"Toiveeni on rakentaa foorumit ja käytännöt, missä ihmiset voivat kokoontua ja huomata, että olemme tärkeitä ja inspiroimme toisiamme. Aion saavuttaa tämän minun taidetyön ja opetuksen kautta."
"My aim is to build platforms and practices where people can come together and create awareness that we are important and an inspiration for each other. I will achieve this through my art work and teaching."
"My aim is to build platforms and practices where people can come together and create awareness that we are important and an inspiration for each other. I will achieve this through my art work and teaching."
(Suomeksi alhaalla)
Originally from Taiwan and the USA, I have been based in Finland since 2011.
I received my Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, Georgia, USA in May 2002. After school, my focus in film and painting led me to the Czech Republic where I worked on film productions and art. Also, while in Prague I started writing for and collaborating with Umelec, a Czech art magazine. A new chapter in New York City found myself creating interactive products at the children’s toy company Scribble Mats and working as research assistant for Hannah Pakula while she was finishing her book The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China.
Originally from Taiwan and the USA, I have been based in Finland since 2011.
I received my Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, Georgia, USA in May 2002. After school, my focus in film and painting led me to the Czech Republic where I worked on film productions and art. Also, while in Prague I started writing for and collaborating with Umelec, a Czech art magazine. A new chapter in New York City found myself creating interactive products at the children’s toy company Scribble Mats and working as research assistant for Hannah Pakula while she was finishing her book The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China.
Here I am at the Ryijy: by the stream installation at Vanja Sea Gallery in Fiskars, Finland, 2018
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My immersion in various places and now Finland have given me insight to different cultures and languages, but what I have gained most is an appreciation of the art of non-verbal communication- something I can build and use in my art, teaching and business. In June 2011, I received a Masters degree in Semiotics at Tartu University in Estonia. Whilst a student I attended one semester at Aalto University School of Art and Design (TaiK) in the New Media and Game Design and Production department.
I combine my teaching, art, and semiotics background to create innovative public installations, useful products for people, and to discover new playful ways of communicating. Living in Northern Europe where my senses are constantly making meaning from an orchestra of foreign sounds and contextualizing new signs is a continuation of my dream to travel, discover and build for people. |
Arlene Tucker on taiteilija, moninaisuusagentti ja kasvattaja. Hänen kiinnostuksenaan on lisätä taiteensa kautta leikkisiä elementtejä jokapäiväiseen elämään. Semiotiikan opinnot, eläimet ja luonto inspiroivat häntä luomaan merkityksellisiä hetkiä jaetussa ympäristössämme. Hänen taideteoksensa luovat usein tiloja avoimelle keskustelulle ja yhdessäololle jättäen erilaisille tulkinnoille ja yllätyksille tilaa. Hänen tekstinsä “Translation is Dialogue: Language in Transit” on ollut osana julkaisua “Translating across Sensory and Linguistic Borders: Intersemiotic Journeys between Media (toimittanut: Campbell, Madeleine, Vidal, Ricarda, 2019)”. Tucker on perustanut projektin Translation is Dialogue (2010) ja on vuodesta 2017 asti tehnyt yhteistyötä Prison Outside -projektin kanssa.
Education & Training
Suomen Pakolaisapu/Finland’s Refugee Council
Vertaisohjaajakoulutus, 3.2021
Culture For All Service, Globe Art Point and the Center for Cultural Policy Research Cupore, Helsinki, Finland, 11.4-14.10.2019
Certified Diversity Agent
Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland, September 2015-2017
Subject Teacher Certification. Subject: Art
Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia, MA September 2009-2011
Master of Philosophy, Major: Semiotics.
Thesis: Meaningful play: Applying Zoosemiotics to game development
Aalto University School of Art & Design, Helsinki, Finland, New Media and Game Design and Production, January-May 2011
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA, BFA May 2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major: Video/Film, Minor: Painting
Vertaisohjaajakoulutus, 3.2021
Culture For All Service, Globe Art Point and the Center for Cultural Policy Research Cupore, Helsinki, Finland, 11.4-14.10.2019
Certified Diversity Agent
Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland, September 2015-2017
Subject Teacher Certification. Subject: Art
Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia, MA September 2009-2011
Master of Philosophy, Major: Semiotics.
Thesis: Meaningful play: Applying Zoosemiotics to game development
Aalto University School of Art & Design, Helsinki, Finland, New Media and Game Design and Production, January-May 2011
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA, BFA May 2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major: Video/Film, Minor: Painting
Exhibitions + Installations + Peformances
Mechanics of Conformity, Mänttä XXV kuvataideviikko. Summer 2021.
