ABOUT

I am a cross-disciplinary designer and artist with an interest in a sense of belonging, from an individual level to communities and living environments. 

I prefer to work from bottom-up as participating people involved, using inner strengths and local resources while deepening the roots - especially in different communities and environments. In every project I think my position more like a learner than a teacher where I serve with my own competencies. I cooperate, facilitate, regenerate, design, create and come up with solutions.

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My approach is holistic and every project is customized based on its purpose and need - from small-scale interventions to larger projects. 

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CONTACT

CURRENT POSITION

mantsinen.anu@gmail.com 
+358 40 415 0453

Rovaniemi, Finland

Student at University of Lapland, 

Master's Degree in Arctic Art And Design, 
Concentration on Community and Environment Centred Art and Design

EDUCATION

7/2019

Summer School: Biourbanism Summer School 2019, Designing A Home Of Language / International Society Of Biourbanism (Artena, Italy)​

5/2015

Bachelor of Design, Interior Architecture and Furniture Design / Kuopio Academy Of Design, (Savonia University Of Applied Sciences)

8/2014 - 12/2014

Exhange Period: Design and Business; Sustainable Communication / KEA Copenhagen School Of Design And Technology (Copenhagen, Denmark)

7/2014

Summer School: Doing Business in Russia / Saint Petersburg University Of Economics (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

2010

Undergraduate,

Lapinlahti Senior High School In Visual Arts

WORK EXPERIENCE

10/2017 - 6/2019

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Part-time Designer and Artist /

Sisustussuunnittelu Tiina Ruotsi Ky, 
Kuopio, Finland

5/2015 - 6/2015

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Intern: Interior Architect /

ARK Oy (Arkkitehtuuritoimista Riitta Korhonen Oy),

Kuopio Finland

OTHER HONOURS 
AND ACTIVITIES

2017 -

An active member of  the development group Kokemuskuulijat 

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2016 

A part in community art exhibition / Looking back - around - forward (main artist: Ásthildur Jónsdóttir) / Valo Gallery, Arktikum, Rovaniemi

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2014 

Public Art, Graffiti / Henry's Pub, Kuopio

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2010 

Community-based wallpainting / Pubi Tuuri, Lapinlahti (Anu Mantsinen, Hinni Huttunen, Lotta Räsänen, Pauliina Haimivaara)

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2009 

Art Exhibition, Visual Arts / Debyytti in Aniara Gallery, Lapinlahti