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11/2025 AI & the Future of Art Summit 2025: Creativity Reimagined

Organized by Dr. Sara A. Abdoh and Middle Tennessee State University, the AI & the Future of Art Summit 2025 gathers artists, art historians, and cultural thinkers from around the world to explore the future of art in an age of rapid technological change.

Laura Rautjoki will present her talk “AI as an Artist’s Instrument: Perspectives from Photographic Art,” reflecting on AI not as the artist itself, but as an instrument and a dialogue partner — a tool through which artistic intention, curation, and context create meaning.

🕐 November 19, 12:40–1:20 PM CST

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11/2025 CTRL–AI Seminar, Kristiania University of Applied Sciences, Oslo

On 13 November 2025, Laura Rautjoki takes part in CTRL–AI, a seminar that explores questions of artistic control and creative authorship in media productions shaped by artificial intelligence. The event brings together researchers and artists to discuss whether AI-generated content can maintain high artistic quality and how creative agency shifts in hybrid human–machine workflows.

More information here

11/2025 Featured in Creativa Magazine Vol. 7 — Beauty

Laura Rautjoki’s work Beyond the Male Gaze (2025) has been featured in Creativa Magazine’s 7th issue, themed Beauty. The publication highlights contemporary artists exploring new aesthetics and critical reflections on AI-driven image-making.

Participation in Creativa Magazine also includes a series of international exhibitions, screenings, and presentations featuring Rautjoki’s work across Europe and the United States:

Estimated for 2025:
• October 11 – LED screening at Dream AI Gallery, New Jersey
• Late October – Magazine publication launch
• October 14 – creAtIva Talk at Asturias Innova+, Palacio de MAQUA, Avilés
• November 7 – Large-format screening at Centro Cultural Antiguo Instituto, Gijón, during the Futures and Technology Conference

November – December – Further presentations and screenings at

• FNAC Asturias (printed exhibition)
• Fundación Nestlé Barcelona (LED TV screens)
• Art Innovation Gallery New York (Times Square 5 screening)
• AMCA Conference, Madrid
• La Galeria by Lastcrit, Barcelona (collective video exhibition)
• Creative Media Industries Institute, Georgia State University
• MEDOL, Tarragona (Roman amphitheater projection, TBC)

The project may also appear in community events connected to Art Futura Festival, AI Film3, and other international AI-art platforms.

More information here

09-11/2025 Participation in Unframed AR Group Exhibition

In July 2025, Laura Rautjoki took part in a hackathon in Tartu, Estonia, as part of the international project Unframed: AR for Artmakers. The project brought together contemporary artists from Finland, Estonia, and Sweden to explore augmented reality (AR) both as a tool and a medium in artistic practice.

Rautjoki’s works created during the hackathon are now presented in the exhibition Unframed, which is part of Tampere Architecture and Design Week 2025. The exhibition takes place in the Finlayson area (Terde) in Tampere from 26 September to 5 October 2025.

The exhibition is also available to view at Subtopia in Stockholm, Sweden, from October 31 to November 7, 2025.

The project is a collaboration between Tampere Intercultural Art, TlCAS (Finland) and De Structura (Estonia). It is supported by the European Union, the Nordic Council of Ministers, and the Sweden–Estonia Cooperation Fund. With Unframed, AR technology is tested as a means of expanding imagination and inviting audiences to see how virtual layers can transform ordinary surroundings into platforms for storytelling and dialogue.

More information about the Tampere exhibition here
More information about the Stockholm exhibition here

09/2025 Teaching at Helsinki Summer University

In autumn 2025, Laura Rautjoki teaches a course at Helsinki Summer University titled Creating and Developing Your Visual Identity with AI. The course examines both artistic content and the creative potential of artificial intelligence as a tool for visual expression.

Participants receive individual feedback on their projects during the course, as well as written evaluations at the end. The course is designed especially for professionals and students working in visual communication — including photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, and other producers of visual content.

