EDUCATION:

2004-2005          Certificate program for Museum Studies Courses: “Museum origins and missions”, “Education for Museum Visitors”, and “Museum Organization, Management and Planning in the 21st Century”, Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

2004-              Doctoral Degree student, Museology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

2003-2004    “Management in Culture Organizations”, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, University of Helsinki, Finland

1996-2000     M.A., Major: Art History, Minors: Museology, Aesthetics, Institute of Art Research, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, Finland        

1999            Studies in Art History, Department of Art History, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität, Munich, Germany                                                                                 

1998-1999     Studies in Art Conservation, EVTEK Institute of Art and Design, Vantaa, Finland

1998-1999     Studies in painting, art critics and theory, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland

1995               Graduation, Aronahde High School, Rauma, Finland

1994 EF language course, summer, Malta

PROFESSIONAL COURSES AND SEMINAR:

4.27.-5.1.2006           AAM (American Association of Museums) Annual meeting & MuseumExpo: “A Centennial of Ideas. Exploring Tomorrow’s Museums”, Boston, USA

10.20.-22.2005         AAM (American Association of Museums) professional education program: “Current Issues and Best Practices in Museum Management”, Denver, USA

10.20.-22.2005         AAM seminar: "Current Issues and Best Practices in Museum Management", Denver, U.S.A.

10.15.2004                Finnish Museums Association’s training: “Skeleton in the show case” at the Museum of Crime, Vantaa, Finland

9.17.2004                  Finnish Museums Association’s training: “Museum collections and storages” Karkkila, Finland

9.3.2004                     Museum training day: “Conservation of a home museum” at the J. L. Runeberg’s Museum, Porvoo, Finland

8.25.-26.2004            National Art Museum Symposium, Alajärvi, Finland

9.23.-24.2003            Finnish Museums Association’s training: “Mounting an exhibition”, Vantaa and Helsinki, Finland

9.19./10.16.-17.02    Finnish Museums Association’s training: “The European Quality Standards for Museums”, Helsinki

9.12.-13.2002            Finnish Museums Association’s training: “Exhibitions and the experience”, Helsinki, Finland

10.8.-9.2002              National Art Museum Symposium, Vaasa, Finland

10.17.-18.2002         Finnish Museums Association’s training: “The use of a digital camera”, Tampere, Finland

4.18.-19.2002            Finnish Museums Association’s training: “Reaching new audiences with new tools”, Helsinki, Finland

4.4.2003           Speaker at the University of Helsinki: “Career possibilities for art historians”, Finland 

3.20.-21.2002            Finnish Museums Association’s training: “Preventive conservation, art conservation and safety of art collections”, Vantaa, Finland

11.26.-27.2001         Finnish Museums Association’s training: “Museology”, Tampere

7.1.-6.2001      ICOM General Conference, Barcelona, Spain

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2000-2004     Curator, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

2000               Museum assistant, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

1998-1999     Visitor Services Associate / Gallery Officer / Guide / Exhibition Preparator, Designmuseum, Helsinki, Finland

1998-1999          Librarian / Visitor Services Associate, Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, Finland

1996-1997          Gallerist / framer, Gallery and Framery at Bulevard 17, Helsinki, Finland

OTHERS:

1998-2000           President of Eidos ry, Association of Art History students, University of Helsinki, Finland

1997-1998           Secretary of Eidos ry, Association of Art History students, University of Helsinki, Finland

1992-1995           Scout leader for disabled, Sinermo Ry, Rauma, Finland

1992-1995           Girl Scout leader, Karimo Ry and Sinermo Ry, Rauma, Finland

1986-1991            Scout, Karimo Ry, Rauma, Finland

LANGUAGE SKILLS:               

Finnish (Native), English (Fluent), Swedish (Moderate), German (Moderate), Italian (Basics)

COMPUTER SKILLS:                

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Outlook Express, Adobe: PageMaker, Photoshop, Acrobat, GoLive, Illustrator, Internet Explorer

PUBLICATIONS:                      

Editor, illustrator and publisher of a poem book “Sulksado aik”, by Eija Grönlund in Rauma dialect, Rauma, 2005, ISBN: 952-91-8877-3

”Gunnar Didrichsen - elämäntyönä yrittäjyys ja taide”, (Gunnar Didrichsen – Art and Entrepreneurship as a lives work), Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, 2003, ISBN: 951-97083-8-3

TRANSLATIONS:                      

“Rembrandt fecit, Grafiikkaa – Prints”, From English to Finnish, part, The Ashmolean, University of Oxford/ Retretti Art Centre, Helsinki, 2004, ISBN: 951-8977-32-1

“Liettuan kolorismi”, (Colorism in the History of Art in Lithuania), From English to Finnish, Maria Didrichsen, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, 2003, ISBN 951-97083-6-7

“Margrethe II” (The Queen of Denmark as an artist), From English to Finnish, together with Timo Hämäläinen, Maria Didrichsen, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, 2002, ISBN 951-97083-5-9

MEMBER

2006- The Art Institute of Chicago

2005- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA

2005 Individual Member of the American Association of Museums, AAM

2005 Individual Member of the International Council of Museums, ICOM

2005- ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

2004- PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

2000-2004   Institutional Member of the International Council of Museums, ICOM

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