Kaati Puolakainen was born in Monchegorsk, Russia in 1984. Graduated from Kostroma Agricultural Academic with a degree in Veterinary. From 2018 to 2020, she studied contemporary photography at the School of Modern Photography Docdocdoc (Saint Petersburg). In 2020, she took the course “Visual room” at the FotoDepartament (Saint Petersburg). Currently lives in Saint-Petersburg. She is a mother of three children, a housewife and an artist. Works with photography, video, collage, painting, sculpture and installation.

2020 — Special mention in Blurring the Lines, « The Last Days on the Earth”

Group exhibition  

2020 — “The Last Days on the Earth”, online group exhibition, ZGA Gallery, Saint Petersburg

2021 — “Cosmic woman”, Weseeitems, Moscow

2021 — “Fortes fortuna adjvant”, Visibility, Sevkabel Port, Saint Petersburg

2021 — “The Last Days on the Earth”, Constructor, Saint Petersburg

2022 — collective project “I myself”, GES-2, Moscow  

 Personal exhibition  

2021 —  “Cosmic woman”, Freud’s Dream museum, Saint Petersburg

Festivals and film screenings

2022-2023 — “The Tale of the Sami”, Amateur Experimental Film Festival Inside, St. Petersburg, Moscow (Russia), Frankfurt (Germany)

2023-2024 — “Hiljaisuuden maa/Land of Silence”, film association Luch, St. Petersburg, Moscow