Solmu-sarja näyttely, Kääntöpaikka gallery, Helsinki, Finland. Collected artworks from Solmu sarja/Knot series since October 2019. March 1-30, 2020
Free Translation #2, Bokvillan Gallery, Helsinki, Finland. Collected artworks from Free Translation Sessions held since November 2018. 8.8-1.9.2019
Free Translation, MAA tila, Helsinki, Finland, collected artworks from people affected by incarceration. 15-29.11.2018
Mechanics of Conformity, Objekti Festival, Espoo, Finland, collective show about hair and identity as well as two communal conversation pieces. 14.6-31.8.2018
Story Data – Muistoja säästä, IHME Contemporary Art Festival, Helsinki, Finland. 26.5.2018
Ryijy: deepening knots, Vanja Sea Gallery, Fiskars, Finland. 18-29.4.2018
Mechanics of Conformity, Third Space, Helsinki, Finland, collective show about hair and identity, Third Space. 26-27.10.2017
Dear You: A Live Act, Helsinki, Finland. 3 day program at Ilmifestivaali, which included a school workshop, non-stop workshop, and interactive performance. Teatteri ILMI Ö. 13-14.10.2017
TID: Exploring Hypertext Pixelache Festival, Helsinki, Finland, sound mapping and mobile making in collaboration with Susanne Palzer, September 21-24, 2017
Ryijy: creating connections. Stoa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, Interactive installation created with Daniel Malpica. June 12-July 23, 2017
In Transit >< Käännöksessa. Bokvillan Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, March 1-31, 2017. Collection of visual art and text based on what ‘In Transit’ ‘Käännöksessa’ means
Salaista – piilotetun käännöstyöstä. Secrets – translating the hidden. With Emma Fält, Sotku Theatre, Kuopio, Finland. Performance on October 21-22, 2016, Workshops on October 17, 18, 19, 2016 at Sotku Theatre
Ryijy: Weaving Wishing. Maailma kylässä/World Village Festival in Helsinki, Finland. Interactive installation created with Daniel Malpica. May 28-29, 2016
Hear Here There - - - Tuolla Kuultua Tässä. Hirvitalo in Tampere, Finland. Part of Performanssifiesta. August 8, 2015
Hear Here - - - Kuule tässä. Sommelo Festival, Kuhmo, Finland and Haikola, Russia. With Emma Fält. July 1-6, 2015
TID: Ahjo at Play at Ah!Jo! Taidekeskus Ahjo. Part of schlupp drawing symposium group show. Interactive installation. May 28 to June16, 2015
Bending the Lake in Mooste, Estonia by Performance by Active Crossover: Mooste participants: John Grzinich, Evelyn Grzinich, Fernando Godoy M., Arlene Tucker, Tuulikki Bartosik and Simon Whetham with special guest Hannah James. Recorded by John Grzinich, May 28.2015
Another Measurement of Time. 15x15 cm ink drawing, Mail Art Project The Eagle Has Landed: Apollo 11-45 Years Later, curated by Wojciech Różyński. Galeria Działań in Warsaw, Poland. May 8-June 11, 2015
Edibility. Mixed Media. Part of Frozen Species group show. Oranssi Space in Helsinki, Finland. Co-created with Martina Miño. Sound and video installation commentary on what is food and how do we eat it. February 22, 2015
Let Me Feed You. Mixed Media. Co-created with Martina Miño. Part of Frozen Species group show. Helsinki Botanical Garden at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. Interactive installation for all animals to congregate and dine. February 24-March 24, 2015
Here Again. 3x4" colored pencil drawing. Postcard From the Edge A Benefit for Visual Aids group show. Luhring Augustine, 531 W. 24th Street, NYC. January 31-February 1, 2015
TID: Transposed Translations at Third Space Gallery, Helsinki, Finland. November 24-December 2, 2014. Installation of collected spacial maps from performance at In Dialogue in the UK
TID: Transforming through Translation 1:1 at In Dialogue International Symposium, Nottingham, UK. October 4, 2014. Digital performance of mapping space with Alejandra Pineda Silva in Colombia and Arlene Tucker in Finland
Play Parts of a Whole: an evolving space at MoKS Gallery, Mooste, Estonia. July 5-14, 2014. Collection of interactive artworks that spawn awareness of space, sound, and storytelling
Survival, Past, Living, Closed Ears (SPLC) at H-Studios, Berlin, Germany. Sound and video piece as part of NMN 100 Installation. March 10, 2014
Going Somewhere / Menossa Jonnekin at Kantti Gallery, Helsinki. Solo show of Tucker’s collage and paintings. November 2013
Maalauskoulu C at Aula Galleria, Helsinki. Group show of 2D works. October 29-November 17, 2013
Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation (ACSI), an innovation program co-organized by Aalto University and the New Club of Paris. ACSIbition on August 14, 2012, Design Factory, Otaniemi, Espoo
Translation is Dialogue Workshop & Installation: Tools to Translate at Esitystaiteen Keskus in Helsinki on July 8, 2012. Arlene Tucker & Sari Kivinen offered a series of dynamic exercises; movement, verbal, visual, performative, linguistic and semiotic, to help understand the process of interpretation
Translation is Dialogue: unKontained Translations at Kontaining, Lasipalatsinaukio, Helsinki, June 7, 2012. Created a 24hour public art installation and workshop space out of a shipping container. Kontaining is produced by Ptarmigan ry in association with the Arts Council of Uusimaa
Translation is Dialogue: NYC Makes it Translate at Freeform + Deform, workshop on July 29, opening on July 20, 2011. Held a one day workshop then installed show of interpretations made based on previous translations
Translation is Dialogue: Helsinki in Transition at SHuSH Helsinki, Tarmonkuja 2 Länsisatama, June 12, 2011. Created a space for live translations to be realized using drawing, dancers, and interactive software. The show was in collaboration with SHuSH art collective and Ptarmigan ry
Air Play sound installation on busy street. Galleria Espoonsilta, Espoo, Finland, April 18-29, 2011
Air Play sound installation in children’s playroom. Helsinki Public Library, Espoo, Finland, April 18-20, 2011
Symbo Limbo collection of interactive symbiotic play things. Applied Semiotics group show, Y-Galerii, Tartu, Estonia, April 12-May 8, 2011.
