About

Joonas (they/them) graduated as an architect from the University of Oulu in 2017. Architecture Studio Joonas Parviainen was founded in 2019 and since then they have worked independently on architectural projects and building history surveys. In 2021–2022 Joonas spent 8 months at an artist residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris, working on organ compositions and spatial sound installations. Since 2023 we have worked together with my partner, artist and designer Susse Seppälä in various residencies in Finland, Iceland and the Åland Islands, forming the core of the multidisciplinary artist collective Tuhmat. Together we create multisensory art experiences, kinetic sculptures, living soundscapes and documented performances. Tuhmat works within the fields of architecture, video art, performance, photography, installations, sound art and sculpture, drawing parallels between nature experiences and multisensory art experiences as tools for resilience and recovery.