Ptarmigan existed as a project space in Vallila from 2009-2011 and a mobile curatorial/creative platform until 2014. We no longer exist as an organised collective, but this website will continue to serve as an archive of the activities produced as/at Ptarmigan during these years.
Jonna Karanka is a Finnish visual artist and musician who finished her BA in Fine Arts at the Tampere University of Applied Science in 2001. At the moment she's doing her MA in Fine Arts at the Aalto University, School of Art and Design. She uses video, photography, collage and sound for sculpting layers of reality.
She has performed her music in such places as Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Anthology Film Archives and Issue Project Room in New York, Stockholm's Culture House and the Flow Festival in Helsinki. Her videos have been screened in various festivals in Finland and abroad (i.a. Kill Your Timid Notion, European Media Art Festival, Tampere Film Festival). Her previous solo exhibition "Black Honey - Pastel Fantasizer" was held at the 2nd Room Gallery in Brussels 2007.
