Irmeli Kokko is a curator, currently (2006-) a lecturer at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. She’s the initiator and the founder of the Helsinki International Artist Programme where she worked as director between 1999-2003. Her thesis about artists’ residencies (2008) deals with the missions, the operational types and the role of residencies in visual art production. She’s been the member of the division of the Arts Council of Finland to support artists’ residencies (1995-2010); member of the Res Artis advisory board (1999-2001) and member of the expert-group of Cultural Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers/Module to support Artists’ residencies (2007-2011).

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