Mia Seppälä
Basic information
Visual artist, Doctoral researcher, teacher
Residence: Helsinki
Contact information
Email: mikuseppala@gmail.com
Artist’s Statement
I am a Finnish visual artist, researcher, and educator working across photography, printmaking, performance, and moving image. My artistic practice often explores phenomena related to perception and presentation, as well as the interplay between conceptual and physical space.
Much of my work is site-specific, and I’m particularly interested in the experiential and intersubjective nature of art, the use of public space, and rethinking established artistic forms and methods. Underpinning my practice is a continuous curiosity to examine how art can operate outside conventional frameworks.
In recent years, I’ve taken part in several public art projects. One that stands out is an experimental intervention in a shopping centre in East Helsinki, carried out between 2019 and 2022. During this time, I developed interactive artistic methods aimed at reaching audiences who might not typically engage with contemporary art.
My work also engages with questions of visual and artistic accessibility — how images are interpreted depending on context, interface, or even the absence of visibility itself. These themes were central to my piece Alt Text (2022), exhibited in The Paradoxes of Photography at the Finnish Museum of Photography in 2022.
Much of my work is site-specific, and I’m particularly interested in the experiential and intersubjective nature of art, the use of public space, and rethinking established artistic forms and methods. Underpinning my practice is a continuous curiosity to examine how art can operate outside conventional frameworks.
In recent years, I’ve taken part in several public art projects. One that stands out is an experimental intervention in a shopping centre in East Helsinki, carried out between 2019 and 2022. During this time, I developed interactive artistic methods aimed at reaching audiences who might not typically engage with contemporary art.
My work also engages with questions of visual and artistic accessibility — how images are interpreted depending on context, interface, or even the absence of visibility itself. These themes were central to my piece Alt Text (2022), exhibited in The Paradoxes of Photography at the Finnish Museum of Photography in 2022.
