| Dr. Kaisu Koski is an artist working with performance, moving image, and biological materials. Her work focuses on multispecies relationships, planetary health, and rituals of mutuality. She is also a climate activist and an eco-dharma instructor; a member of The Vegan Society research committee and the core group of XR Buddhists. Kaisu’s work has been exhibited and performed in gallery shows and theaters in more than 30 countries and has received multiple awards in the film festival circuit. These include venues such as Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt, Lawndale Art Center of Houston, WHO/UNAIDS Geneva, Estonian Museum of Applied Arts, UNESCO Art&Science, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, and Helsinki International Film Festival. She has received numerous grants for her scholarly and artistic work, including organizations such as the Academy of Finland, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, and the Portuguese National Science Foundation. She serves as an expert evaluator in the European Commission Horizon Programme and UKRI. In 2020, Kaisu initiated the Citizen Surgery Collective, an interdisciplinary practice-based research group consisting of artists, critical posthumanists, and anthropologists. Their work concerns sensory skills acquisition, veganism, and the relationship between (non)human animal bodies and food. Kaisu is an Associate Professor of Art and Design at Sheffield Hallam University. Contact: livingorganism@gmail.com  |