Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger

Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, PhD, works as a Professor of Exhibition Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki. She is responsible for the MA programme for curatorial studies, Praxis. She is also the artistic director and co-founder of The Festival of Political Photography. Rastenberger is on the leave of absence from her position as the Chief Curator at The Finnish Museum of Photography, where she worked 2009–2016. She has extensive experience in exhibition projects, curating practices and the international exhibition scene of the contemporary arts. Rastenberger has published widely about contemporary photography. Recently she co-edited the book Why Exhibit? Positions On Exhibiting Photographies, 2018, FW:books. Her special interests are exhibition as critical practice, feminist curation and running.