Curriculum Vitae
1. Personal details
• Manninen
• Kirsi Maritta
2. Degrees
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1991 University of Industrial Arts, MA Degree Program, Fashion Design
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1987 DAMU, The Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Scenography Program, Department of Stage Design
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1979-81 Academy of Design, Kuopio, Fashion design
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1978 Nakkila High school, Graduated from high school
3. Other education and expertise
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2013 School of Arts, Design and Architecture, After Effects for scenographers
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2012 School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Photoshop for scenographers
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2011 School of Art Design and Architecture, Advanced Course in Sketch Up
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2010 School of Art Design and Architecture, Sketch Up Course
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2006 University of Industrial Arts, Flash MX 2004 Basics
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2005 University of Industrial Arts, New and old techniques in costume design
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2003 University of Industrial Art, Designing textiles and clothes by computer (10 study weeks)
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1984 Macintosh Falcon, Netherlands, Fashion Design Training
4. Language skills
● Finnish C2
● English C1
● Swedish B2
● German A2
● Bahasa Indonesia A2
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Czech A2
5. Current position
2015- Doctoral candidate at the Department of Film, Television and Scenography, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland, Supervisor: Prof. Susanna Helke, Advisor: Prof. Lily Diaz-Kommonen. Advisor: Associate Professor Camilla Groth.
2021 Helsinki City Theatre, Ystäväni Pelikaani, director Irene Aho
6. Previous work experience for Theatre, Film and TV:
2020 – Katto-Kassinen, Lahden kaupunginteatteri, director Tuija Töyräs
2016 – Peppi Pitkätossu, Keski Uudenmaan teatteri, director Tuija Töyräs
2009 – Pyynikin kesäteatteri..Iso Heikkilän isäntä ja hänen renkinsä Kalle, director Tuija Töyräs
2009 – Ahaa Teatteri, Tatu ja Patu Helsingissä, director Tuija Töyräs
2007 – Keski-uudenmaan teatteri, Hirvikarkukoira, director Tuija Töyräs
2007 – Espoon Kaupungin Teatteri, Hamlet, director Erkki Saarela
2005 – Keski-uudenmaan teatteri, Mimmi-Lehmä ja Varis director Tuija Töyräs
2003 – Valkeakosken kaupunginteatteri, Odysseus, directors Välinoro and Tamminen
1997 – TV1, Talvisirkus, director Erkki Kupari
1997 – TV1, Liian Paksu Perhoseksi, director Heidi Köngäs
1996 – TV1, La Vie en Roos, director A. Sjöstedt
1996 – TV1, Gabriel, director, Heidi Köngäs
1995 – TV1, Venla-gaala, director Benny Törnroos
1994 – Haugesund Teattern, Norway, Mumintroll i Kulissen
1994 – TV1, Heikompi Astia, director Heidi Köngäs
1993 – TV1, Kalliolle kukkulalle, director Heidi Köngäs
1992 – TV1, Erotico-tico, director Taavi Vartia
1991 – TV1, Kun Suomi putos puusta, director Ismo Alanko
1991 – TV1, Tanssi hiljaisessa talossa, director Eira Soriola
1991 – TV1, Petoksen kehät, director. V. Saikkonen
1990 – TV1, Suklaa Sydän, director. Heidi Köngäs
1990 – TV1, Kirjaramppi, director Jarmo Heikkinen
1990 – TV1, Verotus kevenee, director Erkki Kupari
1990 – TV1, Euroviisut, director Erkki Pohjanheimo
1989 – TV1, Aito Halonen, director Ilkka Vanne
1989 – TV1, Vihreäreppuinen Mies, director Jukka Sipilä
1989 – TV1, Kolme sisarta, director Mirja Tukiainen
1989 – TV1, Kellarikaarti, director Kari Paukkunen
1988 – TV1, Pata Ässä, director Pii Berg
1988 – TV1, Meno Paluu, director Taru Mäkelä
1987 – TV1, Studio studio, director. Liisa Akimoff
