Residency






Supporting experimentation and future-oriented forms of community 

 


Located in a former schoolhouse in Joutsa’s Pynnölä- Uimaniemi village, TUO TUO (est. 2020) blurs the binary between city and countryside by offering artists perennial access to its rural milieu.

Helmed by queer ecofeminist values and ethics




We support radical thinking and queer ecofeminist values across disciplines by providing space in an ethically aligned, supportive atmosphere.

TUO TUO is fertile ground for ideas and close cooperation between artists, thinkers, researchers and other cultural actors through collaborative projects and residencies.

In seeking the balance between pancultural pluralism and local consciousness, we are committed to contributing to the social and cultural life of Joutsa while supporting our community of Finland-based artists in various stages of their careers, and maintaining international connections. 

Residencies at TUO TUO




Artists-in-residence are invited based on the correlative balance between their desired conditions for a residency experience and TUO TUO's means and provisions. We aim to provide the optimal conditions for each artist based on their artistic practice, studio needs and access needs.

If you’re interested in coming to TUO TUO for a residency stay or project, email tuotuoarts@gmail.com or fill out our rolling online application.

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Artists in Residence


2026
OALSTER* 
Marie Pechu
Julia Thompson
Redmoon Hongyue Wang
Maria Sol
Paula Zvane, Krišjānis Elviks,
Aistė Gaidilionytė & Kamilė Vasiliauskaitė*
Tuija Huovinen
Heidi Backström
Jake Slipkovich
Ruby Louise Rose
June Lâm
Iggy Robinson
Azul De Monte 
Dylan Spencer-Davidson
Roscha Säidow
Sophie Lattu
Jonas Palekas

*funded by Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture

2025
Alexa Mardon
Even Minn
Marie Pechu
Adèle Bertrand
Robert Ra
Anastasija Evgenija
Tiio Suo 
Thibaud Teti
Anastasia (A) Alevtin (Khodyreva)
Rowan Lear
Grounded Gatherings 
El Hardwick
Orion Isaacs
Iggy Robinson
Anna Schlimm
Teo Ala-Ruona
Ami Karvonen
Mina Tomic
Tuukka Haapakorpi
Dunja Krcek
Giuseppe Termine
Yoojin Lee
Iona Roisin
Roby Redgrave McPherson
Kiia Beilinson
Sonya Lindfors
Roscha Säidow

2024
Even Minn
Kiia Beilinson
Pauliina Haasjoki
Teo Ala-Ruona 
Tuukka Haapakorpi
MYÖS 
Feline Hjermind
nenúhîr
Hanna Valle
Ina Mihalache
Camille Auer
Julia E. Dyck
Liew Niyomkarn
Ebb Bayley
Micol Curatolo
Lotta Petronella
Sara Blosseville 
Victor Gogly
Dr. Emily May Armstrong
Ulla Eronen
Anastasia (A) Alevtin (Khodyreva)
Mai Pesonen
Thibaud Teti
Joona Sorsa (k0ira1)
Emma Vilppula
Anne Naukkarinen
Sanna Nykänen
El Hardwick
Shireen Qureshi
Winter
Kelechi Anucha
ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS
Matias Loikala
to kosie
Murrettumeri
Haliz Yosef
Emma Hovi
Ivana Miloš
Alejandra Alarcón
Ramona Gomez
Amy Meringo
Pauliina Haasjoki
Orian Arrachart
Agnieszka Popielak
sotce
Alisa Alho
Roby Redgrave McPherson
Solen Skinner

2023
Brad D. Mullen
Emma Larkovuo
Hunajanjyvä
Feminist Culture House
Nina Vurdelja
Millie Gleeson
Jamsen Law
Özgü Gündeşlioğlu
Bettina Willnauer
Angelica Bryant  
Florence Warner
Victor Gogly
Alba Ala-Pietilä
Eero Karjalainen
Mai Pesonen
Agnieszka Popielak
Roscha Säidow
Tuija Huovinen
Julia Toarie Strandman
Cyane Findji 
Genietta Varsi
Monica Seppänen
Wanda Holopainen
Porin kulttuurisäätö
Ellenor Rose Nish
Lotta Petronella
Benjamin Nozdrachev
Ilmari Paananen
KAIROS
An Tul
Jaakko Pallasvuo
Anastasia (A) Alevtin (Khodyreva)

2022 
Milah van Zuilen
Simone Engelen
Kiia Beilinson
Selma Haro
Aino Ojala
Heinä Loukimo
Athanasía Maria Aarniosuo
Sara Blosseville
Aliisa Perikangas
Anastasia (A) Alevtin (Khodyreva)
Marije Dijkstra
Caroline Vitzthum
Angelica Bryant  
Florence Warner
Lisa Biletska
Ilya Dolgov
Milka Luhtaniemi 
Mara Kirchberg
Wille Hyvönen
Vimala Grace Hile
& Baby Haupert
Wanda Holopainen
Naomi Holopainen
Paola Torres Núñez del Prado
Roscha Säidow
Agnieszka Popielak
Even Minn
Kihwa-Endale
Vishnu Vardhani Rajan

2021
Pablo Firpo
Susanna Storbacka
Iiris Kaarlehto  
Klaus Maunuksela
Riikka Thitz
Anne Naukkarinen
Mimi McPartlan
Alex Charry
Taru Koski 
Heli Keskikallio
Roby Redgrave McPherson
Dorothy Zablah 
Joaquin Aldunate
Babi Brasilero
Martina Dahm
Martta Kiikeri 
Yoonsik Kim
Dunja Krcek
Austeja Platukyte
Daisy Crane 
Justin Evans
Eefje Stenfert
Noa Machover
Milah van Zuilen
Anna Jensen
Sara St. Clair
Christina Stark
Vishnu Vardhani Rajan
Ingrid André
Marine Prunier

2020
Kiia Beilinson
Henriikka Kontimo
Julio Lugon  
Judith Gebhardt
Paola Ruiz Moltó
Diana Pereyra Vidaurre
Robin Lesley Nimanong
Laura Esplin
Wendy Lin
Liina Aalto-Setälä
Dylan Ray Arnold
Elina Priha
Wille Hyvönen
Siiri Raasakka
Dagmara Maslowska

TUO (Finnish, nominative, eng. ‘the Other’) TUO (Finnish, third-person verb, eng “brings”)




The name TUO TUO speaks of our commitment to praxis and the queer, pluralistic values at the heart of our operations. The environments we create for ourselves shape the kind of humans we might become.


All photos by El Hardwick (2024)