About

Mari Mäkiö (b.1982) is an artist living and working in Helsinki, Finland. She works with installation, combining different media, such as sound, video, text and ceramics. Her works are often site-specific and interactive. Many of her projects have included working with different groups in participatory ways. She also works together with other artists in different collaborations and collectives.

Mäkiö's work focuses on multi-species encounters, and the experiences of separateness, togetherness and empathy entwined within these encounters. She's interested in how our human existence is intertwined with our environment and others around us. She is currently working in the forests of Helsinki, following the traces of spruce bark beetles and studying the connections between bark beetles, climate change and changing forests.

Mäkiö’s works have been shown in museums and galleries as well public art commissions in Finland and abroad. She has also participated in several artist in residence programs in Europe and Japan. She graduated as Master of Arts in Photography at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland (2015).

Contact: mari(at)marimakio.com
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Education

2010– 2015 Master of Arts, Department of Photography
Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture, Finland
2011–2012 Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany
2007–2010 Bachelor of Arts, Department of Photography
Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture, Finland

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Kaksi kamerasilmää katsoo (Two camera eyes are watching), Gallery Forum box, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Kaksi kamerasilmää katsoo (Two camera eyes are watching), Kulttuuritalo Laikun studio, Tampere, Finland
2020 Kagekiyodo, Turun Taidehalli, Turku, Finland 2019 Kagekiyodo, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland
2017 Kehrääjät / Spinners, Gallery Lapinlahti, Helsinki, Finland
2015 (a) life, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
2015 (a) life, Photo Centre Peri, Turku, Finland
2012 Silent Room, Gallery Uusi kipinä, Lahti, Finland
2011 Silent Room, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki, Finland

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 Muu Media Art Fair, Kaapelitehdas, Puristamo, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Öres22 Summer Exhibition, Örö Island, Finland
2021 Toisella Rannalla, Gallery Vanha Kappalaisen talo, Porvoo, Finland
2020 Entrotopia, Synagogue – Center of Contemporary Art, Trnava, Slovakia
2019 Impulssi, Media Art Exhibition by Helsinki Art Association, Central Library Oodi, Helsinki, Finland 2018 Tip-Tip, Plop-Plop, Takasago-yu Onsen, Kofu, Japan
2018 Luonnontiloja, Lapua Art Museum, Lapua, Finland
2016 Trans 2015-2016: Features of This Land, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan
2013 Supervision, Kulturhaus Remise, Zürich, Switzerland,
2013 Supervision, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria
2013 Supervision, Gallery Huuto Jätkäsaari 2, Helsinki , Finland
2011 Photomeetings.lu, Gallerie Clairefontaine, Luxemburg
2010 Muistojeni Pariisi/Je me souviens de Paris, Photo Museum, Helsinki, Finland ja Embassy of Finland, Paris, France

Public Art

2024 Impressions, Daycare Tunturi, Helsinki, Finland

Collections

Helsinki Art Museum & private collections

Grants & Awards (personal)

2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 1 year working grant
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 1/2 year working grant 2020 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, 1 year working grant 2019 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant 2019 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant
2018 Finnish Art Society, young artists grant
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 1/2 year working grant
2018 Helsinki Artists Association, project grant
2017 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, travel grant
2017 AVEK, The Promotial Center for Audiovisual Culture Finland, project grant
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, travel grant
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant
2016 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, travel grant
2016 VISEK Centre for the Promotion of Visual Art, project grant
2015 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, project grant
2013 AVEK, The Promotial Center for Audiovisual Culture Finland, project grant
2013 Frame, Visual Art Finland, travel grant
2013 Björkvist Foundation Finland, project grant

Residencies

2024 Sound Art Lab, Struer, Denmark
2023 Field_Notes, Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Lapland, Finland
2023 Art In Lov, Loviisa, Finland
2021 Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
2020 Örö Island Residency Programme, Finland 2018 Artist in Residence Yamanashi, Japan
2016 Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan
2013 Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria

Memberships

2025– Helsingin ateljeetalosäätiö, member of the board
2021– Örö Island Residency Association (member of the board 2023–) 2020– Artists’ Association MUU 2014-2019 The Photographic Artists’ Association
2018– Helsinki Artists Association