Verna Kovanen Email & Phone Number

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Digitaalisen viestinnän tuottaja Ateneumin ja Sinebrychoffin museoiden markkinointi- ja viestintäyksikössä.Erityisalueet: visuaalinen ja kuvallinen viestintä, sosiaalinen media ja video, sekä brändi-ilmeen kuvamäärittelytyö.

Helsinki

www.vernakovanen.comI work mainly with photography and film. The themes of memory, expectations, and waiting play a key role in my work. Combining poetic dreamy style to documentary photography make a personal mix. Publications:Broken Holiday Album ( Publisher Kerber Verlag, 2022)In Broken Holiday Album, the photographer Verna Kovanen (*1989) invites readers to accompany her on a journey to the Mediterranean white sand beaches and the holiday resorts of her childhood. The abandoned travel destinations, which were once built to satisfy our need for escapism, today seem more like stage settings caught in a time capsule.Read more: https://www.kerberverlag.com/en/1994/verna-kovanenNäkymättömät – tositarinoita lasten mielikuvitusystävistäInvisibles – True stories about children´s imaginary friends(self-published, Vernace Production, 2016)Read more: https://www.facebook.com/nakymattomatkirja/

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Helsinki Area, Finland

I have worked as a visiting lecturer/teacher at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences2017-2022"Portfolio and own brand" course for textile design students of Metropolia.The course included practises and studies in thinking and developing student´s own brands as designers. Creating visual identities and contents were also part of the course program as the designing of their own portfolios in printed, social media or website form. The course was five credits wide.2021-2022"Photography course" for textile and fashion design students of Metropolia.Including the basics of camera skills, photography history, visual thinking and studio practise.

Instagram / Lily-Blogportal 2014-2020

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Toimin kesäkaudella vierailevana valokuvaajana museon järjestämillä kuvauskävelyillä.Tutustu toimintaan: https://www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/fi/kalenteri/katuvalokuvauskierros-verna-kovasen-kanssa-1752023

Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland

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Managing the visual content producing in DQC. I mainly worked with the image product during the whole work-flow as a visual designer, producer, director, photographer/DOP and editor. Clients:IDO (Geberit)Funlight HesburgerTouchpoint MuumimaailmaKoneen säätiöFrödingeLa Piazza redwine Astoria proseccoRisifruttiGrandiosaYTK - Yleinen työttömyyskassaYTK-yhdistysEl NamSmo et FroAnamma

Helsinki

Helsinki

I worked as a visual designer and visual producer in Vallila Interior's marketing and communications section. I directed and shot all the visual marketing materials for Vallila Interior during 2013-2014 like catalogs, advertorials, look-books, ad films and product shots. Also I worked as a part of scriptwriting team and as a stylist. www.vallilainterior.fiExample of my work: https://youtu.be/3ETyd0idSHo

Kovanen & Kunnas production has produced two short film and one ad film.2015 One Man Multishow - a movie about artist Teemu Keisteri2013 Kadun Kaunein - lyhyt elokuva voguing-tanssija Olli Haapaniemestä2011 Basso radio - Paska Sohva (ad film)

Erottaja, Helsinki

Laboratory was a gallery located in the creative heart of Helsinki. Run and curated with love by Finnish photo agency Viewmasters. Laboratory offered exhibitions, experiences and events during the World Design Capital year 2012. Nothing permanent — Just like the moments of sheer brilliance good photography captures.I was working during every exhibitions in 2012 : Martin Parr - Think of FinlandPerttu Saksa - MelancholiaKenneth Bamberg - FlowersHelsinki StreetRami Hanafi - Another StoryPeter Farago & Ingela Klemetz-Farago - Northern women in CHANEL

I worked as an assistant of AD Heli Mäenpää, producer Marko Vikman and partner Anneli Maatraiva.As an assistant my work was helping with castings, locations, presentations, website updates, social media updates, call-sheets, meetings and media/client connections.

Helsinki

http://www.huippu.fi

Helsinki

I worked as Kira´s personal assistant in fashion and advertorial photoshoots during 2 months.www.pickme.fi

Glorian koti, Cosmopolitan, Meidän Perhe, Me Naiset...etc.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Visual Culture, Curating And Contemporary Arts

Film And Tv Studies Via Open University

20 credits

Medianome (Bachelor´S Degree, Design And Arts), Lahti Institute Of Design, Visual Communications, Photography

Activities and Societies: Exhibitions with school: -2011, Pilk!, Gallery Oyoy, Lahti Curator/Art director: Japo Knuutila Artists: Aava.