Translation is Dialogue installation of mixed, multimedia artworks and live performance pieces. Culture in Mediation: Total Translation, Complementary Perspectives will be held at the University of Tartu in Estonia on November 26-27, 2010
Tea Me, screen print, 3x5", Postcards from the Edge group show, Brent Sikkema, 530 W 22nd St, New York, NY, December 4-5, 2004
“Little Chair” and “Red Chair” acrylic paintings. Small Works Shows, Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, 2002
Solmu-sarja näyttely, Kääntöpaikka gallery, Helsinki, Finland. Collected artworks from Solmu sarja/Knot series since October 2019. March 1-30, 2020
Free Translation #2, Bokvillan Gallery, Helsinki, Finland. Collected artworks from Free Translation Sessions held since November 2018. 8.8-1.9.2019
Free Translation, MAA tila, Helsinki, Finland, collected artworks from people affected by incarceration. 15-29.11.2018
Mechanics of Conformity, Objekti Festival, Espoo, Finland, collective show about hair and identity as well as two communal conversation pieces. 14.6-31.8.2018
Story Data – Muistoja säästä, IHME Contemporary Art Festival, Helsinki, Finland. 26.5.2018
Ryijy: deepening knots, Vanja Sea Gallery, Fiskars, Finland. 18-29.4.2018
Mechanics of Conformity, Third Space, Helsinki, Finland, collective show about hair and identity, Third Space. 26-27.10.2017
Dear You: A Live Act, Helsinki, Finland. 3 day program at Ilmifestivaali, which included a school workshop, non-stop workshop, and interactive performance. Teatteri ILMI Ö. 13-14.10.2017
TID: Exploring Hypertext Pixelache Festival, Helsinki, Finland, sound mapping and mobile making in collaboration with Susanne Palzer, September 21-24, 2017
Ryijy: creating connections. Stoa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, Interactive installation created with Daniel Malpica. June 12-July 23, 2017
In Transit >< Käännöksessa. Bokvillan Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, March 1-31, 2017. Collection of visual art and text based on what ‘In Transit’ ‘Käännöksessa’ means
Salaista – piilotetun käännöstyöstä. Secrets – translating the hidden. With Emma Fält, Sotku Theatre, Kuopio, Finland. Performance on October 21-22, 2016, Workshops on October 17, 18, 19, 2016 at Sotku Theatre
Ryijy: Weaving Wishing. Maailma kylässä/World Village Festival in Helsinki, Finland. Interactive installation created with Daniel Malpica. May 28-29, 2016
Hear Here There - - - Tuolla Kuultua Tässä. Hirvitalo in Tampere, Finland. Part of Performanssifiesta. August 8, 2015
Hear Here - - - Kuule tässä. Sommelo Festival, Kuhmo, Finland and Haikola, Russia. With Emma Fält. July 1-6, 2015
TID: Ahjo at Play at Ah!Jo! Taidekeskus Ahjo. Part of schlupp drawing symposium group show. Interactive installation. May 28 to June16, 2015
Bending the Lake in Mooste, Estonia by Performance by Active Crossover: Mooste participants: John Grzinich, Evelyn Grzinich, Fernando Godoy M., Arlene Tucker, Tuulikki Bartosik and Simon Whetham with special guest Hannah James. Recorded by John Grzinich, May 28.2015
Another Measurement of Time. 15x15 cm ink drawing, Mail Art Project The Eagle Has Landed: Apollo 11-45 Years Later, curated by Wojciech Różyński. Galeria Działań in Warsaw, Poland. May 8-June 11, 2015
Edibility. Mixed Media. Part of Frozen Species group show. Oranssi Space in Helsinki, Finland. Co-created with Martina Miño. Sound and video installation commentary on what is food and how do we eat it. February 22, 2015
Let Me Feed You. Mixed Media. Co-created with Martina Miño. Part of Frozen Species group show. Helsinki Botanical Garden at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. Interactive installation for all animals to congregate and dine. February 24-March 24, 2015
Here Again. 3x4" colored pencil drawing. Postcard From the Edge A Benefit for Visual Aids group show. Luhring Augustine, 531 W. 24th Street, NYC. January 31-February 1, 2015
TID: Transposed Translations at Third Space Gallery, Helsinki, Finland. November 24-December 2, 2014. Installation of collected spacial maps from performance at In Dialogue in the UK
