CV

Visual Artist / Photographic Art & AI

Based in Helsinki, Finland · b. 1989, Jyväskylä, Finland
lrautjokiart.com · laura@lrautjokiart.com
Represented by Kate Vass Galerie, Zurich (since 2024)

Download CV (PDF, October 2026)

Works in Collections

2025 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, USA. Permanent collection: Bathers in the Sauna, Summertime (2024), from The Image of a Woman.

Solo Exhibitions

2026 The Image of a Woman, Gallery Maari, Porvoo, Finland. 4–26 January.
2024 The Image of a Woman, Galleria Moletti, Forssa Museum, Finland. 17 September – 13 October.
2021 Does Anyone Remember Naomni?, Old Railway Warehouse, Petäjävesi, Finland. 17 July – 8 August.
2013 Trans-Siberian train journey, photography exhibition, Helsinki Central Railway Station Tunnel, Finland.

Group Exhibitions & Presentations

2026 GIANT SIGNALS, 5 Times Square, New York, USA. 25–27 September. International curated exhibition organised by DISIVA. Work: Fishers II (2024).
2025–2026 New Realities, Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt, Germany. March 2025 – January 2026. Curators: Dr. Annabele Hornung, Stephanie Müller and Maren Burghard.
2025 Mi Ami, Miami Art Week, USA, Art Innovation Gallery; and La Galeria by Lastcrit, Barcelona, Spain. Presentations associated with Beyond the Male Gaze / creAtIva Vol. 7.
2025 Unframed: AR for Artmakers, Finlayson area, Tampere Architecture and Design Week, Finland. September–October. Cross-border AR programme including a hackathon in Tartu and expert mentoring.
2025 Realities, Vuotalo, Helsinki, Finland. August–September. Premiere of Dataset2024; artists’ coordinator and producer.
2025 History Reimagined, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, USA. March–April. Curator: Samantha Johnston. Month of Photography Biennial Festival.
2024–2025 Interthinking, Budapest Art Factory, Budapest, Hungary. Works presented in dialogue with photographs by Brassaï. Curated by Kate Vass Galerie.
2024 Realities, Amiraalistonkatu Warehouse, Turku, Finland. November.

Earlier Group Exhibitions & Collaborations

2019 Kissed by the Isness group photography exhibition, Kiasma Theatre, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki. 19–29 October; presented alongside performances and in the main lobby after shows.
2017 FIN/100, pop-up exhibition, ARTEK / 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo, Japan.
2017 KOTI2017, Design from Finland / Finnish Work Union, HABITARE, Helsinki Exhibition Centre, Finland.
2017 Summer in Gumbostrand, Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Sipoo, Finland.
2014 Photographs for Fanny Hyrske’s project, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden.
2014 TAKE OFF, graduate group exhibition, Rajala Pro Shop, Postitalo, Helsinki, Finland.
2013 Group exhibition, Lasipalatsi Square, Helsinki, Finland.

Art Publications

2026 Filter for fotografi #8: Photography Post-Truth, Permanent Verlag. Curated portfolio featuring the artistic component of The Image of a Woman. Website
2025 creAtIva Vol. 7: Beauty. Seven-page feature, Beyond the Male Gaze, with an associated international exhibition programme.
2025 The AI Art Magazine No. 2: Critical Intelligence. Airy (2024), from The Image of a Woman. Publication context: Forbes digital-art publishing guide. Magazine · Forbes
2024 Interthinking, exhibition catalogue, Kate Vass Galerie, Zurich.

Press & Interviews

2026 Envato / Creative Flow. Interviews by David Allegretti on creative process, Dataset2024, motherhood and focus. Part 1 · Part 2
2026 Kaleva, 25 July. Interview on photography, AI-generated imagery and the changing image industry. Aapo Raatikainen. Read article
2026 Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo, 26 February. Beyond the Male Gaze, de Laura Rautjoki, Wiktor V/R. Read article
2025 Forbes Australia, 18 March. The female AI artists you need to know: Leonardo.AI. Includes Laura Rautjoki in Leonardo.ai’s Top 50 selection. Read article
2025 The Denver Post, March. Embracing the Enemy, Ray Mark Rinaldi. Review of History Reimagined. Read review
2025 M5 / Kunszt, 16 February. Hungarian television coverage of Interthinking.
2025 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, 15 January. History Reimagined, exhibition feature. Read feature
2024 artpress, 5 December. Interthinking, Elisabeth Karolyi. Read article
2024 Yle, 16 November. Interview on AI and photographic art; online, radio and regional television coverage. Read interview
2024 Artmagazin, 13 November. Interthinking: The Impact of Hungarian Artists on Contemporary Generative Art. Read article
2024 Turun Sanomat, 11 November. Interview on AI-generated imagery and the Realities exhibition. Read article
2024 Index.hu, 20 October. Coverage of Interthinking at Budapest Art Factory. Read article
2024 Women AI Artists. Artist interview. Read interview
2021 Petäjävesi-lehti, 14 July, issue 28–30. Laura Rautjoki’s Photographs at the Railway Warehouse.
2017 Yle / Puoli seitsemän, 12 May. Flora of Finland Was Born from a Passion for Nature.
2015 Helsingin Sanomat, 14 April. Coverage of the winning photograph in the City of Helsinki’s Like the Suburb competition.

