Since her first exhibition of paintings in 1992, Finnish born artist Mia Leijonstedt (b.1971) has pursued her interest in artist’s books and studied both traditional and modern bookbinding skills. She first studied in Helsinki University of Art and Design but moved to the UK in 1993 where she graduated from Roehampton University with BA Bookbinding in 1997. She now creates artworks that span several creative disciplines. She has exhibited internationally in over 40 shows including the UK, Ireland, Japan, Canada, the US, France and Finland as well as has won a dozen awards for both artistic and technical merit – including the Open Choice Book 1st Prize in the Designer Bookbinders Annual Competition in the British Library, London in 2005.