CV
Mira Roivainen
Mira Roivainen
b. 1990 Espoo, Finland
Lives and works in Kokkola, Finland
EDUCATION
Mira Roivainen
2013-2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
2016 Painting and Visual Culture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
2011-2013 Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Finland
2009-2010 Visual Expression, Kymenlaakson Opisto (eng. Kymenlaakso Institute), Inkeroinen, Finland
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Mira Roivainen
2020 Solo exhibition at Gallery Artista, Kokkola
SELECTED PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS
Mira Roivainen
2017 Koivun kanssa kasvokkain, Brinkkala Gallery, Turku
2015 Ole hyvä ja tyynnytä levoton mieleni, with Riikka Kupsala, Köysiratagalleria, Turku
2014 30 PÄIVÄÄ JUMALANA, with Laura Nevanperä & Vilma Eromäki, Gallery Linnankatu 33, Turku
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Mira Roivainen
2020 Poikkeustila Vaasa. Black Wall Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
2019-2020 Young Art from Ostrobothnia. Vaasa City Art Gallery, Vaasa City Hall, Finland
2019 OXYGENUM. Nordic Art Association’s Triennale Exibition, Vetelin Taidekartano, Veteli
2019 Young Artists 2019. Kunsthalle Helsinki
2017 Suomi 100 – Meiltäpäin. Gallery Artista, Kokkola
2016 Is This the Right Time? Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2015 6th space. ICT-City, Turku
2014 Ritva Mäkinen. Köysiratagalleria, Turku
2013 The Gallery Will Be Presented in a Group Show. Galleria VISU, Kokkola
TEACHING
Mira Roivainen
2019 Pigment transfer workshop, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
2018 Pigment transfer workshop, B-gallery, Turku, Finland
THEATRE WORK
Mira Roivainen
2019 Set design for the children’s play Risto Räppääjä ja villi kone, Ykspihlajan Työväen Näyttämö, Kokkola, Finland
2018 Assistant for scenographer Tua Hautamäki at Kokkola City Theater and part of the set design and property making team in theater productions Aladdin ja ihmeellinen lamppu and Koukussa
2012 Property master’s assistant, in theater production Suomi -Uuteen nousuun at Kokkola City Theatre
OTHER ARTISTIC ACTIVITY
Mira Roivainen
2020 Illustration, Kokkolanseudun Eläinsuojeluyhdistys (eng. Kokkola Animal Welfare)
2015 The Scent of the Distance; Community art project in collaboration with art students, occupational therapy students and Tsemppi-Talo, Turku Mental Health Society, Turku, Finland
2011 Illustration, Global School -project of Peace Education Institute and Educational Institution of Kokkola City
RESIDENCIES
Mira Roivainen
2018 Haihatus Art Centre, Joutsa, Finland
PUBLIC WORKS
Mira Roivainen
Kokkola-Camping, painting series in cabins
MEMBERSHIPS
Mira Roivainen
The Union of Finnish Art Associations. Finnish Painters’ Union, candidate member
The Ostrobotnian Artists´ Association
Kuvasto (a copyright society for artists working in the field of visual arts)