TID: Transforming through Translation 1:1 at In Dialogue International Symposium, Nottingham, UK. October 4, 2014. Digital performance of mapping space with Alejandra Pineda Silva in Colombia and Arlene Tucker in Finland
Play Parts of a Whole: an evolving space at MoKS Gallery, Mooste, Estonia. July 5-14, 2014. Collection of interactive artworks that spawn awareness of space, sound, and storytelling
Survival, Past, Living, Closed Ears (SPLC) at H-Studios, Berlin, Germany. Sound and video piece as part of NMN 100 Installation. March 10, 2014
Going Somewhere / Menossa Jonnekin at Kantti Gallery, Helsinki. Solo show of Tucker’s collage and paintings. November 2013
Maalauskoulu C at Aula Galleria, Helsinki. Group show of 2D works. October 29-November 17, 2013
Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation (ACSI), an innovation program co-organized by Aalto University and the New Club of Paris. ACSIbition on August 14, 2012, Design Factory, Otaniemi, Espoo
Translation is Dialogue Workshop & Installation: Tools to Translate at Esitystaiteen Keskus in Helsinki on July 8, 2012. Arlene Tucker & Sari Kivinen offered a series of dynamic exercises; movement, verbal, visual, performative, linguistic and semiotic, to help understand the process of interpretation
Translation is Dialogue: unKontained Translations at Kontaining, Lasipalatsinaukio, Helsinki, June 7, 2012. Created a 24hour public art installation and workshop space out of a shipping container. Kontaining is produced by Ptarmigan ry in association with the Arts Council of Uusimaa
Translation is Dialogue: NYC Makes it Translate at Freeform + Deform, workshop on July 29, opening on July 20, 2011. Held a one day workshop then installed show of interpretations made based on previous translations
Translation is Dialogue: Helsinki in Transition at SHuSH Helsinki, Tarmonkuja 2 Länsisatama, June 12, 2011. Created a space for live translations to be realized using drawing, dancers, and interactive software. The show was in collaboration with SHuSH art collective and Ptarmigan ry
Air Play sound installation on busy street. Galleria Espoonsilta, Espoo, Finland, April 18-29, 2011
Air Play sound installation in children’s playroom. Helsinki Public Library, Espoo, Finland, April 18-20, 2011
Symbo Limbo collection of interactive symbiotic play things. Applied Semiotics group show, Y-Galerii, Tartu, Estonia, April 12-May 8, 2011.
Translation is Dialogue installation of mixed, multimedia artworks and live performance pieces. Culture in Mediation: Total Translation, Complementary Perspectives will be held at the University of Tartu in Estonia on November 26-27, 2010
Tea Me, screen print, 3x5", Postcards from the Edge group show, Brent Sikkema, 530 W 22nd St, New York, NY, December 4-5, 2004
“Little Chair” and “Red Chair” acrylic paintings. Small Works Shows, Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, 2002
Art Educator
Translation is Dialogue & Prison Outside, conducted workshops for psychologists, social workers, and educators on how to implement process-based art and translation methods into their classroom and work environment with teenagers having social problems. 15-18.10.2018
Hair Art workshop for children 10-14 years old. In collaboration with Edwina Goldstone and Objekti Festival at Trapesa. 11-13.6.2018
In Transit >< Käännöksessä, an interdisciplinary art course for 10- 14 year olds at Stoa, Helsinki, 5-8.6
TID: ins and outs at Juri Lotman and the Semiotics of Culture Summer School, translation + visual arts workshops for semioticians. Tartu, Estonia. 9.7.2017
Ole Hyvä Projekti, Helsinki, Finland. Guide a group of selected 16 year olds to create art for Kontula metro station. 5-30.6.2017
Storyboard and Soundtrack workshop / Kuvakäsikirjoitus- ja äänitystyöpaja, as part of Espoo Cine’s Family Day programme. In colaboration with The Tapiola Sinfonietta. Tapiola Cultural Centre, Espoo, Finland. 6.5.2017.
