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Graphic designer and artist based in Helsinki, working within publishing, research-led projects, writing and typographic art.



Work
2025—  Research Assistant at Centre for Text Margins (on-going)
2025—  Printmaking Workshop Assistant at Aalto University (on-going)
2024—  Freelance Graphic Designer
2023  1/3 of Working Conditions
2023  OMSE
2022  Zalando
2021  Amsterdam Berlin

Exhibitions
2026  Gut Feeling (upcoming), Luonnos, Helsinki FI
2026  PLAKAT! Poster Exhibition, Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki FI
2025  item mite emit time, 2 Steps Gallery, Helsinki FI
2024  KIOSKO 004, Book Exhibition, Mayrit Bienal, Barcelona ES 
2023  Kingston Graphic Design Graduate Show, London UK
2023  Candid Arts Trust, London UK 
2023  The Uniform Paradox, S Creatives Festival, Savonlinna FI 
2021  Working With: Screening w/ Caius House & Rio Ferdinand Foundation, London UK 
2021  London Grows Wild Together Exhibition, London UK 
2020  Forerun, Exhibition at Kingston School of Art, London UK

Residencies & Workshops
2025  CIRRUS Workshop, Bergen NO 
2024  Makerversity Under 30 Residency at Somerset House, London UK 
2023  Művésztelep Tállyán Art Residency, Tállyá HU 

Education
2024  MA Visual Communication Design, Aalto University, Helsinki (on-going)
2019—2023  BA(Hons) Graphic Design, Kingston School of Art, London

 matleenahonkanen@hotmail.com

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