Jaakko Heikkila 1956 born in Kemi, Finland
1983 graduate as an engineer from Oulu University
1987-89 researcher at the Academy of Finland
Since 1989 independent artist
Lives and works in Kukkola, in the Torne River valley, which forms the boundary between Sweden and Finland.
His work is in many international collections, e.g. The Deutsche Borse Collection and he has selfpublished several books. "Silent Talks" is his fifth monography.
He has represented Finland at the Venice Biennial 2005.
2010 he was included in the Forest Birch Project, White Box, New York, USA.
Ritva Rominger-Czako, born in Helsinki, Finland, is a curator at the Kunstmuseums Bonn, Germany and also a freelance curator for Scandinavian art.