Talks, Panels & Workshops

2026 Helsinki Book Fair, Kallio Stage, Finland, 24 October (upcoming). Invited panellist, Inspiration, Passion, AI (Inspiraatiota, paloa, tekoälyä). Organiser: KirjaKallio.
2026 Photography lecture for visiting Greek photography enthusiasts, Helsinki, Finland, August. Photography, visual expression and artistic practice. Commissioned by VisitEDUFinn Oy.
2026 Filter for fotografi #8, Berlin, Germany, January. Invited speaker at the publication’s official launch; artistic practice and AI as a critical method in photographic art.
2025 Middle Tennessee State University, 19 November. Keynote speaker at the launch of Revitalizing the Conversation: The Future of Art and Technology; artist interview conducted by Sara Abdou.
2025 Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway, November. Speaker, CTRL+AI, organised with MishMash – National Centre for AI and Creativity. AI as an artistic instrument.
2025 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, May. Panellist, Boundless Creativity: Art, Technology and Copyright – Who Owns Creativity?
2025 Regional Council of Southwest Finland / City of Turku. Artist presentation, Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence in Creative Work.
2025 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, USA. Panel on AI and photography with Todd Dobbs and Phillip Toledano. Watch discussion
2025 IT company. AI as a Tool and Creative Partner for Artists, talk and inspiration session for AI experts.
2018 Culture Creative Fund project. Lecture on creating a design brand from an artistic perspective.
2017 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo. Lecture on photographing plants. Leader Suupohja: video workshop in Kurikka and photography workshop in Kammi Village, Nummijärvi.

Teaching

2026 Helsinki Summer University. Better Photos and Videos with Your Phone, one-day course, 15 November (upcoming).
2026–present Rastor-instituutti. Trainer in AI-assisted image production, photography and Canva. Ongoing collaboration covering multiple training courses.
2025–2026 Helsinki Summer University. Four courses: advanced AI and artistic practice; introduction to AI-based image production; a renewed advanced AI course; and a one-day mobile photography workshop. Three four-week courses and one intensive workshop. Course evaluations: 4–5/5.

Professional Experience & Commissions

2025–2026 AI Visual Artist / Creative Technologist, international brand collaboration (NDA). AI-based visual concepts and large-scale image production; dataset curation, prompt systems, generative workflows, refinement and preparation for exhibition and public presentation.
2025 Freelance AI Animator, global animation studio (NDA). AI images, animation and video production from client briefs; iteration, versioning, rendering and delivery.
2024–2025 Substitute Special Education Teacher, City of Riihimäki, November–May. Shared group and small-group teaching responsibilities across two early childhood education units; support for emotional regulation, language development and perceptual skills.
2023 Software Developer / UI/UX Designer, Knowit Solutions, Innovation Zone, September–December. Front-end-focused full-stack development; user research, use cases, wireframes and Figma prototypes.
2022–2023 Software Developer / UI/UX Designer, Academic Work, September–July. Projects included a learning diary, an electricity consumption app, an AI image generator and an art portfolio website. React, JavaScript, Node.js, C#/.NET, SQL, MUI, Git and Azure DevOps.
2019–2022 Creative Marketing Manager, Beyondprint, February–September. Visual, video and written marketing; brand development; WordPress/WooCommerce content and online-store accessibility.
2013–present Freelance Artist / Photographer / Entrepreneur. Earlier business activity: Pusukuva and Flora of Finland Oy, 2013–2018. Photography, retouching, artistic work, brand and website development, sales and production. Clients include the Ministry of the Environment, Kone Hissit Oy and the City of Helsinki.
2010–present Seasonal School Photographer, Frendikuva Oy. Full-time autumn seasons 2010–2018 (except 2013); subsequent seasonal freelance assignments, including assistant roles.
2021 Hotel Rantapuisto. Commission: 22 wooden panel prints. Commercial photography for Finnish organisations since 2010.
Other Additional roles: cultural producer, responsible election official, product photographer, preschool substitute teacher, personal assistant and gas fitter trainee.

Education

2024 Master of Culture and Arts, Photographic Art, Turku Arts Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences. Master’s thesis: How Can a Photographic Artist Utilize AI as a Tool for Artistic Creation? – The Significance of Authorship in AI-Generated Art.
2022 Full Stack Developer, AW Academy, Accelerated Learning Programme, Helsinki.
2014 Professional Qualification in Photography, Stadi Adult Education Centre, Helsinki.
2012 BA in Cultural Management, Humak University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä.
2008 Tourism Service Producer, Häme Vocational Institute, Hattula.
2020–2021 Additional studies: Education, Open University of Jyväskylä; 5 ECTS completed (unfinished programme).

Grants & Recognition

2025 Frame Contemporary Art Finland, travel grant to the USA. Leonardo.ai Top 50 Women AI Artists. Recommended by the selection committee and invited to interview for the W2 Professorship in Evolving Imaging & Photography, HTWG Konstanz.
2024 Finnfoto, group exhibition grant. Included in the Women AI Artists directory.
2023 Finnfoto, artistic work and exhibition costs.
2017 / 2015 / 2010 Winner, Best Gift from Finland, Arctic World of Santa Claus, Helsinki Airport (2017). Winner, Like the Suburb, City of Helsinki (2015). Second place, Idea10, TeliaSonera (2010).

Forthcoming Artistic Work

2027 Bromance, artistic project in development.