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MIINA HUJALA
Studies | Opinnot:
2015 Praxis - Master of Fine Art, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, The Art University, Helsinki
| Praxis - Kuvataiteen maisteri, Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki
2011 Master of Arts (M.A.), School of Art and Design, Aalto University, Helsinki
| Taiteen maisteri, Taideteollinen korkeakoulu, Aalto-yliopisto, Helsinki
2009 Exchange Studies, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, South-Korea
| Vaihto-opiskelu, Hongik yliopisto, Soul, Etelä-Korea
2007 Bachelor of Fine Art, Tampere University of Applied Sciences,
| Kuvataiteilija (AMK), Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu, Tampere
2002 Matriculation Exam
|Ylioppilas, Kimpisen Lukio, Lappeenranta
Curatorial Projects | Kuratoriaaliset hankkeet:
2021-(2023/2024) Reside / Sustain -project manager/curator
2017-2020 In Various Stages of Ruins / Useissa raunioitumisen vaiheissa- projekti / project, curator
2017 Loistava Aika / Glorious Time – Purnu 50 - year anniversary exhibition, curator, Orivesi, Finland
2016-2023 Connecting Points -programme curator in HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme)
2016 ’In Common' – exhibition project, St.Petersburg, Russia
2015 (0)nolla – exhibition [participating artists: Diego Bruno, Arttu Merimaa & Maija Timonen], curator, The old library / Emil-studio, Tampere
2015 Paulo foundation invitation exhibition for graduate artists for the Academy of FIne Arts Helsinki, part of the curatorial team, Exhibition Laboratory Project Room, Helsinki
2014 Work It Out – workshop, KUNO – kurssi, curator/coordinator, Helsinki
2014 In this Climate Under These Circumstances, Art Prospect– festival part of Manifesta 10 Parallel Program, St. Petersburg, Russia
2014 Kunstvlaai– experimental art spaces, Alkovi gallery - participation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 For Your Health Only – exhibition, curator part of Praxis-group, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki
2013 The Act of Filming as an Osmotic Force– screening, curator, Recidency Unlimited, New York, USA
2011 Swapping The Practices- project, curator/producer, Helsinki
2010 25th Hour of Kallio / Media Facades - festival, curator/producer, Helsinki
2008 Uutishuoltamo-experimental news media, Huoltamo gallery, Tampere
2008 PIIPSHOW-videoworkshop, organizer, Tampere
2008 Linnake - Art Gallery Project, curator/producer, Tampere
2007 Matkamuisti, video insert, TR-1, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampere
2006 Open Bikelane – happening, Central Square, Tampere
2006 Timanttimaa- happening, member of production, MAA-TILA Gallery, Helsinki
2005 Performance art happening, member of production, Tampere
Recidencies | Residenssit:
2019 The Place, Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation, Kvalnes (Lofoten), Norway
2018 Cité des Arts Internationales, Paris, France
2018 FAIR-residency, Fabrikken, Copenhagen
2017 The Finnish Institute at Athens, Greece
| Suomen Ateenan Instituutti, Ateena, Kreikka
2011 Uudenmaa Arts Council residency, Prague
| Uudenmaan taidetoimikunnan Prahan taiteilijaresidenssi
2010 OX-bow, School of Art and Recidency affiliated with SAIC, Saugatuck, MI, United States
Publications | Julkaisut:
2024 (upcoming) Text in a publication 'Residencies Reflected' edited by Irmeli Kokko.
2023 Text in online art journal mustekala.info about art residencies and sustainability.
2023 Text in the issue 3/2023, theme issue 'Money' in the journal 'Idäntutkimus' [Eastern Studies], together with Angelina Davydova and Adel Kim. Publisher: The Finnish Association for Russian and East European Studies FAREES. [peer-reviewed]
2023 A text incerpt in the magazine A Shade Colder, issue 4 , 2023 published by Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art.
