VEERA LOHINIVA
  • VEERA LOHINIVA
  • Photography
    • At the pond
    • My body
    • Me in the forest
    • Growth
    • In the woods
  • Live Performance
    • In silence, we are the same.
    • Performance for my father.
    • Contemplation.
    • Anticipation.
    • Watering.
    • The Untitled Performance.
    • Shoes left behind, heart always en route.
    • Invoking peace part I & II
    • Letting Go and a Rite of Passage.
    • Gazing Into Emptiness I Found That I Am.
  • Video works
    • Kakola
    • Ghost
    • The light through my hands.
    • Thoughts, dreams, expectations & emotions.
  • About
  • CV
  • Contact

CV
Veera Lohiniva  b.1990, Finland 
​veera.lohiniva@gmail.com | www.veeralohiniva.com | Instagram: @veeralohiniva 


PERFORMANCE 
Upcoming:
  • Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland, 2022
2021
  • Silence, with Lauri Suvanto, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland
  • Silence, with Lauri Suvanto, Laittomuus-event, Turku, Finland
2019
  • In silence, we are the same, two live performances, as part of my solo-exhibition at Myymälä2-gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2018
  • Performance for my father, at the opening of exhibition by Pertti Lohiniva, Rovaniemi art museum, Finland
  • Contemplation, three live performances, Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Anticipation, Project Ruiny-event, Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia
  • Watering, during the exhibition by Aleksi Matikainen, Galleria 3h+k, Pori, Finland
  • The Untitled performance, B-galleria, Turku, Finland
  • The Untitled performance, Performance Crossings festival, Prague, Czech Republic​
  • Shoes left behind, heart always en route, as part of Kanava-project by students of Turku Arts Academy, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
  • A watched drop never falls, as part of Kanava-project by students of Turku Arts Academy, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland 
2017
  • Sound performance, B-galleria, Turku, Finland
  • The importance of breathing, Turku Biennaali, as part of Kanava-project by students of Turku Arts Academy, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
  • On my way to where I already am, Nykykulttuuriyhdistys Suunnitelma B ry group exhibition, Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, Finland
  • Contemplation, Night of the Arts Academy, Turku Arts Academy, Turku, Finland
  • Invoking peace part I & II, Light Box, Detroit MI, USA
  • NOW.GIF, live streaming, Online Performance Art Festival
2016
  • Letting Go And A Rite Of Passage, B-galleria, Turku, Finland
  • Island, Shopping centre Hansa, Turku, Finland
  • Gazing Into Emptiness I Found That I Am, B-galleria, Turku, Finland

SELECTED GROUP PERFORMANCE
2016
  • Modified Torture Techniques, with Antti Oksanen, Maria West and Jaakko Lilja, Collaborative arts triennal, Turku, Finland
  • Modified Torture Techniques: Waterboarding, with Antti Oksanen and Maria West, Zodiak, Helsinki, Finland
2010
  • Antti Oksanen & Veera Lohiniva, PERF10, Galleria 3h+k, Pori, Finland

SOLO-EXHIBITION
2021
  • ​Solo-exhibition, Ghosts, Rajatila Gallery, Tampere, Finland
​2019
  • Solo-exhibition, In silence, we are the same, Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

GROUP EXHIBITION AND SCREENING
Upcoming:
2022
  • Duo exhibition, A Strange Visitor, with Ëhwa Kim, curated by Keenme, Sang-il-Sang-hae, Ulsan, South Korea
​Past:
2021
  • Installation, LieveILMIÖ-festival, Turku, Finland
2020
  • Video screening​, Arte ry 60 years, Turku City Theatre Art Wall, Turku, Finland
​2019
  • Video screening, Taidesokkotreffit-happening by Olohuone 306,4km², Cosmic Comic Cafe, Turku, Finland
  • Group exhibition, <S.O.M.E>, curated by Keenme, Art Gallery IAa, JeJu Island, South Korea
  • Video screening, Night of the Arts-happening, Kunsthalle Turku, Turku, Finland
2018
  • ​Video, Instagram-based exhibition curated by Titanik-gallery, Turku, Finland
  • Video-installation, Video Art Festival Turku, Finland
  • Group exhibition, Turku Arts Academy, Köysirata-gallery, Turku, Finland
  • Group exhibition/project, with Sanna Koho, as part of Kanava-project by students of Turku Arts Academy, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Turku, Finland
2017
  • Group exhibition, Nykykulttuuriyhdistys Suunnitelma B ry, Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, Finland
  • Video screening, BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), Spread Art, Detroit (MI), USA
  • Video screening, BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), B-galleria, Turku, Finland
2016
  • Group exhibition, with Antti Tolvi, B-galleria, Turku, Finland
2015
  • Video-installation, La Fête, Turku, Finland
  • Group exhibition, Nykykulttuuriyhdistus Suunnitelma B ry, Galleria 3h+k, Pori, Finland
  • Video-installation, Titanik-gallery project space, Turku, Finland
2009
  • Group exhibition, Taiteiden tie, Nurmes, Finland
  • Group exhibition, Pori art school, Pori, Finland
2008
  • Group exhibition, Pori art school, Pori, Finland

MUSIC VIDEOS
2020
  • Music video, Rauha, Skål Kosmonautit band
  • ​Music video, Sumu seuraa, Puiset Heilat band
  • Music video, Lumikinoksa saapuu lehtevään yöhön, Puiset Heilat band​

MUSIC AND SOUND ART
2015-
  • Niagara 2000, solo, experimental music

TELEVISION
2016
  • Niagara 2000, “Perjantai-dokkari: Susinukke, lempeä anarkisti”, Yle TV1

RESIDENCY
2018
  • Konstfestival Moment / Åland Action Art, Mariehamn, Åland (two weeks in June 2018)
  • Valóság, Budapest, Hungary (March 2018)
2017
  • Spread Art, Detroit MI, USA (July 2017)

GRANTS
2022
  • The Finnish Cultural Foundation, 12-month working grant
2021
  • The Finnish Cultural Foundation, expenditure grant
  • Arts Promotion Centre Finland, COVID-19 2-month working grant
  • Arts Promotion Centre Finland, COVID-19 3-month working grant
2017
  • Svenska Kulturfonden, mobility grant

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2017
  • Board member, Nykykulttuuriyhdistys Suunnitelma B ry
2016
  • Board member, vice chairman, Nykykulttuuriyhdistys Suunnitelma B ry
  • Member of exhibition committee, Kirjakahvila, Turku

​MEMBERSHIPS
  • Arte ry / artist’s association
  • T.E.H.D.A.S. ry / artist’s association
  • VEERA LOHINIVA
  • Photography
    • At the pond
    • My body
    • Me in the forest
    • Growth
    • In the woods
  • Live Performance
    • In silence, we are the same.
    • Performance for my father.
    • Contemplation.
    • Anticipation.
    • Watering.
    • The Untitled Performance.
    • Shoes left behind, heart always en route.
    • Invoking peace part I & II
    • Letting Go and a Rite of Passage.
    • Gazing Into Emptiness I Found That I Am.
  • Video works
    • Kakola
    • Ghost
    • The light through my hands.
    • Thoughts, dreams, expectations & emotions.
  • About
  • CV
  • Contact