Kimmo Karjunen is a lighting, set and video designer in Finland. 

Kimmo Karjunen has been teaching in the Program of Lighting Design in the Theatre Academy Helsinki of the University of the Arts Helsinki for some 30 years. 

In 2009 Kimmo Karjunen received the State of Finland Award for the Arts as the first lighting designer in Finland. In the rationale Karjunen was described as an “unconditional artist with a sense of style and as a pioneer in seeking the new” and “as a thorough and inspiring teacher who is always on the edge of the progress”

Kimmo has been and is active in several organisations like LDWG of Oistat,  Oistat of Finland, Teme (Trade Union for Theatre and Media Finland), Association of Lighting, Sound and Video Designers in Finland.

Kimmo Karjunen Master of Arts (MA) Degree Programme in Lighting Design, Theatre Academy Helsinki of the University of the Arts Helsinki