2017 Text as part of 'KURATOINTI - yhdeksän nykytaiteen kuratoinnin käytäntöä' (A book about curating, only in Finnish), Editors: Taru Elfving and Mika Hannula, Publisher: Kustannus Oy Taide.
2015 THOELALDOA - online publication, editor
2014 Alkovi Anthology - twothousandthirteen- publication, editor
2013 Mediated, The Act of Filming As An Osmotic Force- publication (in relation to a Screening at the Residency Unlimited, NYC).
Work experience | Työkokemus :
2023 Pori Art Museum, consultancy and planning of the commissions -programme
2017 Purnu Art Center, 2019- Anniversary -exhibition
2016-2023 Connecting Points -programme, curator, HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme)
2016 RULER: The movement that didn't have a dog and a stick around it- näyttely, tuottaja / producer , Helsinki
2016 Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Coordinator (Expert visits and Programme)
2015 & 2016 Lectures in Tampere School of Applied Sciences
2013 Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School, 2-month internship, New York City , The United States
2012 Art School Maa, "Making An Art Event"-course, teacher
|Taiteilija tapahtuman tuottajana - kurssi, opettaja, Taidekoulu MAA
2011 xxx_group/58 performances_Tampere, technical assistant
2008 Backlight- 08 photoraphy festival, video documentation
2004 Avanto- media art festival, intern/volunteer, Helsinki
2004 Myymälä2 Gallery/Galleria, intern, Helsinki
2003 Avanto- media art festival, intern/volunteer, Helsinki
Artistic practice / Exhibitions | Yksitys- ja yhteisnäyttelyt:
2021 Matter - From Actual Presence to Virtual representation, Aalto Campus, Otaniemi, Espoo
2013 A Day in the Hole, Pori Biennale, Pori
2011 Replaced and Other Acts, Gallery/Galleria Jangva, Helsinki
2011 Masters of Arts (MOA) 2011', Salmisaari, Helsinki
2010 Antidote, RSProjects, Berlin, Germany
2010 Inside/Outside, Rovaniemi, Finland
2010 Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory/ Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
2010 Epäyhtälö, Gallery/Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki
2009 Art Fair Suomi, Cable Factory/ Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
2009 Todellisuuden Taju -TAJU 2009, Hyvinkää Art Museum/ Hyvinkään taidemuseo, Hyvinkää
2009 Ahne, Tallinna, Estonia
2009 Megalomania/ 3 -year Anniversary, Huoltamo gallery/Galleria, Tampere
2009 Events- moving image in space, Kaiku-galleria, Helsinki
2008 Motion Picture Emotion, Huuto Gallery/Galleria, Helsinki
2007 Kovataide/Hard Art- graduation exhibition, Tampere
2007 It is preferred that one doesn’t lose control, Rajatila Gallery/Galleria, Tampere
2006 AVO- Urban art happening, Finlayson-area, Tampere
2006 Street Art- Competitions – exhibition, Mania Gallery, Tampere
2006 Kolme monitoria:Rakkaus/Tree monitors:Love, Ikuinen Gallery, Tampere
2005 Prno, Ikuinen Gallery, Tampere
2004 Nais- Pictures, Tahmela Library, Tampere
Artistic practice / Screenings | Videonäytökset:
2013 Wild Oats, Milkwood gallery, Diffusion Photography Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom
2011 Cité des Arts- recidence center, Paris, France
2010 “NFVF Alkovi Gallery”,OX-Bow- School and Art recidency, Saugatuck, Michigan, USA
2009 Limited Access, Parkin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 Les Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2009 Les Rencontres Internationales, Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid,Spain
