Tero Puha

Tero Puha
Born	1971
Nationality	Finnish
Known for	Visual art, photography, filmmaking
Website	www.teropuha.com

Tero Puha (born 1971) ^[1] is a Finnish visual artist, photographer and filmmaker. His work often studies and explores the body image, identities and consumerism in the modern world. He is known for his aesthetic body studies as well as performances and video art. His retrospective book, Almost Human-Works 1995–2010, was published in 2011.

Personal life

Puha has worked in the last few years mainly outside Finland (London, Paris and Berlin).

Publications

• Almost Human-Works 1995–2010. Inky Robot, 2011. Over 200 illustrations and with essays by Leevi Haapala  [ fi ], Leena-Maija Rossi  [ fi ], Annamari Vänskä, Livia Hekanaho and Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger  [ fi ]. A retrospective.

Awards

• 2014: Finnish State Prize in Photographic Arts^{[ citation needed ]}

Solo exhibitions

• Unfinished, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, November 2010–January 2011 ^[1]
• The Mirror That Lived, Turun Taidehalli  [ fi ], Turku, Finland, November–December 2024 ^[2]

Collections

Puha's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma ^[3]
• Helsinki City Art Museum ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Finnish Museum of Photography ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Brandts Museum of Photographic Art ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, in Japan ^[4]

References

1. "Unfinished | Suomen valokuvataiteen museo". www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
2. "Tero Puha: The Mirror That Lived 15.11. – 15.12.2024". Turun Taidehalli. 2024-11-10. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
3. "Dreamy". Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
4. "Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (K*MoPA)". kmopa-yp.com. Retrieved 2025-06-16.