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Curriculum Vitae

 

1. Personal details

• Manninen

• Kirsi Maritta

 

2. Degrees

  • 1991 University of Industrial Arts, MA Degree Program, Fashion Design

  • 1987 DAMU, The Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Scenography Program, Department of Stage Design

  • 1979-81 Academy of Design, Kuopio, Fashion design

  • 1978 Nakkila High school, Graduated from high school

 

3. Other education and expertise

  • 2013 School of Arts, Design and Architecture, After Effects for scenographers

  • 2012 School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Photoshop for scenographers

  • 2011 School of Art Design and Architecture, Advanced Course in Sketch Up 

  • 2010 School of Art Design and Architecture, Sketch Up Course

  • 2006 University of Industrial Arts, Flash MX 2004 Basics

  • 2005 University of Industrial Arts, New and old techniques in costume design

  • 2003 University of Industrial Art, Designing textiles and clothes by computer (10 study weeks)

  • 1984 Macintosh Falcon, Netherlands, Fashion Design Training

 

4. Language skills

● Finnish C2

● English C1

● Swedish B2

● German A2

● Bahasa Indonesia A2

  • 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: 

  • Käsiraudat, director. Pekka Lara

  • Kultainen vasikka, director Heikki Mäkelä

  • 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

  • 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. 

  • Manninen, K. (2021). Intermedia Costume Sketching. In. D. Nadoolman Landis (Ed). Encyclopedia of Film and Television Costume Design. Accepted for publication 

  • 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

  • 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/

  • Manninen, K (2019​). Digital Costume Sketching through an Embodied Awareness. Studies in Costume & Performance, 4, 229–241. 

  • 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. 

  • 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

  • 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

  • 2020 - Digital Transformation and Professional Excellence in Costume Design, DRAWING AND PERFORMANCE: CREATING SCENOGRAPHY, CONFERENCE, (presentation remotely), 26th to 28th November 2020, Coimbra, Portugal. 

 

  • 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 

 

  • 2019 - Digital Transformation in Costume Design, 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DESIGN PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES, St. Petersburg University, 1-3 March 2019, St. Petersburg, Russia.

 

  • 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, 

 

  • 2018 - Building Bridges with Costume Sketching, HYBRID LABS SYMPOSIUM, Knowledge Creation through Art. 30 May — 1 June 2018, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.

 

  • 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. 

  

  • 2018 - Digital Character Creation, MeCCSA 2018 -Technology and Creativity, 10—12 January 2018, London South Bank University, London, England.

  • 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.

  • 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, 

  • 2016 - Building Bridges with Costume Sketching, CONVERGENCE OF ARTISTIC MEDIA, 1st – 2nd November 2016, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 

  • 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

  • Photoshop=excellent

  • Autodesk SketchBook=excellent

  • CorelDraw=excellent, 

  • SketchUp= competent

  • InDesign= competent, 

  • Flash= competent, 

  • 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  



 

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