1986 – Espoon Balettiopisto, Pekka ja susi, director Raisa Vennamo
1986 – Imatran kaupungin Teatteri:
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Käsiraudat, director. Pekka Lara
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Kultainen vasikka, director Heikki Mäkelä
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Ruuhen kumma retki, director Tuomas Vuorinen
1985 – TV1, Lupiinien maa, director Kirsti Tulonen
1985 – Skandia Filmi, Huomenna -elokuva, director Juha Rosma
1984 – Jörn Donner Productions, Dirty Story-elokuva, director Jörn Donner
1983 – Uusi Iloinen Teatteri, Näin se on nähtävä, director Jukka Virtanen
1982 – Neofilmi oy, Satuelokuva Kuningas, jolla ei ollut sydäntä, director Liisa Helminen
Costume and set designs for Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth:
2014 – Talvisirkus Uni, director Arja Pettersson
2013 – Talvisirkus Kosmos, director Davide Giovanzana
2012 – Talvisirkus Afrikka, director Arja Pettersson
2011 – Talvisirkus Nenä, director Liisa Risu
2010 – Talvisirkus Sika, director Arja Pettersson
2010 – Svenska litteturshälskap, director. Arja Pettersson
2010 – Lumikki, director Elina Lajunen
2009 – Talvisirkus Tuike, director Hannu Raatikainen
2009 – Saapasjalkakissa (Peking opera), director Work group
2009 – Sirkus Helium (mask theatre), director Heikki Leppävuori
2008 – Talvisirkus Valo, director Arja Pettersson
2008 – Pieni Merenneito (black- and puppet theatre), director Bojan Baric
2007 – Talvisirkus Poro, director Arja Pettersson
2007 – Cutrin, director Arja Pettersson
2007 – Hannu ja Kerttu, choreographer Hanna Brotherus
2006 – Talvisirkus Säde ja Marigold in Rome, director Arja Pettersson and Marigold
2006 – Finnwear, director Arja Pettersson
2006 – Kiasma, director Arja Pettersson
2006 – Talvisirkus in Rome, director Arja Pettersson
2006 – Talvisirkus Aika, director. Arja Pettersson ja Liisa Risu
2005 – Talvisirkus Nauru, directors Arja Pettersson and Liisa Risu
2005 – Kuinka Kum-maa on kaikkialla, director Arja Pettersson
2004 – Talvisirkus Nauru, director Arja Pettersson
2004 – Ullakon Kummitus, director Arja Pettersson
2003 – Talvisirkus Sirius, director Arja Pettersson
2002 – Talvisirkus Kuusi, director and choreographer Liisa Risu
2002 – Keskiyön Näytelmä (shadow theatre), director Fabrizio Montecchi
2002 – Päällysfrakki, director work group
2001 – Talvisirkus Säde, director. Arja Pettersson
2001 – Leijona ja Kirppu, choreographer Arja Pettersson
2000 – Talvisirkus Taika, director Arja Pettersson
2000 – Sirkus Hurjaruuth, director Arja Pettersson
1999 – Prinsessa ja herne, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1999 – Talvisirkus Lumous, director Arja Pettersson
1998 – Topi ja Taikasulka, koreografia Katariina MacAllester
1998 – Talvisirkus Tähti, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1997 – Joutsenlampi, choreographer Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo
1997 – Talvisirkus Vega, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1996 – Peppi Pitkätossu, choreographer Katariina MacAllester
1996 – Talvisirkus, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1996 – Herlokki Solmunen, choreographer Liisa Risu
1995 – Ihmisen osa 1 ja 2, choreographer Raisa Vennamo
1995 – Joulusirkus, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1994 – Eläköön Elämä, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1994 – Punahilkka, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1994 – Eläköön Miehet, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1993 – Haamulinna, choreographer Marko Saarinen
1993 – Ruumiinavaus ruohikossa, choreographer Kati Kivilahti
1993 – Tulee syksy, choreographer Tommi Kitti
1992 – Tuhat ja yksi yötä, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1991 – Lumen valo, choreographer koreografia Sylvie Guillermin
1991 – Skagen, choreographer Jessica Iwansson
