Education
Doctor of Arts Reija Hirvikoski has been a professional scenographer since 1979. She studied stage design 1979–1984 (University of Art and Design Helsinki) and her dissertation Tahdon tiellä (Where there"s a Will there"s a Way, the Role and Position of the Scenographer) was published by the University of Art and Design Helsinki in 2005.
Career
Reija Hirvikoski has designed stages, costumes and sets for movies, television and theatres and mounted over one hundred productions all over in Finland with classics, musicals, dance, children and new drama (many world premieres). She has managed a designer company See 3 Finland Limited on her own since 1990 and the firm has made many designs for brochures, posters, exhibitions, furniture and interior designs for offices (editorial offices. Broadcasting offices, MTV3 news house and news studio 2001).
She has been a quest lecturer in many Finnish universities and vocational schools.
She was awarded with the state’s artist-grant for the whole year in 2006.
Membership
Reija Hirvikoski is also the president of Finnish OISTAT Centre, Chair Elect (2009) to the Scenography Commission of OISTAT, member of International Federation for Theatre Research/FIRT and Finnish Theatre Researchers Association.