Bio
Soile Mottisenkangas does not restrict herself to a single technique or even one artistic field, but rather builds her artistic expression from an endless mixing of new and traditional techniques and interdisciplinary encounters. Her projects therefore include video art, installations, documentary short films, VR, and photography.
Mottisenkangas has been creating visual and video art pieces since the 1990s, graduating with an MA in Film from Screen Academy Scotland in the UK in 2011. Her award-winning short film, Yötyön zen, was released in 2020.
Mottisenkangas also works as part of the MÄKI-NEVALA–MOTTISENKANGAS artistic duo. The duo’s strength lies in a polished visual style and straightforward storytelling, focusing on topics that are often overshadowed by larger, more dramatic subjects.
Exhibitions
VR-artwork Lush urban pasture (0.1) in group exhibition, MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, 7 - 22 September 2024 and in Supermarket Stockholm Independent Art Fair 2025, 3 - 6 April 2025, Sweden.
Art Realm '24 Biennale Taidevaltakunta in Hämeenlinna Art Museum, PastureG28: Other Visitor Attraction, documentary video installation, duo MÄKI-NEVALA–MOTTISENKANGAS.
Filmography:
Creative documentary films:
- They Go Gentle Into That Night Work. 11 min. 2020.
- Maria Eveliina. 2013. Runaway. 45 min. 2008.
Short films:
- Bully Factory. 2012.
- Earth 2.0. 2012.
- Apple Green Sketch. 2011.
- Just Thinking. 2011.
- Living Room. 2010.
- Music video: Kultaiset korvarenkaat. 1996.
Videoart:
- Looking for Kea. 2010.
- Social Timeline. 2009.
- I do what you do. 2009.
- I don't. 2007.
Artist in residency:
Grassina, Italy. 10/2024.