Ryijy: creating connections. Stoa, Helsinki, Finland, 3 day workshop exploring communication processes and installation building for children aged 11-14. 7-9.6.2017
In Transit >< Käännöksessa, Helsinki, Finland. Art workshops at Annantalo, Bokvillan and Kääntöpaikka on using translation techniques in art 5, 19, 23, 26.3.2017
Espoon kuvataidekoulu, Espoo, Finland, Visual arts class for boys group, ages 6-7 years old, 3.8.2016-21.11.2016
A thousand thanks/Tuhannet kiitokset, Visual + Word workshop at Vuotalo, Helsinki, Finland, 19.3.2016
Sun Yat Sen Primary School, Taipei, Taiwan, Designed and taught Masters of Play new media art workshop for 6 year olds, 27-31.7.2015
Annantalo, Helsinki, Finland, Art Teacher Assistant, Special Programs Assistant, and Office Assistant, 2.3-28.4.2015
Your turn! Sinun vuorosi! Board game designing workshop at Annantalo, 9.21.2015
Taidekoulu Maa / Art School Maa, Suomenlinna, Finland 5.1-11.2.2015
Course designer and lecturer for course titled Installing Translations. This practical and theoretical course combines concepts within translation studies, drawing, and participatory arts. Co-taught with Emma Fält to second-year students.
Hair Art workshop for children 10-14 years old. In collaboration with Edwina Goldstone and Objekti Festival at Trapesa. 11-13.6.2018
In Transit >< Käännöksessä, an interdisciplinary art course for 10- 14 year olds at Stoa, Helsinki, 5-8.6
TID: ins and outs at Juri Lotman and the Semiotics of Culture Summer School, translation + visual arts workshops for semioticians. Tartu, Estonia. 9.7.2017
Ole Hyvä Projekti, Helsinki, Finland. Guide a group of selected 16 year olds to create art for Kontula metro station. 5-30.6.2017
Storyboard and Soundtrack workshop / Kuvakäsikirjoitus- ja äänitystyöpaja, as part of Espoo Cine’s Family Day programme. In colaboration with The Tapiola Sinfonietta. Tapiola Cultural Centre, Espoo, Finland. 6.5.2017.
Ryijy: creating connections. Stoa, Helsinki, Finland, 3 day workshop exploring communication processes and installation building for children aged 11-14. 7-9.6.2017
In Transit >< Käännöksessa, Helsinki, Finland. Art workshops at Annantalo, Bokvillan and Kääntöpaikka on using translation techniques in art 5, 19, 23, 26.3.2017
Espoon kuvataidekoulu, Espoo, Finland, Visual arts class for boys group, ages 6-7 years old, 3.8.2016-21.11.2016
A thousand thanks/Tuhannet kiitokset, Visual + Word workshop at Vuotalo, Helsinki, Finland, 19.3.2016
Sun Yat Sen Primary School, Taipei, Taiwan, Designed and taught Masters of Play new media art workshop for 6 year olds, 27-31.7.2015
Annantalo, Helsinki, Finland, Art Teacher Assistant, Special Programs Assistant, and Office Assistant, 2.3-28.4.2015
Your turn! Sinun vuorosi! Board game designing workshop at Annantalo, 9.21.2015
Taidekoulu Maa / Art School Maa, Suomenlinna, Finland 5.1-11.2.2015
Course designer and lecturer for course titled Installing Translations. This practical and theoretical course combines concepts within translation studies, drawing, and participatory arts. Co-taught with Emma Fält to second-year students.
Author & Curator of Group Projects
Prison Outside #2, PUBLICS, Taidekoulu MAA, Harjun Nuorisotalo, three day conference about arts practice in prisons. 21-23.11.2018
Free Translation, MAA-tila, curated international exhibition of artworks from people affected by incarceration. 15-29.11.2018
Mechanics of Conformity, collective consisting of four multidisciplinary artists investigating identity and gender through hair. This is done through individual works and communal practices. 2017-present
Story Data – Muistoja säästä is a collaboration with climate change researcher Stephanie Mazon. In this project, science and art come together as as a community, we explore what has been happening in the environment through sharing stories.
Let it Out is a joint effort between Anastasia Artemeva, Sonny Nyman, and Arlene Tucker. Let It Out is a project that connects young people affected by imprisonment in Russia and in Finland. Let it Out is the current sub-project of Prison Space, which was started in 2016 by Artemeva. https://prisonspace.org/
Ryijy: weaving wishes is a site-specific art installation that explores the boundaries between collectivity and individuality through traditional Finnish weaving techniques. 2016 – present. http://ryijy.weebly.com/
Dear You art project connects international schools and children from around the world aged 4-15 years old by making and sharing art with each other. August 2013 – present. www.dearyouartproject.com
Translation is Dialogue (TID) is an installation of mixed, multimedia artworks, workshops, and live dance performance. November 2010 – present. www.translationisdialogue.org
Free Translation, MAA-tila, curated international exhibition of artworks from people affected by incarceration. 15-29.11.2018
Mechanics of Conformity, collective consisting of four multidisciplinary artists investigating identity and gender through hair. This is done through individual works and communal practices. 2017-present
Story Data – Muistoja säästä is a collaboration with climate change researcher Stephanie Mazon. In this project, science and art come together as as a community, we explore what has been happening in the environment through sharing stories.
