Tina Cerpnjak

 

Media artist · technical artist · computational designer
b. 1994, Slovenia · Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

    • 2026 Echo Chamber — Purkutaide 2026, Arabia, Helsinki, Finland
      ◦ Technical artist; CRT video-wall participatory audiovisual installation (Python, TouchDesigner)
    • 2025 Screen Saver — Dream Sequence – Trustfall, Nasha Studio, Helsinki, Finland
      ◦ Technical artist; CRT video-wall interactive installation with motion capture (Python, Unreal Engine)
    • 2023–25 Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs Festival, Urjala, Finland
      ◦ VJ and visual identity design
    • 2024 Do Machines Dream of Immigration — Aavistus Festival, Helsinki, Finland
      ◦ Technical artist; interactive installation with custom real-time audiovisual software and hardware (Python, TouchDesigner)
    • 2024 Linking the (un)knownHelsinki / Turku / Vaasa, Finland
      ◦ Immersive theatre event series with live performance and interactive audio/visual installations; set designer and technical artist · Funded by Svenska kulturfonden
    • 2023 Evolumination — Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands
      ◦ Generative 3D-printed pendant light installation; parametric modeling and generative design workflow (Rhino, Grasshopper, Python)
    • 2023 From Data Points to Spatial Experience — OPEN SODAS 2123, Vilnius, Lithuania
      ◦ Studio outputs exploring VR’s potential in architecture for content creation, narrative and storytelling; collaboration with Singapore University of Technology and Design
    • 2022 Mind Meets Machine: Immersive Data Interaction — EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
      ◦ Live demo of robotic landscape generation and evaluation workflow via interactive sandbox
    • 2021 Designs for a Cooler Planet — Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Finland
      ◦ Computational design for climate-smart urban solutions; tangible sandbox environment with human–robot interaction
    • 2021 Venice Architecture BiennaleVenice, Italy
      ◦ Showcase of student research pertaining to computational design methodologies
    • 2019 Singapore Hawker CenterNational Design Centre, Singapore
      ◦ Collaborative SUTD–Aalto design studio speculating on the future of Singapore’s hawker centres

TEACHING & WORKSHOPS

 

    • 2021–25 Lecturer / Research Assistant, Aalto UniversityChair of Digital Landscape Architecture and Speculative Urbanism, Helsinki, Finland
      ◦ Co-led the From Data Points to Spatial Experience studio (Unity/VR, 2022–2024); mentoring in advanced programming and XR environments; co-author of publications on digital design methodologies
    • 2022 Pixels & Spaceworkshop with Benedikt Kowalewski (ETH Zurich)
      ◦ Point cloud workflows, data manipulation and VR · Technical support in teaching
    • 2020 Geo-Designworkshop with Pia Fricker & Kane Borg
      ◦ Robotic generative landscape design with hands-on sandbox–computer interface for real-time simulation · Technical support in teaching

EDUCATION

 

    • 2021 MSc Architecture, Aalto UniversityHelsinki, Finland
      ◦ Focus: Computational/Algorithmic Design · Graduated with Honors (grade 5.0)
    • 2016 BA Architecture, University of LjubljanaFaculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia