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

Open for commissions.
PERFORMANCE 
Forthcoming:
  • Myymälä2-gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 2019
Past:
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


EXHIBITION AND SCREENING
Forthcoming:
  • ​Video screening, Instagram-based exhibition curated by Titanik-gallery, Turku, Finland, 2018
  • Solo exhibition, Myymälä2-galleria, Helsinki, Finland, 2019
Past:
2018
  • 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

CURATORIAL WORK
2017
  • Head organizer, BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), B-galleria, Turku, Finland
  • Co-organizer, Superb! contemporary art festival, with Kristiina Karsten, B-galleria, Turku, Finland
2016
  • Co-organizer, The Wake festival, with Antti Tolvi, B-galleria, Turku, Finland
  • Head organizer, Maanantaiklubi, B-galleria, Turku, Finland
  • Head organizer, Superb! contemporary art festival, B-galleria, Turku, Finland
2015
  • Head organizer, Open Street, Titanik-galleria, Turku, Finland

MUSIC AND SOUND ART
2016-
  • LOHKO, multi-disciplinary performance with poet Susinukke Kosola
2015-
  • Niagara 2000, solo, experimental music
2009-
  • Singer and composer in various projects, both live and studio

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
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
  • Nykykulttuuriyhdistys Suunnitelma B ry / artist’s association
  • Teosto / musicians association