CV // Aino Ellis
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Location::
Helsinki, Finland
Year of Birth:
1981
Languages:
Finnish, English (Greek, French)
Collage Hobbyist, Community
Founder & Curator
I am a well-connected collage hobbyist, commynity builder and independent curator/editor/publisher of collaborative collage art ebooks, based in Helsinki, Finland
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Group exhibitions
April 2026 - June 2026
How heavy is a pea? The Laughing Kangaroohs, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Marina Neri
Recent Features
July 2026
Cover image for Shankar, Shloka & Smith, Robin (Eds.) (2026) SONIC BOOM , July 2026 [eJournal.]
(Willl be published end of July 2026)
June 2026
Baum, Kelly R. REIMAGINED - The art of becoming. Composing a life through the lens of collage. (2026)
(Click here to view item on Amazon.com)
June 2026
Kai, Lauryn (Curator) R. UNHOME. The fragmentation of home. Home - The digital zine, spring-summer 2026.
(Click here to browse zine)
June 2026
Kai, Lauryn (Curator) R. UNHOME. The fragmentation of home. Home - The digital zine, spring-summer 2026.
(Click here to browse zine)
May 2026
Shankar, Shloka & Smith, Robin (Eds.) (2026) World Collage Day eBook May 2026. SONIC BOOM . [eBook.]
(Click here to browse ebook)
Independent Curating & Publishing
May 2025
Ellis A.(ed.) (2026) Collage artists looking back to the 2020 LOCKDOWN. [eBook]. Aino Ellis: Helsinki.
ainoellis.art/collage-ebooks
ISBN 978-952-19522-0-3
(Click here to browse ebook in a new window)
May 2026
Ellis A. (ed.) (2026) The Collagist- Illustrations of a species. [eBook]. Aino Ellis: Helsinki.
ainoellis.art/collage-ebooks
ISBN 978-952-19522-1-0
(Click here to browse ebook in a new window)
Art collective leadership, events & collaborations
August 2026 (upcoming)
Hki Kollaasi / Hki Collage
February 2026 - present
Hki Kollaasi / Hki Collage &
Digital Collage Club
January 2026 - present
Digital Collage Club
August 2026
Hki Kollaasi / Hki Collage
June 2025
Hki Kollaasi / Hki Collage
May 2025
Hki Kollaasi / Hki Collage
March 2025 - present
Hki Kollaasi / Hki Collage
Official Workshop Partner: Kaapelitehtaan taiteiden yö (Cable Factory Night of the Arts) 2026 (Helsinki, Finland)
Community building through collaborative collage challenges and open calls (online). Hosted by my two clubs:
Hki Collage for analog / assemblage & Digital Collage Club for
digital collage.
Founder & Lead: Digital Collage Club. First worldwide collective for digital collage hobbyists & artists. Online ommynity building, open calls, discussions & collage challenges on Instagram.
Official Workshop Partner: Kaapelitehtaan taiteiden yö (Cable Factory Night of the Arts) 2025 (Helsinki, Finland)
Official Workshop Partner: Helsinki Pride (Helsinki, Finland)
Collaboration with The Finnish National Archive's online collection Finna.fi for World Collage Day 2025. Co-hosting an online challenge with Finnish museum images.
Founder & Lead: Hki Kollaasi & Hki Collage, Helsinki, Finland.
In-person workshops at Kalasataman Vapaakaupunki (a large cultural community space funded by Helsinki City).
Community building & online collage challenges on Instagram.
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Contact me for queries
(workshops, collaborations etc.)
