
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.
My approach is holistic and every project is customized based on its purpose and need - from small-scale interventions to larger projects.
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
Part-time Designer and Artist /
Sisustussuunnittelu Tiina Ruotsi Ky,
Kuopio, Finland
5/2015 - 6/2015
Intern: Interior Architect /
ARK Oy (Arkkitehtuuritoimista Riitta Korhonen Oy),
Kuopio Finland
OTHER HONOURS
AND ACTIVITIES
2017 -
An active member of the development group Kokemuskuulijat
2016
A part in community art exhibition / Looking back - around - forward (main artist: Ásthildur Jónsdóttir) / Valo Gallery, Arktikum, Rovaniemi
2014
Public Art, Graffiti / Henry's Pub, Kuopio
2010
Community-based wallpainting / Pubi Tuuri, Lapinlahti (Anu Mantsinen, Hinni Huttunen, Lotta Räsänen, Pauliina Haimivaara)
2009
Art Exhibition, Visual Arts / Debyytti in Aniara Gallery, Lapinlahti