Let it Out is a joint effort between Anastasia Artemeva, Sonny Nyman, and Arlene Tucker. Let It Out is a project that connects young people affected by imprisonment in Russia and in Finland. Let it Out is the current sub-project of Prison Space, which was started in 2016 by Artemeva. https://prisonspace.org/
Ryijy: weaving wishes is a site-specific art installation that explores the boundaries between collectivity and individuality through traditional Finnish weaving techniques. 2016 – present. http://ryijy.weebly.com/
Dear You art project connects international schools and children from around the world aged 4-15 years old by making and sharing art with each other. August 2013 – present. www.dearyouartproject.com
Translation is Dialogue (TID) is an installation of mixed, multimedia artworks, workshops, and live dance performance. November 2010 – present. www.translationisdialogue.org
Publications
Kollerová, Alex and Tucker, A. 2023. #StopHatredNow Guidelines & Info Checklist
Artemeva, Anastasia and Tucker, A: Dear You: Shared Spheres in Creative Spaces, Abstract, SPECIAL ISSUE InSEA Congress 2018: Scientific and Social Interventions in Art Education
Artemeva, Anastasia and Tucker, A. 2019. “Process as the medium for socially engaged art.” In: IMAG#7, ed. Ângela Saldanha, Bernadette Thomas and Teresa Torres de Eça. InSEA: International Society for Education through Art, pp. 4-10.
“Translation is Dialogue: Language in Transit” in Translating across Sensory and Linguistic Borders: Intersemiotic Journeys between Media. Editors Vidal, Ricarda; Campbell, Madeleine. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
”Hypnomatic” sound piece by Arlene Tucker and Guy Dowsett. Released on Cronica Records on October 31, 2016. This is the tenth release in the series Corollaries, that compiles works resulting from Active Crossover: Mooste, a cross-cultural collaborative residency curated by Simon Whetham and hosted by MoKS, in April and May 2015. https://www.cronicaelectronica.org/releases/120
"This is Not a Mistake" in Sõbralik semiootika. Semiosalongi tekste aastast 2011-2014. Editors Piret Karro, Kristin Orav. Tartu, Tallinn: Semiosalong.
"Benches" review of PARK: Toivo Raidmets & Jaanika Peerna : Exhibition/Live Performance. Tallinn, Estonia, 2013. http://jaanikapeerna.blogspot.com/2013/02/park-toivo-raidmets-jaanika-peerna.html
“The Main Players” Research Through Gaming Blog, 2013
“A metaphor is a metaphor” Hortus Semioticus, 2010. http://www.ut.ee/hortussemioticus/6_2010/tucker.html
“Sunday Morning” co-wrote with Sarah Lippek, Umělec, 3/2007
“Twin Bed for Two” Umělec, 3/2004
“Gods are Back Again” Umělec, 2/2004
Artemeva, Anastasia and Tucker, A: Dear You: Shared Spheres in Creative Spaces, Abstract, SPECIAL ISSUE InSEA Congress 2018: Scientific and Social Interventions in Art Education
Artemeva, Anastasia and Tucker, A. 2019. “Process as the medium for socially engaged art.” In: IMAG#7, ed. Ângela Saldanha, Bernadette Thomas and Teresa Torres de Eça. InSEA: International Society for Education through Art, pp. 4-10.
“Translation is Dialogue: Language in Transit” in Translating across Sensory and Linguistic Borders: Intersemiotic Journeys between Media. Editors Vidal, Ricarda; Campbell, Madeleine. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
”Hypnomatic” sound piece by Arlene Tucker and Guy Dowsett. Released on Cronica Records on October 31, 2016. This is the tenth release in the series Corollaries, that compiles works resulting from Active Crossover: Mooste, a cross-cultural collaborative residency curated by Simon Whetham and hosted by MoKS, in April and May 2015. https://www.cronicaelectronica.org/releases/120
"This is Not a Mistake" in Sõbralik semiootika. Semiosalongi tekste aastast 2011-2014. Editors Piret Karro, Kristin Orav. Tartu, Tallinn: Semiosalong.
"Benches" review of PARK: Toivo Raidmets & Jaanika Peerna : Exhibition/Live Performance. Tallinn, Estonia, 2013. http://jaanikapeerna.blogspot.com/2013/02/park-toivo-raidmets-jaanika-peerna.html
“The Main Players” Research Through Gaming Blog, 2013
“A metaphor is a metaphor” Hortus Semioticus, 2010. http://www.ut.ee/hortussemioticus/6_2010/tucker.html
“Sunday Morning” co-wrote with Sarah Lippek, Umělec, 3/2007
“Twin Bed for Two” Umělec, 3/2004
“Gods are Back Again” Umělec, 2/2004
Moderator, Presentations and Artist Talks
"Being Included" Artist Talk at Lapinlahden Lähde, Helsinki, Finland. 26.9.2023
“Solmu Sarja” project presentation at Ecofeminism and Education 2020 conference. Tampere University, Finland. 21.–22.11.2020
“Mail Art + Pen Friends = Dear You Art Project” presentation/workshop at Valencia Design Education Forum 2020 via Zoom. The theme of this year’s forum is Analogue+Digital, 5.11.2020
Kolibri Festivaali, Moderator for panel discussion ‘Children’s Culture & Diversity: Pushing Limits’ on 23.9.2020, Caiso talo
Knots at Nordic Summer School 2020 as part of Artistic Research | Performing Heterotopia. July 27, 2020.
