Biography
Aino Dudle is a Swiss-Finnish art pedagogue and visual artist born in Switzerland, in 1988. Since 2014 she lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
Her artistic work focuses on topics of heritage, belonging, transition and culture. She works with different media to document, capture or create atmospheres and emotional landscapes around these topics.
Through her background in social work, Dudle considers herself both an artist and an art educator. She has worked in a broad variety of settings from museums to schools, with a focus on special education.
Dudle is currently completing her MA at the Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture. She has exhibited her work internationally and in 2020, she won the Corona Call –prize by Visarte, the Visual Arts Association of Switzerland.
Education
2018-2023
Aalto university
2016-2018
Pekka Halonen Academy
2017
The Reykjavik School of Visual Arts
2015-2016
Laajasalo Academy
2010-2013
FHS St. Gallen
University of Applied Sciences
Master of Arts in Art Education at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Espoo, Finland.
Visual and media arts artisan with a focus on sculpting and print making, at the vocational college of the Pekka Halonen Academy, Tuusula, Finland.
Exchange period at the Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Department of Ceramics Design / Textile Design, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Visual Communication and Graphic Design Program at the Laajasalo Academy, Helsinki, Finland.
Bachelor of Science in Social Work, Mayor in Social Pedagogy at the FHS St. Gallen, University of Applied Sciences, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Exhibitions / Events
2020
Pintakosketus
Prints and printmaking exhibition, V2-Gallery, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
2019
Künstlerpostkarten
Pop-up gallery event, Strahlholz, Gais, Switzerland.
Group art installation organised and curated by Artist Collective Kunst, presented at the Art Fair Suomi '19 at Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland. Visit artbymeter.com for more information.
An exhibition with Swiss and Finnish artists, initiated by Birgit Widmer, curated by Katharina Stoll-Cavelti, Galleria Lapinlahti, Helsinki, Finland.
2018
Väre
An exhibition of the graduating students of the Pekka Halonen Academy, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
2017
Künstlerpostkarten
Pop-up gallery event, Strahlholz, Gais, Switzerland.
2017
Taidepysäkki
Pop-up gallery event at the Restaurant Kaksi Ruusua, Varkaus, Finland.
2017
Taidepysäkki
Pop-up event at the Sampea ja Sampanjaa -festival, Varkaus, Finland.
2016
Künstlerpostkarten
Pop-up gallery event, Strahlholz, Gais, Switzerland.
2016
Alku
Group exhibition, Pasila Library, Helsinki, Finland.
Photography group exhibition, Laajasalo Library, Helsinki, Finland
Photography group exhibition, Laajasalo Academy, Helsinki, Finland.
2015
Künstlerpostkarten
Pop-up gallery event, Strahlholz, Gais, Switzerland.
Photography group exhibition documenting the life of Kurds in Turkey, Katharinen, Switzerland.
2012
Im Herzen Kurdistans – am Ende der Türkei
Photography group exhibition documenting the life of Kurds in Turkey, KAFF, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
2012
Im Herzen Kurdistans – am Ende der Türkei
Photography group exhibition documenting the life of Kurds in Turkey, Fass Galerie, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Photography group exhibition documenting the life of Kurds in Turkey, FHO, St.Gallen, Switzerland.
Kunstraum Engländerbau, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
2023
Nordsicht #3
2022
Corona Call
2021
Künstlerpostkarten
2021
Corona Call Locarno
2021
Corona Call Zürich
With Marja Helander & Sasha Huber, curated by Gabriela Falkner, Katharina Stoll-Cavelti & Birgit Widmer, Nextex/Auto, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Paintings by students of Aalto University, organised by Maiju Salmenkivi, Hertsi Pop-up, Helsinki, Finland.
Group exhibition curated by Antonia Nessi, Fondation Louis Moret & Distillerie Morand, Martigny, Switzerland. See video by Canal 9, article by Le Nouvelliste and radio article by Rhone FM for more information.
Pop-up gallery event, Strahlholz, Gais, Switzerland.
Group exhibition curated by Christoph Doswald, Pop-up Space Locarno, Switzerland.
Group exhibition curated by Sibylle Omlin & Richard Tisserand, Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. See article by Tagblatt and article by Thurgau Kultur for more info.
Group exhibition curated by Ulrich Gerster & Klara Piza, Wasserkirche & Kulturhaus Helferei, Zürich, Switzerland. See article and radio interview by SRF Swiss Radio and TV for more info.
Pop-up gallery event, Strahlholz, Gais, Switzerland.
Grants / Prizes
Grants / Prizes
2020
Visarte Corona Call -Prize
2019
Grant
2018
Work & Travel grant
2018
Grant
2017
Work & Travel grant
Corona Call is an art competition by Visarte, the Visual Arts Association of Switzerland, in cooperation with «die zukunft kuratieren», and with the help of Stiftung Kulturfonds ProLitteris.
Employment Fund, Finland.
The Finnish Concordia Fund.
Keuda, Finland.
ArtECult.
Residencies / International Periods
2018
Artist Residency
2017
Exchange Perid
2013
Study trip
2012
Study Trip
2011
Study trip
2006 & 2007
Internship
Artist Residency Ragini Art Village, Balkot, Nepal.
The Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Ceramics Design & Textile Design, Iceland.
Bucharest – A rising city, organised by FHS St. Gallen in Bucharest, Romania.
Migration and Integration: social work in Berlin, Germany.
The Challenges of Kurdistan, Turkey.
Internship Social Work, New Life Childrenshome, Patan, Nepal.
Publications
2021
Corona Call
2013
Bachelor's Thesis
Published by Visarte, the Visual Arts Association of Switzerland.
Exhibition catalogue, p. 18, published by Visarte, the Visual Arts Association of Switzerland.
Issue 4, p. 4, Published by Art Fair Suomi.
Transculturation and it's Influence on Identity, FHS St. Gallen.