Curriculum Vitae

Jani Nummela
Artist and Art Educator
Lives and works in Finland and Portugal

+358 45 8677 949

janummela [at] gmail.com


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Updated on August 19, 2024

Education

2022
Master of Arts in Art Education, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Espoo, Finland.
Master's Thesis: Found in Translation (2021).

Projects

2023-2025
Rogério Nuno Costa: Retrospectiva, graphic design, Finland & Portugal.

2023
Rogério Nuno Costa: Lamento Imenso Helsinki, translation, New Theater Helsinki, Svenska Teatern, Helsinki, Finland.

Ritual de Domingo: Take My Breath Away, translation, videography, Teatro Viriato, Viseu, Portugal.

2022
Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte: Re=Iniciar, graphic design, Imaginarius, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.

2021
Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte: Iniciação, graphic design, Cineteatro António Lamoso, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.

2021
Rogério Nuno Costa: Missed-en-Abîme, graphic design, video art, Serralves, Porto; Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon; O Espaço do Tempo: PT23, Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, and others.

2021
Rogério Nuno Costa: Multiversity, graphic design, music, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland; Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lissabon; Campus Paulo Cunha e Silva, Porto; Colóquio Teatro sobre Ciência, Coimbra, Portugal.

2021
Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte: O Melhor do Mundo, graphic design, Cineteatro António Lamoso, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.

2021
Rogério Nuno Costa: Missed-en-Abîme, music ,digital essay in publication Flanzine XXI — FUTURO, Portugal.

2020
Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte: sistema . infinitamente . imaterial, graphic design, Portugal.

2018-2020
Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte: EURODANCE, stage photography, assistance, Festival Contradança, Covilhã; Chão de Oliva, Sintra; Festival Contradança, Gouveia; Cineteatro António Lamoso, Santa Maria da Feira, and others, Portugal.

2020
Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte: (Re=)Iniciação, graphic design, music, Portugal.

2019
Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte: EUROSHIMA, graphic design, music, Cineteatro António Lamoso, Santa Maria da Feira; Chão de Oliva, Sintra; mala voadora, Porto, Portugal.

2019
Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte: AGORA, graphic design, music, São João de Verin vanha kirkko, Santa Maria da Feira; Festival ContraDANÇA, Covilhã; mala voadora, Porto, Portugal.

2018-2019
Armazém22: Unfinished & Unfinished II, graphic design, documentation, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.

2018
Vila Nova de Gaian kaupunki: Gaia Tudo um Mundo, documentation, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.

Pedagogical experience

2023 - now
Museum guide, art workshop facilitator, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland.

2017
Art workshop facilitator, Muotokuva rakastetusta, Suomi 100 – Sateenkaaren väreissä. Kansallisgalleria & SETA, Helsinki, Finland.

2016
Art workshop facilitator, stop motion animation workshops for children, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland.

2012 - 2014
Exhibition guide, MOA, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.

Other Selected Work Experience

2022
Study Advisor, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.

2017-2018
Assistant, Aalto-yliopisto, Helsinki & Espoo, Finland.

2017
Entrance Exam Assistant, Aalto-yliopisto, Helsinki, Finland.

2014
Production Assistant, MOA — Masters of Aalto exhibition, Helsinki, Finland.

Publications

Nummela, Jani (2021). Found in Translation. Master's thesis, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

Nummela, Jani (2018). Shadow Superheroes. In Suominen, A. & Pusa, T. (eds.) (2018). Feminism and Queer in Art Education. Helsinki: Aalto Books.

Luottamustehtävät

2015-2016
Student Representative, Leadership Team, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Espoo, Finland.

2015
Board Member, TOKYO ry - Students of Art, Design and Architecture in Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.

2013-2014
Representative, AYY - Student Council, Helsinki & Espoo, Finland.

2013-2014
Chairperson, Kooma ry - Student Organization of Art Education, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.

Skills

Languages
  • Finnish: Native
  • English: Full professional proficiency
  • Swedish: Limited professional proficiency
  • Estonian: Basic
  • Spanish: Basic
  • Italian: Basic
  • Portuguese: Basic
Visual Production
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe After Effects
Programming
  • HTML5
  • CSS
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