“Free Translation” at 16th ETMU Conference 2019 on SOLIDARITY, PARTICIPATION, AND POLITICS! Tampere University, Tampere, Finland, November 14-15, 2019.
Artist Presentation at Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) in Bogota, Colombia on October 28, 2019.
CulturaFest2019, Moderator for panel discussion ‘Art and Immigration: Looking for Identity public talk is the existence of an artist and an artwork outside of their familiar cultural and lingual context,’ Musikkitalo
“Puhutaan hiuksista! Let's talk about hair!” MOC, Silvana Bahia, and Caroline Suinner presented works and opened dialogue about identity through hair. Vuotalo, March 2, 2019.
“Translation is Dialogue + Prison Outside” project presentation with Anastasia Artemeva at Helsinki Art Museum with Taidekoulu MAA. Helsinki, Finland on September 13, 2018.
“Dear You: shared spheres in creative spaces” project presentation at the European regional InSEA 2018 Congress in Espoo, Finland from 18-21 June 2018
Artist Meeting at Antique Café in Fiskars, Finland on April 13, 2018
Artist Talk at Nordic Art School in Kokkola, Finland on March 28, 2018
“How art exchange can open dialogue between different groups of people” The Moscow State Pedagogical University hosted a round table devoted to new challenges in the sphere of deviant behavior of minors. Skype presentation on March 20, 2018
Artist Talk at Arcada University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland on September 2017
“Dear You: communicating through artwork exchange” InDialogue international symposium, Nottingham, UK, November 30-December 2, 2016. Presentation and workshop at New Art Exchange
“This is not this is a mistake” Semiosalong paper and workshop presentation at Von Krahl in Tallinn, Estonia, March 21, 2014
"Translation is Dialogue: Making the Thought Process" Tartu Semiotics Summer School 2013 - Autocommunication in Semiotic Systems, Kääriku, Estonia, August 18-23, 2013. http://www.ut.ee/SOSE/conference/summer_school/index.html
“This is fun: a basis for the criteria and categorization of play” Zoosemiotics and Animal Representations International Conference, Tartu, Estonia, April 4-8, 2011 http://www.ut.ee/SOSE/conference/2011_zoosemiotics/index.html
“Translation is Dialogue” Art in Translation, International conference on language and the arts, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 27-29, 2010 http://conference.inotherwords.is/art_in_translation.html
“Solmu Sarja” project presentation at Ecofeminism and Education 2020 conference. Tampere University, Finland. 21.–22.11.2020
“Mail Art + Pen Friends = Dear You Art Project” presentation/workshop at Valencia Design Education Forum 2020 via Zoom. The theme of this year’s forum is Analogue+Digital, 5.11.2020
Kolibri Festivaali, Moderator for panel discussion ‘Children’s Culture & Diversity: Pushing Limits’ on 23.9.2020, Caiso talo
Knots at Nordic Summer School 2020 as part of Artistic Research | Performing Heterotopia. July 27, 2020.
“Free Translation” at 16th ETMU Conference 2019 on SOLIDARITY, PARTICIPATION, AND POLITICS! Tampere University, Tampere, Finland, November 14-15, 2019.
Artist Presentation at Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) in Bogota, Colombia on October 28, 2019.
CulturaFest2019, Moderator for panel discussion ‘Art and Immigration: Looking for Identity public talk is the existence of an artist and an artwork outside of their familiar cultural and lingual context,’ Musikkitalo
“Puhutaan hiuksista! Let's talk about hair!” MOC, Silvana Bahia, and Caroline Suinner presented works and opened dialogue about identity through hair. Vuotalo, March 2, 2019.
“Translation is Dialogue + Prison Outside” project presentation with Anastasia Artemeva at Helsinki Art Museum with Taidekoulu MAA. Helsinki, Finland on September 13, 2018.
