Anna-Kaisa Koski

Co-founder and co-director Anna-Kaisa Koski (she/her) brings to Punos her vast experience in working at the intersections of the cultural field and climate action.

Currently, Anna-Kaisa conducts doctoral research on contemporary art and the cultures of energy at The Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies at the University of Jyväskylä. She holds Master’s degrees in Curating (Aalto University, 2012) and Arts Research (University of Jyväskylä, 2013).

Anna-Kaisa is part of the steering group of Coal-free Finland (Hiilivapaa Suomi), specializing in strategy and fundraising development. For over a decade, she has been an active organizer in both arts and climate grassroots initiatives and NGO's. In recent years, she has been tutoring sustainability trainings provided for museums by the Finnish Museums Association.

Anna-Kaisa was part of the core team behind rethinking the concept and realizing the renewed Helsinki City Museum, reopening in 2016. The following year, the museum was awarded as the Finnish Museum of the Year and the International Award of Museum + Heritage Awards in 2017. Her more recent work includes managing a stakeholder development project for Lusto – The Finnish Forest Museum, resulting in the publication ‘The Lusto Model’ (2020).

As a freelance curator-facilitator, Anna-Kaisa’s recent collaborations have included the inaugral edition of Rauma Triennale (2019), the early-stage development of a new arts organization Feminist Culture House (2019) and ‘Stony Silence’ workshop series in Helsinki Children’s Culture Centre (2018).

Anna-Kaisa is based out of Helsinki, Finland, where she can be spotted at the contemporary dance performances, exhibitions, concerts, and film screenings.