centre for Creative Photography, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä, FI

2023    Photographic Centre Peri, Turun Taidehalli, Turku, FI
2022    Hippolyte Studio, Helsinki, FI
2022    Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, FI
2022    Shoebox projects LA, Online
2022    B-galleria, Turku, FI
2021    Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, FI
2016    MAA-tila, Helsinki, FI

Group exhibitions

2024    Taidevaltakunta, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna FI

2024    Festival Circulation(s), CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Paris, FR
2023    Rituals, Gallery 881 + Broad Magazine, Vancouver, CA
2022    Juhlat, Nykyajan 40-vuotisjuhlanäyttely, Kulttuurikeskus Laikku, Tampere, FI
2022    Porin Juhlaviikot 2022, Pori, FI
2022    Jussi Perämäen ja Veikko Halmetojan taidekokoelma: 10 nykytaiteilijaa, Taidekeskus Harri, Alavus, FI
2022    Postitaide – MAIL ART, B-galleria, Turku, FI
2022    Spooky Camp, Shoebox Projects LA, online
2018    Status: Flux, Free Art Space, Helsinki, FI
2016    Anna mennä – feministinen näkökulma kuvataiteeseen, ARTag Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2015    OFF_Festival, Bratislava, SK
2015    Tiger Sandwich, Jukka Male Museum, Helsinki, FI
2014    OFF_Festival, Bratislava, SK
2014    Terveisiä maisemasta!, OyOy Gallery, Lahti, FI

Publications

2022     Pitääkö olla näkyvä? in Jälki – kirjoituksia valokuvasta, H. Weselius (edit). S&S, Helsinki
2021      Feminist terminology spoken word, Matriarkaatti -podcast -series
2019      Cistopia, Zelda.fi

Music

2012–    Las Kalmas
2005–   I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper
2003–14 UltraNoir

Works in collections

The Finnish Museum of Photography
The Finnish Postal Museum
The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation collection
The State Art Deposit Collection (Finland)

Grants

2023     Kansan Sivistysrahasto
2022     Kone Foundation
2022     Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation
2022     Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse sr
2022     The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa Regional Fund
2022     The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
2021      The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
2021      The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
2021      Finnfoto ry

Memberships

Gallery Oksasenkatu 11, board member
Association of Photographic Artists

Other

2024    Kohti queer-utopioita taiteen keinoin, Paper presentation, Gender Studies Conference 2024, Tampere, FI
2024    Self-portraits of non-binary people, queer utopias in the studio (and beyond), Paper presentation,
Helsinki PhotoMedia, Aalto University, Espoo, FI
2023    Self-portraits of non-binary people, finding utopian potential in artistic research, Paper presentation,
The 8th Nordic Trans Studies Conference 2023, Tampere, FI
2022    Trans* Matters, workshop, Gender Studies Conference 2022, Oulu, FI
2021     Omakuvaus utopistisena tutkimusmetodina, Paper presentation, Finnish Conference of Cultural Studies, Joensuu, FI
2020    IN/VISIBILITY - Queering Visibility in Photography, Paper presentation, Gender Studies Conference2020, Tampere, FI
2019     Panelist, Aikakauslehtien henkilökuva nyt ja tulevaisuudessa -panel discussion, Henkilökuva aikakausimediassa -seminar, LAMK, Lahti, FI


PhD research project

JUSSI LAUTU
Extra/ordinary – utopias and norms in the visual representations of non-binary genders 2022–


MA thesis in photography, IN/VISIBILITY, queer(ing) photography (2020)
MA thesis in gender studies, Miten sukupuoli näkyy? : utopiat ja normit muunsukupuolisten* omakuvissa (2021)