1990 – Sokeitten paratiisi, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1990 – Kipralttari, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1989 – Saari, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1989 – Tanssi hiljaisessa talossa, choreographer Raisa Vennamo
1989 – Kanteletar, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1988 – Arvaa mitä! Choreographer Arja Pettersson
1987 – Yksi-kaksi-kolme, choreographer Mirja Tukiainen
1986 – Rotta - narua ja totta, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1985 – Viimeiset ruusut, choreographer Riitta Pasanen-Willberg
1984 – Kuka murhasi Yrjö Linssin? Choreographer Arja Pettersson
1984 – Sirkus Marmara, choreographer Arja Pettersson
1984 – Hippo miniatyyrit, choreographer Ervi Siren
1983 – Paletti, choreographer Raisa Vennamo
1982 – Hilli, Millin ja Lillin seikkailut, choreographer koreografia rouva Pettersson
7. Career break
• 1998 Family leave half a year.
8. Academic research funding and grants
● Three months funding 25.9.- 25.11.2015 in the Costume in Focus research group at Aalto University, Helsinki, the funding was part of the FiDiPro – Finland Distinguished Professor Programme.
9. Publications
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Manninen, K. (2021). Self-Organising Map in autoethnographic case study. In. Diaz-Kommonen & Hung Han Chen (Eds.). Using the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) in Art and Design Education, The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation. Accepted for publication.
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Manninen, K. (2021). Intermedia Costume Sketching. In. D. Nadoolman Landis (Ed). Encyclopedia of Film and Television Costume Design. Accepted for publication
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Manninen, K (2021). Meanings and impacts of digital sketching on the professional competence of the costume designers. Studies in Theatre and Performance. Accepted for publication
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Manninen, K. (2020, September). The Line between Paper and Screen - an Analytical Reflection of the Researcher’s own Costume Sketching Practices. [Paper presentation] 1 International Congress on Creativity and Innovation in Design, under the slogan "Design Challenges", Barreira, Spain. https://barreira.edu.es/congreso/en/
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Manninen, K (2019). Digital Costume Sketching through an Embodied Awareness. Studies in Costume & Performance, 4, 229–241.
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Manninen, K. (2018). ‘Intermedia Costume Sketching’. In L. Diaz, M. Dragu & L. Eilittä (Eds.), Adaptation and Convergence of Media (pp. 242-256). Aalto ARTS Books.
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Manninen, K. (2016). Book review of Joanna Weckman's dissertation, Liisi Tandefelt as a costume designer. Publication in Meteli 1/4, Professional magazine of the Association of Theater and Media Workers, Teme
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Manninen, K. (2015). Article on my research on digital drawing related to the PQ Workshop. Publication in Meteli 3/4, Professional magazine of the Association of Theater and Media Workers, Teme
10. Research supervision and leadership experience
Advising Costume Design Students' Master's Thesis and project works at Aalto University.
1. 2017 Liljana Kumpulainen
2. 2016 Timjami Varamäki
3. 2016 Joona Halonen
4. 1996-2014 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, internship supervision for domestic and foreign trainees, more than a hundred trainees during two decades
11. Teaching merits
Kirsi Manninen is one of the pioneers of teaching digital drawing and its techniques on the touch screen in the context of design. She has taught designers in different institutions in Finland and internationally: Aalto University, London College of Fashion: UAL, University of the Arts London, Prague Quadrennial (the world's largest theatre architecture exhibition) and (Teme) Trade Union for Theatre and Media Finland.