Course Information here

09/2025 Published in AI Art Magazine (Forbes Top 13 Digital Art Publications)

Laura Rautjoki’s artwork Airy from the series The Image of a Woman (Laura Rautjoki & AI, 2024) is featured in the second issue of AI Art Magazine, titled Critical Intelligence. The magazine is dedicated to exploring the intersections of artificial intelligence and contemporary art.

On September 2, 2025, Forbes published its list of “13 Publications Covering Digital Art, Culture, and Blockchain”, which included AI Art Magazine.

08/2025 Realities Exhibition at Vuotalo

From 14 August to 6 September 2025, the group exhibition Realities was on view at Vuotalo in Helsinki as part of Gallery Weekend Finland’s program. The exhibition gathered together twelve artists, all graduates of the first Master’s Degree Programme in Photographic Art at Turku Arts Academy (2023–2024).

The exhibition attracted an impressive audience of approximately 2,500 visitors.

06/2025 Acquired by the Colorado Photographic Arts Center

Laura's artwork Bathers in the Sauna, Summertime (1/1 + 1 AP, 2024, 40 x 22 cm), from the series The Image of a Woman has been acquired for the permanent collection of the Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC) in Denver, USA.

Laura is deeply honored that this work, which explores the intersections of photography, AI, and the representation of women, has found a place in such a highly respected institution dedicated to advancing the art of photography.

Warm thanks are extended to the Colorado Photographic Arts Center team and Executive Director Samantha Johnston for their trust and support. To enter a collection is not only about preservation, but also about becoming part of a wider cultural conversation. Laura is grateful that her work will continue to live on in dialogue with audiences, artists, and researchers into the future.

05/2025 As a panelist in the seminar “Boundless Creativity: Art, Technology and Copyright – Who Owns Creativity?”

Laura will take part in a panel discussion at a seminar organized by the Finnish Arts Promotion Centre (Taike) on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, from 12:00 to 15:30 at the Sibelius Museum in Turku. The event brings together artists, researchers, and experts to explore the impact of AI on art and copyright. The seminar is free and open to the public, and will also be livestreamed online.

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04/2025 Human-Centered AI in Creative Work

Laura is one of the featured speakers at the seminar "Human-Centered AI in Creative Work", organized by The Regional Council of Southwest Finland and the City of Turku. The event will take place on Monday, April 28, 2025, from 12:00 to 15:30 at Radisson Blu Marina Palace in Turku. The seminar is aimed at professionals in the fields of art, culture, and creative industries who are interested in exploring how artificial intelligence can support and expand creative processes.

Program highlights include:

Lauri Järvilehto (Professor of Practice at Aalto University, philosopher, and musician) will open the seminar with insights into the most relevant AI solutions and opportunities in creative work.
Laura Rautjoki (visual artist and photographer) will discuss how AI serves as both a tool and a collaborator in her artistic process, particularly in the context of AI-generated photography.
Matias Melleri (music producer) will share his experiences using AI in music production.
Pasi Rauhala (visual artist) will present a body of work where AI plays a central role in the artistic process.

Participants will also take part in creating a collective AI artwork that demonstrates the potential of human–AI co-creation. Registration is open until April 21, 2025. Seats are limited.

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04/2025 Positive Grant Decision, Frame Contemporary Art Finland

Frame Contemporary Art Finland awarded Laura a grant to cover her travel expenses to Denver. Laura's work The Image of a Woman was part of the History Reimagined exhibition at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in March–April 2025.

Link to the list of awarded grants

03/2025 TOP50 Women AI Artists by Leonardo.ai

Leonardo.ai (March 7, 2025) included Laura in its list of the Top 50 Female AI Artists. Forbes Australia published an article about the list on March 18, 2025.

Link to the Forbes Article Here
Link to the Leonardo.ai's list Here

03/2025 "New Realities" – Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt, 3/2025–1/2026

Laura’s works Fishers II (2024) and Strong Together (2024) are included in the international group exhibition New Realities: Fashion Fakes – AI Factories at the Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt. The exhibition runs from March 21, 2025, to January 11, 2026, and explores how generative AI is reshaping fashion and visual culture.
Curated by Dr. Annabelle Hornung, Stephanie Müller, and Maren Burghard, the exhibition places AI within a broader media-historical and cultural context, encouraging critical reflection and AI literacy.
Both of Laura’s featured works are available for acquisition through Kate Vass Galerie.

