GAP Creatives database

Are you searching for diverse, international talent to enrich your projects?

The GAP Creatives Database is your gateway to connecting with professional artists, cultural producers, educators, and entrepreneurs with multicultural expertise and backgrounds. It’s an open archive showcasing creative professionals based in Finland who work across various disciplines and bring unique perspectives to their fields.

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A World of Creativity

Our members represent a wide range of disciplines, from the visual and performing arts to cultural production, education, and creative entrepreneurship. Whether you’re looking for an artist, facilitator, or partner, our database has the talent you need.

Multicultural Expertise

Our professionals are skilled in working within diverse communities and multicultural settings, making them ideal collaborators for inclusive and innovative projects.

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The GAP Creatives Database includes international talent that you won’t find in traditional networks. From Finnish returnees rebuilding their creative networks to foreign-born professionals creating outside of the traditional art venues, our database highlights all voices.

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Globe Art Point actively promotes its members’ work, and as a member, you’ll benefit from streamlined access to their profiles, projects, and achievements.

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Aleksei Tkachenko

ILMU ("air", "weather") is a folk-trip-hop band from Karelia Republic, Russia. Now the band lives in Tampere, Finland. ILMU plays folk-trip-hop ...

Languages: English, Russian

Music: Singing, Folk music, Global Music

Victor Hugo Gutiérrez

I am a Mexican visual communicator born in Mexico City in 1976. In 2003 I graduated from the Graphic Communication Design degree that is taught ...

Languages: Finnish, English, Spanish

Visual arts: Graphic Arts, Photography, Graphic design, Video Art, Media art, Installation

Other culture: Community art, Environmental art

Olga Blokh

I am a professional ceramist and ceramic artist Olga Blokh. I founded my own studio Bloch Ceramics in Puumala, Finland, in 2020. I make ceramics ...

Languages: Finnish, English, Russian

Visual arts: Sculpture, Painting, Installation, Illustration, Arts pedagogy

Literature: Non-fiction, Fiction

Vitaliia Ter-Avakian

I appreciate art ceramics for the luxury of being imperfect. This is something that the modern technological world cannot afford. Because it is ...

Languages: Finnish, English, Russian

Visual arts: Sculpture

Edris Samani

Edris Samani is an animation director/ Animation supervizor /Animator and Painter. He was born in 1982 in Mahabad, Iran. The artist graduated in ...

Languages: Finnish, English

Visual arts: Painting, Video Art, Illustration, Arts pedagogy

Performing arts: Script writing / playwright

Literature: Fiction

Anna Kozonina

Anna Kozonina is a performing arts researcher, dance writer, dramaturg and educator based in Helsinki. As well as obtaining an MA in Political ...

Languages: English, Russian, French

Performing arts: Directing, Choreography, Dramaturg, Dance pedagogy, Performance art

Eliisa Loukola

Recently working with hän, (a basketball hoop), Eliisa Loukola (b. 1997, Finland) deals with (re)translation and language (co)creation through ...

Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English

Visual arts: Sculpture, Painting, Curating, Installation, Art theory / art history, Other visual arts

Performing arts: Performance art

Literature: Poetry

Special groups: LGTB

Artem Zenev

I am Artem Zenev, a musician, composer and guitarist standing at the crossroads of musical innovation and cultural synthesis. Pushing the ...

Languages: English

Music: Jazz, Folk music, Global Music, Composing & music theory, Music technology, Urban/Electronic

Rute Morais Peixoto

Rute Morais Peixoto is a Portuguese award-winning artist and architect based in Helsinki, Finland. Rute’s multidisciplinary practice is highly ...

Languages: English

Visual arts: Media art, Illustration, Other visual arts

Music: Sound Art

Huyen Pham

Hi, I'm Bong. I am an artist and illustrator. Bong's art is where I document my journey to finding joy. I have a passion for drawing, and it ...

Languages: English

Visual arts: Illustration

Frankie Sleptsov

I am a Finland-based artist and illustrator, working primarily with painting. In my art practice I reflect upon identity, uniqueness and means ...

Languages: Swedish, English, Russian

Visual arts: Painting, Media art, Installation, Illustration, Arts pedagogy, Other visual arts

Anna Dantchev

Anna Dantchev is a Finnish-Bulgarian singer, songwriter, producer and educator. She is also experienced in the music and culture scene in ...

Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English

Music: Singing, Jazz, Folk music, Global Music, Composing & music theory, Music education, Lyrics writing, libreto, Sound Art

Special groups: Multicultural / diversity

ROBERTO PUENTES

Roberto Puentes is a Mexican creative with a Finnish twist. With background in graphic design, photography and video he is deeply passionate ...

Languages: English, Spanish

Visual arts: Photography, Graphic design, Video Art

Naakai Addy

Naakai is a Ghanaian-American multidisciplinary artist. She works with the dimensions of language, primarily in physical and digital collage, ...

Languages: English

Visual arts: Photography, Media art, Other visual arts

Performing arts: Choreography, Performance art

Music: Singing

Literature: Poetry, Non-fiction, Fiction

Special groups: Disabled people, Multicultural / diversity

Kristina Korpelainen

Kristina Korpelainen (b.1990), is a Helsinki-based multidisciplinary artist, inspired by nature and everything that surrounds us. Working with a ...

Languages: Finnish, English, Russian

Visual arts: Sculpture, Painting, Graphic design, Media art, Installation, Illustration

Performing arts: Set design, Costume design, Performance art

Other culture: Community art

Axel Hjertman

As an artist and designer, I know how important it is to feel creative confidence and agency as a creator. Through design, whether it's ...

Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, German

Visual arts: Graphic design

Performing arts: Sound design

Music: Composing & music theory, DJ, Urban/Electronic, Classical / art music, Contemporary art music, Sound Art

Man Huen aka Christy Ma

Christy Ma is a Hong Kong-born and raised artist currently based in Helsinki. She has attained her MA double degree at Uniarts Helsinki and ...

Languages: English

Visual arts: Video Art

Performing arts: Acting, Choreography, Dance, Dramaturg, Script writing / playwright, Performance art

Special groups: Multicultural / diversity

Other culture: Environmental art

Hilkka Helmi

I’m a Finnish artist , humorist, feminist from Helsinki, 39 years old self-taught artist. My art (paintings and photo collage) is often a ...

Visual arts: Painting