Contact:  helmi.kajaste(at)gmail.com 

Selected CV

Studies 

2018-2025 Doctor of Science (Architecture), Aalto University 

2005-2013 Architect (MSc), Aalto University 

Work 

2025- Architect, Davidsson Tarkela Siren Architects

2013-2021 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 

2025 Curation of a series film screenings Tiloissa elokuvissa (Spaced in cinema), Cinema Orion, Helsinki

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

2024 Seminar Fictions of Architecture & Film , Aalto University 

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

2015- Live shows as Draama-Helmi: Flow Festival, Kontula Electronic, Sideways, Bättre Folk  etc.

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 

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