Ongoing Projects
Tokyo Art & Science Research Residency

Residency program for Finnish and Finland-based artists in Tokyo in partnership with BioClub Tokyo and the Finnish Institute in Japan.
Rewilding Cultures

2022–2026

Creative Europe project aiming to reposition the wild after COVID-19 and to focus on inclusivity and ecology within the art, science and...
CLUVEX

2023–2026

European collaboration project bridging students from different universities together to engage them with climate competences.
Follow the Plants

2023–2026

Follow the Plants is a vegetal research correspondence between unexpected geographies.
deCYPher

2023–2027

HORIZON collaboration project aiming to impact various facets in science, economy, and society – fostering citizen-based co-creative innovation.
Learning Materials

2025–2028

Learning Materials is a multi-year partner project committed to rethinking and remaking our relationship with materials.
Ars Bioarctica

ongoing

Art&science residency program with a focus on the sub-arctic environment.
Publications

ongoing

Books and writings by and about Bioart Society as well as exhibition and member catalogues.
Past Projects
Field_Notes – Living Methodologies

2025

The eighth edition of Field_Notes field laboratory at Kilpisjärvi Biological Station.
Field_Notes – The North Escaping

2023

The sixth edition of Field_Notes field laboratory at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Northern Finland.
Restorative Practices

2022–2024

Creative Europe project connecting like-minded organisations focused on sustainability and bioart practices.
The North Escaping

2022–2024

Research residencies for Nordic and Baltic artists at the Ars Bioarctica residency program.
m/other becomings

2021–2022

Collaboration project between experimental cultural institutions, artists, and thinkers focusing on m/otherhood.
ART4MED

2021–2022

Creative Europe project centering at the intersection of art, health, and biomedical research.
Arc-hive

2021–2022

Creative Europe project, an open source digital platform holding information on art with a focus on biomedia.
State of the Art Network

2020–2023

Nordic-Baltic transdisciplinary network discussing the role, responsibility and potential of art and culture in the Anthropocene.
BioFacts

2020–2022

Series of artistic research work-labs which are open for artists and practitioners from Finland and abroad.
Biofriction

2019–2021

Biofriction is a European collaboration project committed to supporting bioart and biohacking practices.
Field_Notes - The Heavens

2019

The fifth edition of Field_Notes field laboratory at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Northern Finland.
Field_Notes - EOS

2018

The fourth edition of Field_Notes field laboratory at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Northern Finland.
DIYBio

2017–2018

Network initiative connecting researchers, makers, artists and scientists in the Nordic-Baltic region.
SPLICE

2017

Exhibition focusing on our relationship with nature, including diverse approaches towards the transforming environment.
HYBRID_MATTERs

2015–2016

Nordic art&science network program investigating hybrid ecologies.
Field_Notes - HYBRID MATTERs

2015

The third edition of Field_Notes field laboratory at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Northern Finland.
MAKING_LIFE

2014–2015

Series of work periods for participants from diverse fields to work towards understanding the potential effects of synthetic biology.
Field_Notes - Deep Time

2013

The second edition of Field_Notes field laboratory at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Northern Finland.
Field_Notes - Cultivating Grounds

2011

The first edition of Field_Notes field laboratory at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Northern Finland.
SOLU

Exhibitions and other activities at SOLU Space in Katajanokka during 2019–2022.