“Dear You: shared spheres in creative spaces” project presentation at the European regional InSEA 2018 Congress in Espoo, Finland from 18-21 June 2018
Artist Meeting at Antique Café in Fiskars, Finland on April 13, 2018
Artist Talk at Nordic Art School in Kokkola, Finland on March 28, 2018
“How art exchange can open dialogue between different groups of people” The Moscow State Pedagogical University hosted a round table devoted to new challenges in the sphere of deviant behavior of minors. Skype presentation on March 20, 2018
Artist Talk at Arcada University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland on September 2017
“Dear You: communicating through artwork exchange” InDialogue international symposium, Nottingham, UK, November 30-December 2, 2016. Presentation and workshop at New Art Exchange
“This is not this is a mistake” Semiosalong paper and workshop presentation at Von Krahl in Tallinn, Estonia, March 21, 2014
"Translation is Dialogue: Making the Thought Process" Tartu Semiotics Summer School 2013 - Autocommunication in Semiotic Systems, Kääriku, Estonia, August 18-23, 2013. http://www.ut.ee/SOSE/conference/summer_school/index.html
“This is fun: a basis for the criteria and categorization of play” Zoosemiotics and Animal Representations International Conference, Tartu, Estonia, April 4-8, 2011 http://www.ut.ee/SOSE/conference/2011_zoosemiotics/index.html
“Translation is Dialogue” Art in Translation, International conference on language and the arts, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 27-29, 2010 http://conference.inotherwords.is/art_in_translation.html
Art residencies
Saari Residency. Memory as Medium group residency with Georgie Goater, Gesa Piper, and Camila da Rosa Ribeiro. Mynämäki, Finland. 20.6-2.7.2023
Skaftfell Art Center. Dear You with local schools, Translation is Dialogue, preparing for Knots exhibition. Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. September 2021- March 2022
Trojan Horse Summer School 2020: Film Making as Spatial Speculation with Payal Kapadia and nicole killian. Bengtsår island, Finland.
TUO TUO Kulttuuri Tila, Joutsa, Finland. Solo residency. 18-29.6.2020
Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Solo residency to develop Dear You: bridging Colombia and Finland. 15-30.11.2019
Fiskars AiR, Fiskars, Finland. Solo residency to further develop Ryijy: weaving wishes. 1-30.4.2018
Drake Arts Centre, Kokkola, Finland. Solo residency to further develop Let it Out. 11-31.3.2018
Stoa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland. Co-curated group residency for artists to interact with and within the Ryijy: creating connections installation. 6-7.2017
MoKS, Mooste, Estonia. Group residency with Active Crossover, curated by Simon Whetham. 18-31.5.2015
MoKS, Mooste, Estonia. Solo residency. 14.6.-15.7.2014
Skaftfell Art Center. Dear You with local schools, Translation is Dialogue, preparing for Knots exhibition. Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. September 2021- March 2022
Trojan Horse Summer School 2020: Film Making as Spatial Speculation with Payal Kapadia and nicole killian. Bengtsår island, Finland.
TUO TUO Kulttuuri Tila, Joutsa, Finland. Solo residency. 18-29.6.2020
Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Solo residency to develop Dear You: bridging Colombia and Finland. 15-30.11.2019
Fiskars AiR, Fiskars, Finland. Solo residency to further develop Ryijy: weaving wishes. 1-30.4.2018
Drake Arts Centre, Kokkola, Finland. Solo residency to further develop Let it Out. 11-31.3.2018
Stoa Gallery, Helsinki, Finland. Co-curated group residency for artists to interact with and within the Ryijy: creating connections installation. 6-7.2017
MoKS, Mooste, Estonia. Group residency with Active Crossover, curated by Simon Whetham. 18-31.5.2015
MoKS, Mooste, Estonia. Solo residency. 14.6.-15.7.2014
Awards
2023, Nordic Culture Point, Mobility grant to go to Iceland to perform Making Our Dream Worlds
2021, Nordic Culture Point, 2 month residency at Skaftfell Art Center
2020, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, Working Group for Mechanics of Conformity
2020, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Free Translation
2019, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Mechanics of Conformity
2018, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Mechanics of Conformity at Objekti Festival
2017, Kone Säätiö, Working Group for Let it Out (Prison Outside & Translation is Dialogue)
2017, Museum of Impossible Forms, Working Group for Dear You Art Project
2017, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Mechanics of Conformity
2016, Kone Säätiö through Catalysti, Exhibition at World Village Festival
2016, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group Travel Grant for Dear You Art Project
2016, Itäinen tanssin aluekeskus, Working Group for Secrets – translating the hidden
2015, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Group Exhibition at Ahjo Art Center
2014, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Dear You Art Project
2014, Nordic Institute of Greenland (NAPA), Working Group for Dear You Art Project
2021, Nordic Culture Point, 2 month residency at Skaftfell Art Center
2020, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, Working Group for Mechanics of Conformity
2020, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Free Translation
2019, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Mechanics of Conformity
2018, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Mechanics of Conformity at Objekti Festival
2017, Kone Säätiö, Working Group for Let it Out (Prison Outside & Translation is Dialogue)
2017, Museum of Impossible Forms, Working Group for Dear You Art Project
2017, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Mechanics of Conformity
2016, Kone Säätiö through Catalysti, Exhibition at World Village Festival
2016, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group Travel Grant for Dear You Art Project
2016, Itäinen tanssin aluekeskus, Working Group for Secrets – translating the hidden
2015, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Group Exhibition at Ahjo Art Center
2014, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Working Group for Dear You Art Project
2014, Nordic Institute of Greenland (NAPA), Working Group for Dear You Art Project
