ABOUT ME

My name is Kimmo, I'm a Finn, and I recently sold all my earthly possessions and moved to the Netherlands. My greatest ambitions are photography, origins of words, all sorts of gadgets and DIY stuff. Otherwise, I consider myself as healthy as they come.

I'm very spontaneous in what I do. I usually just grab my camera bag and head out to see what happens. I like to reflect everything that is unconventional and experimental in the things I do. My main audience at the moment is in the wonderful art community of deviantART.com which is a site I use to gain more experience, inspiration and constructive criticism. You'll also find my journal/blog there.

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E-mail

Kimmo Virtanen
Finnish
The Netherlands
Bachelor of Art & Culture
November 1 1985
BC
x.virtanen[ät]gmail.com

EDUCATION

2012 →

2007 — 2011

2011

2005 — 2006
2001 — 2004

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague,
BA of Photography
Oulu UAS, Degree Programme of
Visual Communication, Finland
Exchange student at Fontys University of Arts
— Art, Communication & Design in Tilburg, NL Oulu Pop & Jazz Conservatory
Madetoja Music Highschool

COURSES & WORKSHOPS

04 / 2012
11 / 2011

2009
2007 — 2009

Studio Airport: Behance Portfolio Reviews
François Chastanet: Lettering in public space
(Utrecht, NL)
Basics in Taijutsu
Basic Japanese courses at Oulu-Opisto

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007 — now
2010

2009 — 2010

3 / 2009
2005 — 2011

Freelance graphic designer & photographer
Full-time mobile UI & web designer at
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Photographing & cataloguing of
Oulu UAS art collection
Photographing of the Oulu UAS facilities
Freelance musician, gave piano lessons

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite
— Emphasis on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Flash
xHTML & CSS
JavaScript & jQuery
PHP

I'm a quick learner and comfortable working in Windows, Mac OSX and Linux environments.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Finnish
English
Swedish
German
Dutch
Japanese
Latin
Sceistian

Mother tongue
Fluent
Reasonable control
Very basic undertanding
Picking up little by little
Understanding of grammar and writing
Introductory course
The creator of this language

I'm extremely interested in etymology and languages.

HOBBIES

Gym sports, medium format film photography, playing the piano, doing all sorts of random DIY stuff & following the latest gadget and tech news.

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

07 / 2012

01 / 2012

01 / 2012
12 / 2011


10 / 2011


10 / 2008
05 / 2008
08 / 2007

1MPRESSIONS: Photo exhibition in Oulu,
Finland (UBI Street Gallery)
Bachelor's thesis nominated for the
Finnish Bachelor's Thesis Competition
Published Sceistian Grammar and Reference
Published Bachelor's Thesis: Taming
Creativity — A Research on One's
Own Artistic Process
'Paws' picked for Urban Graphic
Studio's '1000 Words' greeting card
collection (25,000 prints and counting!)
Daily Deviation at DeviantART.com
Daily Deviation at DeviantART.com
Daily Deviation at DeviantART.com