Creatives database

Are you searching for diverse, international talent to enrich your projects?

The GAP Creatives Database is your gateway to connecting with professional artists, cultural producers, educators, and entrepreneurs with multicultural expertise and backgrounds. It’s an open archive showcasing creative professionals based in Finland who work across various disciplines and bring unique perspectives to their fields.

A World of Creativity

Our members represent a wide range of disciplines, from the visual and performing arts to cultural production, education, and creative entrepreneurship. Whether you’re looking for an artist, facilitator, or partner, our database has the talent you need.

Multicultural Expertise

Our professionals are skilled in working within diverse communities and multicultural settings, making them ideal collaborators for inclusive and innovative projects.

Exclusive Access

The GAP Creatives Database includes international talent that you won’t find in traditional networks. From Finnish returnees rebuilding their creative networks to foreign-born professionals creating outside of the traditional art venues, our database highlights all voices.

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Globe Art Point actively promotes its members’ work, and as a member, you’ll benefit from streamlined access to their profiles, projects, and achievements.

Browse the GAP Creatives Database and connect with your next collaborator today! 

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Erica Mena

Erica Mena

Erica Mena is a Puerto Rican poet, translator, and book artist. They hold an MFA in poetry from Brown University, an MFA in literary translation ...

Languages: English

Visual arts: Other visual arts

Special groups: Disabled, Multicultural / diversity, LGTB

Other culture: Literature / poetry

Walter Götsch

Walter Götsch

My practice is grounded in usability, field research, and symbolism to prepare, empower, and direct. They are form, feeling, and ...

Languages: Finnish, English, German

Arts, general: Applied arts

Visual arts: Graphic Arts, Sculpture, Painting, Curating, Graphic design, Video Art, Performance art, Installation, Illustration

Performing arts: Choreography, Set design, Costume design, Performance art

Other culture: Literature / fiction, Community art, Environmental art

Gabriella Presnal

Gabriella Presnal

Gabriella Presnal (b.2001) is a Finnish-American visual artist with a BA in Media and Arts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences. Their ...

Languages: English

Arts, general: Applied arts

Visual arts: Sculpture, Curating, Video Art, Media art, Installation, Other visual arts

Performing arts: Light design

Special groups: Youth, LGTB

Other culture: Community art, Environmental art

Nikita Gavrilenko

Nikita Gavrilenko

After completing high school, my family advised me to pursue a "normal" job rather than pursuing my passion for art, a common sentiment in my ...

Languages: English

Visual arts: Photography, Graphic design

Adel Kim

Adel Kim

Adel Kim (b.1987) is a curator, manager, and researcher focused largely on art residencies. She received an MA in Art Studies from Hongik ...

Languages: English, Russian

Arts, general: Producer

Visual arts: Curating, Art theory / art history

Veronica Solomon

Veronica Solomon

Veronica Solomon is an animation filmmaker with more than 15 years experience in story-telling, concept design, character development, direction ...

Languages: English, German, Spanish

Arts, general: Producer, Applied arts

Visual arts: Graphic Arts, Photography, Fiction film, Documentary film, Media art, Illustration, Other visual arts

Special groups: Multicultural / diversity

Elizabeth Torres

Elizabeth Torres

Elizabeth Torres (Madam Neverstop) 1987. Colombian/American poet, translator and multimedia artist. Her work intertwines poetry, visions and ...

Languages: English

Arts, general: Audience development, outreach, Producer

Visual arts: Painting, Curating, Video Art, Documentary film, Media art, Performance art, Illustration

Performing arts: Dramaturg, Script writing / playwright, Performance art

Music: Sound art, Sound Art

Special groups: Multicultural / diversity, LGTB

Other culture: Literature / fiction, Literature / poetry, Environmental art

Anita Kittery

Anita Kittery

Anita Kittery is a French-Indian Tamil painter and PhD researcher currently based in Helsinki, Finland. Her work explores how traditions are ...

Languages: English, German, French

Visual arts: Painting, Illustration

Music: Classical / art music

Other culture: Literature / non-fiction

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova is a Helsinki-based creative who currently prefers capturing images and DJing as the main forms of self-expression, however, ...

Languages: English, Russian

Visual arts: Photography, Media art

Music: DJ

Farshad Sanati

Farshad Sanati

Farshad Sanati is a musician, musicologist and a Santour (Iranian classical instrument) player. He obtained his master’s degree in Music, Mind ...

Languages: English

Performing arts: Performance art

Music: Singing, Folk music, Global Music, Composing & music theory, Music education

Special groups: Youth, Aged / seniors, Multicultural / diversity

Maria Averina

Maria Averina

Maria Averina (b. 1993 in Pretoria, South Africa). Cultural manager, producer, curator. Studied in HEC Paris (management) and Lomonosov Moscow ...

Languages: English, Russian, French

Arts, general: Producer

Visual arts: Curating

Mehrnoosh Zolfaghari

Mehrnoosh Zolfaghari

Mehrnoosh Zolfaghari is a professional musician, Composer,Santoor player and performer based in Finland. Although she is a ...

Languages: English

Performing arts: Dance, Performance art

Music: Singing, Folk music, Global Music, Composing & music theory, Music education, Music therapy, Contemporary art music

Special groups: Children, Youth, Aged / seniors, Disabled, Multicultural / diversity, LGTB, Other

Mila iloria

Mila iloria

Mila iloria is an experienced artist based in Finland whose paintings have been exhibited nationally and in Sweden. Through my striking ...

Visual arts: Painting, Photography, Video Art

Daniel Motola

Daniel Motola

Daniel Motola (1988) is a Finnish-Israeli photographer, video artist and musician, currently based in Helsinki. His work is inspired from his ...

Languages: Finnish, English, French

Visual arts: Photography, Video Art

Performing arts: Sound design

Music: Global Music, Sound art

Rosamaría Bolom

Rosamaría Bolom

She is convinced that art is the best tool to positively influence our society. As a multidisciplinary artist she is working mostly with masks ...

Languages: Finnish, English, Spanish

Arts, general: Producer

Visual arts: Sculpture, Painting, Curating, Installation, Arts pedagogy

Special groups: Children, Youth, Aged / seniors, Disabled, Multicultural / diversity, LGTB, Other

Other culture: Literature / fiction, Literature / poetry, Community art, Environmental art

Deniz Satır

Deniz Satır

Deniz Satır is a Turkish-Kurdish, USA-born visual artist based in Jyväskylä. She is a bachelor of Law and currently majoring in Visual ...

Languages: Finnish, English

Arts, general: Applied arts

Visual arts: Graphic Arts, Sculpture

Music: Global Music, Sound art, Classical / art music, Contemporary art music

Special groups: Multicultural / diversity, LGTB

Other culture: Literature / fiction, Literature / non-fiction, Environmental art, Net Art

Tianjun Li

Tianjun Li

Tianjun Li (Timjune) b.1999, China, is an interdisciplinary visual artist and photographer. currently pursuing a master’s degree in Visual ...

Languages: English

Visual arts: Graphic Arts, Photography, Media art

Performing arts: Directing

Music: Sound art, Contemporary art music, Sound Art

Special groups: Multicultural / diversity, LGTB