Publications, Research & Talks

Selected publications, critical writing, academic research and public conversations surrounding Laura Rautjoki’s artistic practice.

Her work moves between photography, artificial intelligence and questions of representation, authorship and visual culture. This archive brings together perspectives on the work alongside publications and discussions in which these questions have been explored.

Featured Critical Writing

artpress review page by Elisabeth Karolyi, “Interthinking” hongrois entre artistes modernes et numériques, 5 December 2024.

artpress · December 5, 2024

Elisabeth Karolyi — “Interthinking” hongrois entre artistes modernes et numériques

In her review of the Interthinking exhibition at Budapest Art Factory, Elisabeth Karolyi discusses Rautjoki’s work in dialogue with the photographic legacy of Brassaï. The exhibition brought historical and contemporary approaches to image-making into conversation, including questions of representation and the gaze.

Read the review at artpress

Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo article page by Wiktor V/R, “Beyond the Male Gaze, de Laura Rautjoki”, 26 February 2026.

Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo · February 26, 2026

Wiktor V/R — “Beyond the Male Gaze, de Laura Rautjoki”

Wiktor V/R reflects on Rautjoki’s use of artificial intelligence as a critical artistic method. The text considers how AI-generated representations of women can be questioned, redirected and reimagined, rather than simply accepted as products of technological systems.

Read the article at Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo

Selected Publications

Cover of The AI Art Magazine B-SIDE No. 1 (2026).

The AI Art Magazine — B-SIDE No. 1 (2026)

Agent 01’s first artwork, operated_by: "", selected by AI critic Sara Sauer.

art-magazine.ai · Read about Agent 01

Spread from Filter for Fotografi, Issue 8: Photography Post-Truth, featuring Laura Rautjoki's The Image of a Woman.
Spread from Filter#8: Photography Post-Truth. Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa.

Filter for Fotografi — Issue 8: Photography Post-Truth (2026)

Permanent Verlag, Berlin.

Featuring Rautjoki’s artistic practice in relation to photographic credibility, AI-generated imagery and authorship.

filterforfotografi.net

creAtIva — Volume 7: Beauty (2025)

A seven-page feature of Rautjoki’s work, including Beyond the Male Gaze.

Laura Rautjoki's work Airy featured in The AI Art Magazine, Issue 2: Critical Intelligence (2025).

The AI Art Magazine — Issue 2: Critical Intelligence (2025)

Featuring Airy (2024), from The Image of a Woman.

art-magazine.ai

Academic Research

Catherine Bouko — Women Artists Navigating AI-Generated Bodies: Four Aesthetic Orientations (2026)

Research examining artistic approaches to AI-generated representations of human bodies, including Rautjoki’s practice. Presented at the ECREA conference in Brno, Czech Republic, in 2026.

Final publication details will be added once confirmed.

Selected Talks & Panels

Laura Rautjoki on the panel at the Helsinki Book Fair, 2026.
Helsinki Book Fair panel on inspiration, creativity and artificial intelligence, 2026.

Helsinki Book Fair — Helsinki, Finland (2026)

Panel discussion on inspiration, creativity and artificial intelligence.

Filter for Fotografi — Berlin, Germany (2026)

Artist talk at the publication launch.

AI & the Future of Art Summit — Middle Tennessee State University, USA (2025)

Invited keynote on artistic practice and artificial intelligence.

CTRL+AI — Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway (2025)

Presentation on AI, art and authorship.

Colorado Photographic Arts Center — Denver, USA (2025)

Panel discussion on AI and photography. Watch the discussion.

Selected Interviews & Press

Kaleva (2026)

Interview on photography and AI-generated imagery. Read the article.

Envato (2026)

Feature on Rautjoki’s artistic and professional practice. Part 1 · Part 2.

The Denver Post (2025)

Ray Mark Rinaldi, “Embracing the Enemy”. Read the review.

YLE (2024)

Coverage of Rautjoki’s work with artificial intelligence. Read the interview.

For a full record of exhibitions, collections, publications, talks and press, see the complete CV.

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