• 2021 University of Lapland - Digital Character Creation course
2021 University of Lapland, Arctic Design Week, lectures of Service Design Andre design thinking
• 2014-2020 Aalto University – 70 production, set and costume design students.
• 2015 and 2019 (PQ) Prague Quadrennial, 40 international professional set and costume designers.
• 2013-2020 courses for the Finnish professional Designers (LP), Union for the Theatre, Film and Television Designers – More than 60 professional production designers, set designers and costume design
• 2017-2020, Finnish Public Broadcaster Yle, digital design workshops for set, props,
costume, and makeup artists – 20 professional designers.
• 2018 London College of Fashion: UAL, University of the Arts London, a digital
design workshop for costume designers. – 16 costume design students
• 2012-2016 Guest lectures on different areas of costume design at the Costume Design Department, Department of Film, Television and Scenography, School of Arts, Design and Architecture and Aalto University.
2007/2009 University of Industrial Arts/Aalto University, Lectures on costume design
• 1995-1997 Workshop of Art and Design and at the University of Industrial Arts
1996 University of Industrial Arts, Presentation techniques and drawing
1992- 1997 University of Industrial Arts, Advising Costume Design Students' Master's Thesis and project works
Digital Design Workshops at:
• 2019 The Finnish National Theatre – 20 participants.
• 2019 Helsinki City Theatre – 8 participants.
• 2018 Kuopio City Theatre – 12 participants.
• 2019 Turku City Theatre – 5 participants.
• 2018-2019 The 50th Tampere Theatre Festival, The digital design workshop for scenographers – 32 participants.
12. Awards and honours
● 2021 SÄDE award candidate. The Säde Award is an annual honorary award chosen by Theatre, Film and Television Designers Board from meritorious designers nominated by its members.
● 2020 HELSINKI ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2020, given by City of Helsinki.
● 2005 One-year artist grant from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland – Solo
exhibition at Theatre Museum, Helsinki
13. Other academic merits
● 2021 Reviewer for Journal for Artistic Research (JAR),
● 2019 A conference article reviewer, NORDCODE SYMPOSIUM 2019
● 2018 A conference article reviewer, Hybrid Labs Symposium 2018
● 2016-2017 Evaluating Costume Design Students' Master's Thesis, Aalto University
○ 2017 Laura Malinen
○ 2016 Tiina Hauta-aho
● 2019 Member of the organizing team of NORDCODE SYMPOSIUM 2019
● 2018 Member of the organizing team of Hybrid Labs Symposium 2018
14. Scientific and societal impact: Academic presentations
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2020 - Digital Transformation and Professional Excellence in Costume Design, DRAWING AND PERFORMANCE: CREATING SCENOGRAPHY, CONFERENCE, (presentation remotely), 26th to 28th November 2020, Coimbra, Portugal.
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2020 - The Line between Paper and Screen - analytic reflexivity of researcher’s own costume sketching practices, DESIGN CHALLENGES, International Conference of Creativity, and Innovation in Design, (presentation remotely) September 10-11, 2020, Barreira, Spain
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2019 - Digital Transformation in Costume Design, 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES, St. Petersburg University, 1-3 March 2019, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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2018 - The Line between Paper and Screen - analytic reflexivity of researcher’s own costume sketching practices, CRITICAL COSTUME 2018, (Flash Talk, and Exhibition), University of Surrey, Guildford School of Acting, 12-14 September 2018, Guildford, UK,
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2018 - Building Bridges with Costume Sketching, HYBRID LABS SYMPOSIUM, Knowledge Creation through Art. 30 May — 1 June 2018, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
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2018 - An Empathy– Oriented Drawing Method in Costume Sketching: Digital Drawing through Embodied Awareness, NORDCODE 2018, Division of Industrial Design at Lund University, November 7 – 9, 2018, Lund, Sweden.
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2018 - Digital Character Creation, MeCCSA 2018 -Technology and Creativity, 10—12 January 2018, London South Bank University, London, England.