2009 ARTICHOKE-festival (Suomi Post Mortem), Bio Rex-theatre, Helsinki
2009 Finland in Full Color-screening, Verkets Kultur Center, Copenhagen, Danmark
2009 Docpoint-festival (Suomi Post Mortem) Kiasma-theatre, Helsinki
2008 Les Rencontres Internationales, Beaux-Arts, Paris
2006 Gallery Kakelhallen, Maarianhamina
2006 Kettupäivät- filmfestival, Helsinki
Memberships | Jäsenyydet:
2018- Sky Ry (Curators Union), Member of the board (2018)
2013 Member of the Checkpoint Helsinki Pilot year programme group
2008- Muu Ry
2008-2015 Rajataide ry , Member of the board (2008)
2006-2007 Ikuinen Gallery
Grants, prizes and stipends | Apurahat, palkinnot, stipendit:
2020 Kone Foundation
| Koneen säätiö
2019 Finnish Cultural Foundation
| Suomen kulttuurirahasto
2018 Travel Grant – Arts Council of Finland
| Liikkuvuusapuraha / Taike
2017 Kone Foundation
| Koneen säätiö
2016 Kone Foundation
| Koneen säätiö
2015 Finnish Cultural Foundation, 6 - month working grant
|Suomen kulttuurirahasto, 6 - kuukauden työskentelyapuraha
2015 Arts Council of Finland / Media art project grant
|Taike / Mediataiteen kohdeapuraha
2014 Stipend, The City of Helsinki
| Helsingin kaupungin taiteilija-apuraha
2014 Taike / Travel - grant / Art Prospect- festival (Alkovi - group)
|Taike / Matka-apuraha / Art Prospect- Pietari (Alkovi-työryhmä)
2014 Taike / Travel - grant / Kunstvlaai- Amsterdam (Alkovi - group)
|Taike / Matka-apuraha / Kunstvlaai - Amsterdam (Alkovi-työryhmä)
2014 Taike / Uusimaa Arts Council (Alkovi - group)
|Taike / Uudenmaantaidetoimikunta (Alkovi - työryhmä)
2013 Kone Foundation (Multilingualism and Art - Project Grant / Alkovi)
|Koneen Säätiö / Monikielisyys ja taide - projektiapuraha (Alkovi-työryhmä)
2013 Helsinki City / Cultural affairs (Alkovi)
|Helsingin kulttuuriasiainkeskus (Alkovi-työryhmä)
2013 Uudenmaa Council of Arts (Alkovi)
|Uudenmaan taidetoimikunta (Alkovi-työryhmä)
2013 Frame Fund (Alkovi)
|Frame-säätiö (Alkovi)
2012 Arts Council Finland, International Culture Exhange Grant, (Alkovi Gallery)
|Taiteenkeskustoimikunta / kansainvälisen kulttuuriyhteistyöntuki, (Galleria Alkovi-työryhmä)
2012 Kone Foundation (Alkovi Gallery)
|Koneen Säätiö (Alkovi-työryhmä)
2011 Stipend, Helsinki City
|Helsingin Kaupunki
2011 AVEK(Promotion centre for audiovisual culture), Swapping The Practices-project / Alkovi Gallery
|AVEK-Vieterituki, Swapping The Practices-projekti (Alkovi-työryhmä)
2011 Grant, The Paulo Foundation
|Paulon Säätiö
2011 Project Grant for Media Art, Arts Council of Finland
|Taiteenkeskustoimikunta / Mediataiteen kohdeapuraha
2010 Kordelin foundation
| Kordelinin säätiö (Alkovi- työryhmä)
2010 AVEK (Promotion centre for audiovisual culture), project grant, (25th hour of Kallio group/ Media Facades-festival/ Gallery Alkovi)
|AVEK-tuotantotuki (Kallion 25.tunti-työryhmä/Media Facades- festivaali / Alkovi -työryhmä)
2010 Arts Council Finland, International Culture Exhange Grant, (Alkovi gallery-group)
|Taiteenkeskustoimikunta / Kansainvälisen kulttuuriyhteistyöntuki (Alkovi-työryhmä)
2010 AVEK(Promotion centre for audiovisual culture), grant for screenwriting
|AVEK - käsikirjoitusapuraha
2009 Grant, University of Art and Design, Helsinki
|Taideteollisen korkeakoulun apuraha
2007 Stipend for graduating students, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
|Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulun valmistuvien stipendi