Simo KELLOKUMPU

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Graduated from MA in Choreography, Theatre Academy, Helsinki in 2003.

Recent 5 main activities (personal exhibitions, group exhibitions, concerts) are

- #CHARP, choreographic groupwork, Research Pavilion, Venice, 2017

- Meteor, essay + Twitter account, internet, 2017

- Seasons as Choreographers: Where Over the World is Astronaut Scott Kelly?, installation, Theatre Academy, Helsinki, 2016

- Mesh, video, Performing Arts Research Lab, Helsinki, 2016

- A dancemat, performance, O Espaco do Tempo, Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal, 2016

Other activities are

- 2013 - Doctoral Candidate in Artistic Research, Performing Arts Research Centre, Theatre Academy, Helsinki

- 2016, grant for artistic research, Wihuri Foundation, Finland

- 2012 - 2015, personal three-year grant for artistic work, Arts Promotion Centre, Finland

Simo Kellokumpu is a choreographer and a doctorate candidate in the Performing Arts Research Center at the Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki. He received his MA in Choreography from Theatre Academy Helsinki in 2003. His work moves in between choreography, performance, installation and video.

About works / performance

pompom, 2017, choreographic installation in collaboration with Vincent Roumagnac and Nao Yazawa, TOKAS Residency (image: Vincent Roumagnac)

pompom, 2017, choreographic installation in collaboration with Vincent Roumagnac and Nao Yazawa, TOKAS Residency (image: Vincent Roumagnac)

A dancemat, 2017, performative installation, courtesy of the artist (image: Vincent Roumagnac)

Seasons as Choreographers: Where Over the World is Astronaut Scott Kelly?, 2016, performative installation, courtesy of the artist (image: Vincent Roumagnac)

scaling, 2016, performance, courtesy of the artist (image: Vincent Roumagnac)

Mesh, 2016, video (1', color, sound), courtesy of the artist (image: Vincent Roumagnac)