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2017 – Digital Sketching in Creative Process, NORDCODE 2017- Traces of the Design Process, The Nordic Network for Research on Communicative Product Design, Nordcode together with Designarkivet in Nybro, 7-9 November 2017. Kalmar, Sweden.
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2017 - An Empathy-Oriented Drawing Method in Costume Sketching, TaPRA 2017, The Performance and New Technologies, 30th August –1st September The University of Salford, Manchester, England,
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2016 - Building Bridges with Costume Sketching, CONVERGENCE OF ARTISTIC MEDIA, 1st – 2nd November 2016, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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2016 - Digital Drawing on Virtual Paper, 3RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTS AND HUMANITIES 2016, Concordia University Canada, 22nd -23rd September, Bali, Indonesia.
15. Memberships and Positions of trust
● 2018-> Member of the Board of TeatteriWelho
● 2019-> Member of the Board, Trade Union for Theatre and Media Finland, Teme
● 2019-> President of the Board of Theatre, Film and Television Designers
● 2018-> Member of the Board of Artscenico, European Federation of Costume and
Production Designers
● 2019-> Member of the Board of Oistat Finland
1998-2000 Member of the Board, Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth
1996-1997 Member of the Board of Theatre, Film and Television Designers
16. Scholarships and grants
2020 Taide2 Kulttuurirahasto, development grant for Helsinki Biennale2020
2020 Digiloikka
2016-2020 AaltoArts, travel grants for international conferences - academic presentations
2018/2019….Internationalization Fellowship - Participation in a meeting of European production and costume designers association in Berlin, Paris and Vienna
2013 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, Travel grant for Festival Furies: Théâtre des routes – À venir Franc, Chalon en Champagne
2011 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, Travel grant for International Circus Festival, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
2010 Arts Council, Travel grant for theatre review in Copenhagen and Malmö
2010 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, Travel grant for Circus and street theater festival, Chalon en Champagne, France
2007 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, Travel grant for Theatre Festival in Denmark
2006 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Children's culture project grant for exhibition in the Theatre Museum
2005 Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Grant for building exhibition in the Theatre Museum in Helsinki
2005 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, Travel grant for the New Circus Festival in Paris
2004 State society of fine arts, One year scholarship for artists for the year 2005
1998 Berlin International Film Festival, Honour prize for costume designing for the film Liian paksu perhoseksi
1998 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, Education Grant for the Nordic Theatre Days in Oslo
1998 AVEK, Education Grant for Nordic Theatre Days in Oslo
1996 The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Travel grant for Batik courses in Indonesia
1996 Niilo Helander Foundation, Education Grant to study Indonesian dance and shadow puppet theatre
1995 Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Working Grant for Swan Lake-.production group
1995 AVEK – The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture, .Education Grant for Prague Quatrianale
1995 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Working Grant for Hansel and Gretel-production group
1991 Yle – Finnish Broadcasting Company, Koura-Scholarship, Education Grant for New York
1986 Ministry of Education and Culture, Education Scholarship, DAMU, Czechoslovakia
17. Study travels
2014 Morocco, Ouarzazate film studios, the Bedouin culture and fashion in Sahara
2012 Cameroon, Festival Africain de Theatre Pour L'Enfance et la Jeunesse
2012 Conakry, Guinea, West African Street Fashion and Conakry Circus School
2013 St. Petersburg, Russia, Art and fashion
