SELECTED EDUCATION
2026 — TouchDesigner Professional Bootcamp, The Interactive & Immersive HQ, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. Intensive professional programme in TouchDesigner and immersive media.
2001 — Fine Art and New Media, Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Further education programme for professionally trained artists.
1996 — Master of Arts, Master’s Degree Programme in Fine Arts, specialising in Sculpture, University of Art and Design Helsinki (now Aalto University), Finland.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2026 — Pearl Nose, DIGITALISM, British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK. Live data-driven digital sculpture presented as a point-cloud work.
2023 — Big Blu, Vrångö, Sweden. Solo exhibition incorporating two-dimensional works and 3D-printed sculptures.
2014 — The Walls Within (Berlin14SoundSpot), Berlin, Germany. Site-specific sound work marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall; field recordings accessed on site via QR codes and smartphones.
2012 — Nya tider nya verk, Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden. The Singer, spatial sound installation.
2009 — Sa med hans röst, Bergen International Festival / OiOi, Bergen, Norway. Site-specific outdoor sound installation with directional sound, in collaboration with Jon Fosse and Svante Aulis Löwenborg.
2003 — Korsgrundet, Konst på led, Soteleden, Sotenäs, Sweden. Site-specific sculpture and solar-powered sound installation overlooking the sea, connecting the Swedish coastal landscape with Ristkari, the island in the Finnish archipelago where DanTommi grew up.
2001 — Nordic Art Biennial ’01, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden. Nystan, sculpture.
2001 — Sten i glashus, Kuben / Tidsdokumentet, Stora Teatern, Gothenburg, Sweden. Digital 3D work in which a virtual stone repeatedly collides with the walls of a glass structure, presented within Chalmers’ public multimedia installation.
1999–2000 — Aika, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art; I samtal med Gud (In Conversation with God), video work.
1998 — Rosolli – Finnish Artists’ 103rd Exhibition, Kerava Art Museum / Klondyke House, Finland. Unesta kaiku (Echo of a Dream), spatial sound installation.
1990 — Lahti AV Biennale, Lahti, Finland. Kerro kerro…, sculpture incorporating printed images of television news presenters created using the Quantel Paintbox.
SELECTED RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
2024 — Hildén, Dan Tommi & Karlsson Häikiö, Tarja. “Sculpting, photogrammetry, and computer-aided design (CAD) in primary teacher education”, in 3D Digital Modelling in Visual Arts Education, Umeå University.
2024 — Hildén, Dan Tommi; Karlsson Häikiö, Tarja & Nordström Graf, Rebecka. “Förtrogen med bild – visuellt kunniga lärare”, in Bild och visuell kultur: Undersökande bildundervisning i grundskola och fritidshem, Studentlitteratur.
2022–2023 — 3D Digital Modelling in Visual Arts Education. Nordic research and development project exploring sculpture, photogrammetry and digital 3D modelling.
2021 — Det virtuella ateljésamtalet – en essä om konstnärlig handledning på distans (The Virtual Studio Conversation – An Essay on Artistic Supervision at a Distance). Final project in HPE103, University of Gothenburg. Exploring photogrammetry, 3D visualisation and autoethnographic material as tools for remote artistic supervision.
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025–present — Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts and Visual Culture, specialising in Artistic Practice, HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
2016–2025 — Lecturer in Visual Arts and Visual Culture, specialising in Artistic Practice, HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
2010–2015 — Head Teacher in Sculpture, Gothenburg Art School, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2005–2011 — Lecturer in Fine Art / Artistic Practice, HDK – School of Design and Crafts, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
2004–2008 — Teacher in Drawing and Digital Media, Gothenburg Art School, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2001–2002 — Teacher in New Media, Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
1988–2000 — Graphic Artist and Illustrator, YLE – Finnish Broadcasting Company, Helsinki, Finland. Graphic design and visualisation for news and current-affairs programmes, title sequences and visual identities; working with professional digital image systems including Quantel Paintbox, Harriet and HAL.
SELECTED GRANTS & COLLECTIONS
2016 — Sällskapet Gnistan / Adlerbertska Art Scholarship, Sweden.
2012 — Swedish Arts Grants Committee / Visual Artists’ Fund, one-year working grant.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Region Västra Götaland, Sweden — Tango 1 and Tango 2, cyanotype on paper.
Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland — Maasta maahan (From Earth to Earth), sculpture.
City of Lappeenranta, Finland — Megaliitti, permanent monument / landscape work.
City of Huittinen, Finland — Neitsyttanssi, permanent site-specific landscape work.