Verna Tähtinen (b. 1994) is a visual artist dealing with interspecific issues. In her figurative drawings and sculptures, Tähtinen seeks to understand not only the physics of non-humans, but also their cognitive, social and cultural characteristics by mirroring them with the experience of being a human.
2024 Master of Arts, Art Education (Major), Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2023-2024 Arts & Science MA (Exchange Programme), University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
2022 Bachelor in Arts, Art Education (Major), Sculpting (Minor), Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2017-2018 Academic Drawing and Painting, Repin Institute, Kotka, Finland
2015-2016 Graphic Design, HEO Adult Education College, Helsinki, Finland
2002-2014 Art-Based Extracurricular Activity, Turku School of Visual Arts, Turku, Finland
2013 Certificate of Matriculation, (Ylioppilastutkinto), Juhana Herttua High School, Turku, Finland
2023 Grant, Foundation of Culture and Science Kemi 2000
2022 Scholarship, Aalto University, Department of Art and Media
2021 Grant (group), Turku 2029 Foundation
2025 (Upcoming) Malm & Tähtinen : Valeasuja (group)
2024 Refractive Perspectives : 3*10^8 m/s (group), Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL), Vienna, Austria
2023 COSMIC HARVEST : BATCH Ʒ, Galleria Jänis, Turku, Finland
2021-2023 Research Assistant, Transdisciplinary Art Studies (TAITE) / Department of Art and Media (DAM), Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Art Educator (Intern), Turku UAS: Arts Academy, Turku, Finland
2021 Artist / Art Educator, Mural Workshop for the Residents of Pansio Detention Centre (RedNet), Turku, Finland
2021 Art Educator (For Children and Teens), Turku School of Visual Arts, Turku, Finland
2019- Art Educator (Substitute), Secondary Schools of Helsinki, Finland
2018 Art Educator (For Children), Repin Institute, Kotka, Finland
