Tuukka Teponoja

Comic artist

"Self-proclaimed MacGyver of comics and all things related"

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TUUKKA TEPONOJA

CONTACT INFORMATION

tuukka.teponoja@gmail.com
TEL. 040 749 3553
Born in Helsinki, 1986.


EDUCATION

2011-> Saimaa University of Applied Sciences - Fine Arts
09/2010-5/2011 Orivesi College of Arts, Comic Studio
2008 spring Mediakylpylä, multimediagroup


WORK HISTORY

8/2008-8/2010 Helsinki Comics Center, Event Coordinator
Youth workshops from fall 2009 to spring 2010.

2005-2009 Helsinki Comics Festival, Event Coordinator
Organizing the program for the festival and oddjobs related
2009 organizing the Comics In Concert-music happening, as a part of the festival.

2007 MediaLab, University of Art and Design, Civil servant
database management and developing, customer service, documentation, printing services

POSITIONS OF TRUST

Finnish Comics Society - Member of Board 2006-2010
Perfect Strangers of Finland - Advisor of the board in 2007 & 2009
Did the illustrations of the band members, which were give to the musicians at various Meet&Greet-events.


PUBLICATIONS

2011:
Aivoiglu (36p, small press comic)
Herbert (Saimaa comics society, 5 pages with Anja Korkiakangas)
Nordicomics.info 2011 (Finnish Comics Society, 3 pages)
Porno-orja (Orivesi CoA)
Väriorja (Orivesi CoA)
Paras Orja Ikinä (Orivesi CoA)
Silppuriorja (Orivesi CoA)
2010
Säläorja (Orivesi CoA)

Work for anthologies:
Sarjiskasviskeittokirja (Sammakko-kustannus)
Suuri Koirakirja (Naamakustannus, 2009)
Vesantologia (2008).

2006
Tahinko (self published, 28 pages.)

Comic/Illustration blogs: Paint It Black! (22.11.2006-05.11.2008) and
Paint It Blacker! (2.11.2008->)

Else around the World Wide Web:
Narttu.net - Teemanarttu-webmagazine´s numbers 1,4,8,9 and 10.


EXHIBITIONS

24.2-10.3.2010 Nude model comic-exhibition, Orivesi CoA
06/2010 ”Karhu lapsipuvussa”, Ravintola Om´Pu
13.1.-7.2.2009 ”Nartut Netissä” - 13.1.-7.2.2009, Helsinki Comics Center 8.2-12.4.2007 “Oman elämänsä sarjakuvasankarit” , Arabianranta library


HOBBIES:

Music, macgyverism, dada-dolls, things of "acquired taste"


Location

Imatra, Finland

Specialties

  • Illustration

Experience

5 years

Education

Saimaa University of Applied Sciences/ Fine Arts