Link to the "New Realities" Website Here
Link to the Kate Vass Galerie Here

03/2025 History Reimagined” at CPAC, Denver — March–April 2025

Laura Rautjoki’s work was featured in the “History Reimagined” group exhibition at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center (@cpacphoto) during the Month of Photography Denver (@mopdenver), March–April 2025. Curated by Samantha Johnston (@johnston_se), the exhibition explored the evolving relationship between photography, AI, and contemporary visual culture.

Artists: Laura Rautjoki (@lrautjokiart), Todd Dobbs (@professor_dobbs), and Philip Toledano (@mrtoledano).

The show received a thoughtful and in-depth review by Ray Mark Rinaldi (@raymarkrinaldi), published in The Denver Post (@denverpost) on March 16, 2025:

“In some ways, these images feel very much like the contemporary art we see now in galleries and museums, with artists exploring topics of politics, media, racial bias and exploration of personal identity... Rautjoki's 'The Image of a Woman' series looks at how females have been represented in art and media in her native Finland — mostly by male artists, filmmakers and photographers — and how that shapes her own sense of identity.”

“Her tactic is to replace the male gaze with data-driven images prompted by a female artist and produced by AI... Rautjoki's images alter the usual gender biases... she ventures far into the surreal, generating work of full-blown, often eerie, fantasy.”

“But she manages to make things that demonstrate, as she says, ‘the same quiet, ordinary, and unpretentious atmosphere that has characterized my previous work as a photographic artist.’”

Rinaldi described the exhibition as “one of the most thoughtful and timely exhibits that CPAC has ever done.”

Link to the Denver Post Article Here

02/2025 Laura's work for sale at Hagelstam & Co.'s modern art auction T156

Laura's work Airy (1/1 + AP) AP edition is for sale at Hagelstam & Co.'s modern art auction T156. Airy is part of The Image of a Woman, a 14-piece exhibition series that will next be showcased at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in March-April 2025 as part of the Month of Photography event. Laura created Airy using artificial intelligence as part of this series, in which she explores the representation of Finnish women in photographic history.

Hagelstam & Co is one of Finland's most significant auction houses, particularly in the trade of art, antiques, and design objects. It has been in the industry for over 40 years and has established itself as one of the leading players in the field in Finland.

The works surrounding Laura's piece are by Pentti Sammallahti, Santeri Tuori, and Matti A. Pitkänen.

01/2025 Colorado Photographic Arts Center

The Image of a Woman exhibition is featured in the History Reimagined exhibition, curated by Samantha Johnston, director of the Colorado Photographic Arts Center. The History Reimagined exhibition will be on display at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center gallery. The exhibition also includes works by Todd Dobbs and Phillip Toledano. Laura will attend the exhibition opening on March 1, 2025, as well as a panel discussion on March 2, 2025. The exhibition is part of the Month of Photography Denver Festival.

12/2024 Artpress.com Review

Elisabeth Karolyi's review about Interthinking group exhibition on artpress.com.

11/24 Media Articles

YLE published an article online and featured clips in the regional news of Southwest Finland on TV and Radio Suomi Turku.
Online Article Here

Turun Sanomat published Laura's interview and an article about the Todellisuuksia | Realities group exhibition in both its print edition and online. The exhibition consists of artistic works by Master’s level photography students from Turku University of Applied Sciences. The study group is the first in history.
Online Article Here

Index.hu, one of Hungary’s largest news portals, wrote an article about the Interthinking group exhibition in Budapest.
Online Article Here

Hungary’s leading art magazine, Artmagazin.hu, published an article written by Ágnes Ferenczi about the Interthinking group exhibition in Budapest.
Online Article Here

11/24 Todellisuuksia | Realities Group Exhibition at Turku

On November 6, 2024, the first-ever group exhibition of graduating students from Turku Arts Academy’s Master’s Degree Program in Photography will open at the Köysiratagalleria and nearby Amiraalistonkatu Warehouses. The exhibition, titled Realities I Todellisuuksia, will showcase the work of 12 artists who come from various regions of Finland and different backgrounds. Divided between two gallery spaces, the exhibition offers a cross-section of the artistic thesis projects, featuring a wide range of photographic art executed in diverse techniques and materials.

