Contact:  helmi.kajaste(at)gmail.com 

Selected CV

Studies 

2018-2025 Doctoral Studies, Aalto University 

2005-2013 Architect (MSc), Aalto University 

Work 

2013-2021, 2025- Architect, Siren Architects 

2022-2024 Teacher on the studio course Architecture & Film, Aalto University 

2020-6/2024 Research Grants, Kone Foundation 

2019 Artist Grant, National Council for Architecture and Design 

Performances and gigs 

2024 Lecture performance Architectural Striptease, part of the Circus Maximus program 

2024 Fictions of Architecture & Film -seminar, Aalto University 

2023 Midnight Sun Film Festival, Architectural introduction to Mon Oncle (Tati, 1958) 

2015- 150 live shows as Draama-Helmi: Flow Festival, Kontula Electronic, Sideways, Bättre Folk 

Exhibitions 

2024 Sound installation Cleaning Tunes together with Petra Vallila, part of the exhibition FIX: Care and Repair by Museum of Finnish Architecture and the De sign Museum 

2020 Solo exhibition Rakenna, kärsi ja unhoita, Oksasenkatu 11 gallery 

2018 Short film This is the Sello Library, part of the Finnish pavilion, Venice Architectural Biennale 

2017 Group exhibition Totuus Suomesta, Porin Kulttuurisäätö 

Awards 

2023 Teosto music prize for the album Draama-Helmi kuistilla  

2021 Beautiful Book Prize, with graphic designer Camilla Pentti 

2020 Kalevi Jäntti literary prize, Kalevi Jäntti foundation 

2020 Uudenmaa art prize, National Council for Architecture and Design