2013 Petrozavodsk, Russia, Puppet Theatre and International Song Festival
2012 Thailand, Oriental dance and theatre local art, culture people's fashion
2010 Vietnam, Water puppet theatre, art, culture people's fashion
2009 Venezuela, Delta Indians art, culture and people's fashion
2008 Egypt, Time of the pharaohs, Art, Culture and History
2007 Denmark, Children's and Youth Theatre Festival
2007 Russia (St. Petersburg), International Children's and Youth Theatre Festival
2007 India, Holy Hindus, India’s largest annual carnival, Indian dance and art
2006 Brazil, Carnival and Capoeira
2005 France, Paris, Contemporary circus, art and theatre
2004 Thailand, Oriental dance and theatre
1998 Oslo Norway, Nordic Theatre Days
1996 Yogyagarta, Oriental dance, batik and traditional Wayang Kulit shadow theater
1996 Copenhagen, Nordic Theatre Days
1995 Prague, Prague Quatrianale, theaters and museums
1994 London, BBC, theater, modern art, museums
1991 Dar es Salaam, African dance and art
1989 New York, Modern art and music
1984 Moscow, University of fashion, Moscow film school, Costume museum archives
1994 Paris, Costume design school in Paris, Fashion Fair and modern art
1982 Milan, Fashion Fair, opera, design schools and textile mills
18. Graphic publications
2014 The story of Albis the great white rabbit, Illustration for children's storybook
2010 Winter Circus Sika, Graphic design for marketing and advertising
2005 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth 25-v, Illustration for the Hurjaruuth 25-years celebration book
2004 www.hurjaruuth.fi ….Web site design
1994-1995 The Common Responsibility Campaign, Poster design
1994 Moomin i Kulissen, Norwegian, Theatre poster design
19. Exhibitions
2018 Theatre, Film and Television Designers, joint exhibition of artists: https://kuviteltutodellisuus.fi/osallistuja/kirsi-manninen/
2018 Critical Costume, Exhibition, University of Surrey, Guildford School of Acting, Guildford, UK
2017 Online Gallery, World Stage Design WSD2017 Exhibition, Taiwan
http://wsd2017.com/exhibition/gallery/?cat=5&sec=2
2013....The World Stage Design 2013 Virtual Exhibition, Cardiff, Wales 2013 http://www.wsd2013.com/kirsi-manninen/
2012 Pannuhalli, Kaapelitehdas, Time in Africa - photo exhibition
2010 Ruoholahti metro station, Kaleidoscope – Poster exhibition
2009 Pannuhalli, Kaapelitehdas, Winter Circus Tuike costume sketches
2009 Pannuhalli, Kaapelitehdas, Winter Circus Light, costume sketches
2006 Hippalot Hämeenlinna Galleria ARX, Solo-exhibition
2006 Theatre Museum Helsinki, 25 artists solo exhibition in the museum's main exhibition space for six months
2006 Pannuhalli Kaapelitehdas, Winter Circus Time, costume sketches
2005 Pannuhalli Kaapelitehdas, Winter Circus Snow costume sketches
2004 Pannuhalli Kaapelitehdas, Winter Circus Light, costume sketches
2003 Pannuhalli Kaapelitehdas,Winter Circus Sirius, costume sketches
2003 City Art Museum Meilahti, Ilona Wikland Melukylä, design of the character doll of Katto-Kassinen for the exhibition
2003 Valkeakoski Theatre, Odysseus costume and set design sketches
2001 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, 20-years celebration, costume exhibition
1993 Theatre Museum in Helsinki, The Union of Finnish Scenographers’ joint exhibition
1991 Bagamoyo Tanzania, Time in Africa, painting exhibition
20. Advanced computer skills
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Photoshop=excellent
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Autodesk SketchBook=excellent
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CorelDraw=excellent,
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SketchUp= competent
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InDesign= competent,
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Flash= competent,
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Web-design= competent
21. Other academic merits
Hänen pukusuunnittelumenetelmänsä ovat olleet Helsingin yliopistossa suoritetun akateemisen tutkimuksen aiheena, otsikolla: "Circus-pukujen moniulotteinen ulottuvuus - Kirsi Manninen Winter Circuksen pukusuunnittelijana", Tutkielman tekijä: Elisa Avikainen, Helsingin yliopisto 2016, https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/163605
© Kirsi Manninen