The exhibition approaches photography not only from individual perspectives but also by exploring communal and societal themes. The works on display include analog photography, AI-assisted art, mixed-media pieces, installations, and art that can be experienced both visually and through multiple senses. All students are already accomplished in their fields, having pursued artistically ambitious and significant projects.

Turku University of Applied Sciences' photography program has produced numerous prominent artists in both the Finnish and international contemporary art scenes. The Master’s Degree in Photography builds on this legacy, offering students an opportunity for more in-depth expertise in photographic art. The program is taught by professional photographic artists Taina Erävaara, Ismo Luukkonen, Harri Pälviranta, and Jari Silomäki. The next application period for the program will be in spring 2025.

Artists: Dannert Nina, Hakuri Antti, Haimakainen Anne, Heinonen Ulla, Machácková-Oey Jana, Musta Risto, Mustonen Hilja, Mäki Tiina, Pihlajoki Outi, Rautjoki Laura, Vakkilainen Juha, Voima Soile.

We would like to thank Finnfoto ry for the grant that made this exhibition possible, the City of Turku for providing the Amiraalistonkatu Warehouse as an exhibition space, and Artpoof for producing the exhibition works.

Exhibition Dates

9/2024 Forssa TV Interview

Forssa TV interviewed Laura in connection with The Image of a Woman exhibition at Forssa Museum's Gallery Moletti.

9/2024 Group Exhibition: Interthinking, Budapest Art Factory, Hungary

Interthinking, curated by Kate Vass Galerie, a Swiss gallery specializing in generative and new media art. The show aims to celebrate Hungarian cultural heritage and the influence of iconic Hungarian artists on the international contemporary generative art scene. Opening event on October 18, 2024.

9/2024 Laura is Represented in the Women AI Artists Directory

Women AI Artists (WAIA) elevated Laura to their curated directory. The jury consisted of Niceaunties, LeMoon and Jillian Hobbs. After the latest curation round, 79 community artists are represented in the directory.

9/2024 Solo Exhibition: Image of a Woman - Photography History and AI Art Merge in Forssa Museum’s Gallery Moletti Exhibition, Finland

The Image of a Woman exhibition oAers a cross-section of photography history, where artist Laura Rautjoki explores the representation of Finnish women in portraits and, inspired by historical imagery, creates alternative depictions of women using artificial intelligence. The project is Rautjoki’s artistic thesis for the Master of Fine Arts in Photography program at the Turku Academy of Arts. The exhibition is supported by Finnfoto ry. The Image of a Woman exhibition is on display at Forssa Museum’s Gallery Moletti from September 17 to October 13, 2024.

6/2024 Representation Agreement With Kate Vass Galerie

Laura and Kate Vass Galerie have made an agreement for the international representation of Laura's art.

5/2024 Space granted by the City of Turku for a group exhibition & Finnfoto's Positive Grant Decision

The intermediate space model is a pilot project organised by the city of Turku’s Cultural Spearhead Project to make vacant spaces available for a fixed period and free of charge through an open application process. The model provides venues for artists to work in and creates uses for temporarily vacant spaces in Turku. The artistic activities in these spaces also contribute to creating new and surprising urban culture.

The City of Turku has allocated the Ammirallistonkatu warehouse to the Master’s students of photography at Turku Academy of Arts for a group exhibition in November 2024. Finnfoto has awarded a grant of 3,000 euros for the building costs and marketing expenses of the Ammirallistonkatu warehouse exhibition space.

3/2024 Women AI Artists Interview

The Women AI Artists community conducted an interview about Laura's artistic work on the representation of Finnish women in photography history and its integration with AI-generated art.

11/2023 Finnfoto's Positive Grant Decision

Finnfoto ry awarded a grant of 2,500 euros from the autumn 2023 grant distribution for Laura's artistic work and exhibition expenses.