Awards & Merits
My comic strip “The hope” won the 2. position in adults category ComicInvation 2020 Wettbewerb contenst, Berlin. Theme this year was Resistance.
2020
2. position
2019
3 Patent Pending
HERE Applications - Strategic Portfolio Team
16/297216 Method for visualizing risk levels on 3D maps. Method and apparatus for visualizing risk levels associated with aerial vehicle Flights.
16/510467 Method to compute flying paths for air vehicles that minimize their own ground-level relative noise impact.
HN91177 Method and apparatus for computing a tree-dimensional route on risk-related data.
2019
ComicInvation Berlin
Selected to present my work at ComicInvation Berlin at festival. Berlin Germany
Selected to present my work at Fruit Exhibition. It is the annual independent art book fair of Bologna, Italy.
2019
FRUIT Exhibition
Selected to present graphic novel isabella to the Zine Fest, Helsinki Finland. Part of Helsingin sarjakuvafestivaali (Comic festival of Helsinki)
2018
Zine Fest
Selected to the festival to present and sell the art work and exhibiting the comic strip “My Daily Soundtrack on the Way Home” during the comic festival at Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin.
2018
ComicInvasion Berlin
2011-12
Isabella
Winner, NEM Art and Design Contest, Grant given by Europan Comission
Information Society and Media, Torino, Italy.
"During the closing session, an award was delivered to the piece of art that makes
the most innovative use of networks and media to Virva Emilia Auvinen for her work on
"Isabella - The Secret Recipes" that blended real historic references into
a beautifully illustrated game concept that makes history and learning come alive for children."
Article BBC research ad development
2012
Art, Science & ICT event, invited by European Commission Information Society and Media Future and Emerging Technologies section to the to the event to mentoring about storytelling in ICT field. Moreover exhibition at Galerie Libre Cours, Brussels, Belgium
2012
NEM summit, Hilton, IstanbulTurkey Prenseting the prototype at closing ceremony.
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2010
Touch the Unreachable
2010 Gold, 2010 MUSE Award, Los Angeles USA,
The Media & Technology Standing Professional Committee of the American Association of Museums (AAM) "It is a very attractive project that contains a wonderland-like environment and an interesting story that allows users to make their own decisions.
With devices like this, museums would have no problem bringing their visitors
a remarkable experience, and leaving a long term influence in their minds. A true inspiration. "
Aalto university news
Arts management and tecnology link
2010 :output competition
one of the winner, Amsterdam Netherlands
2010
Byte
2010
Moa Exibition
2007
Fragrance of Jasmine
For Micromailart 2007 - Micromailart & Microyoung Circolo Culturale Bertolt Brecht, Milano, Italy.
more about project
Two page comic strip published in
"Tracce di Realtá - Coop for Words 2007" book (ISBN 978-88-95074-10-8).
Coop for Words