Jani Luoma
janiluoma@janiluoma.com
Biography
I am a visual artist based in Helsinki. I graduated with a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki in 2025. My works are primarily different forms of moving image. I want to think that my way of working is materialistic in a way that it reveals the subjectivity of filming and means of production. Lately I have focused a lot on how to look at animals, tourism, plants as raw materials with connections to global trade, and European industrialization. Through addressing local, Finnish and Nordic, subjects and issues in my works, I hope to open up a broader discussion about national identity, whiteness and working class. In 2027, I will be participating in Villa Karo Residency in Benin and Väinö Tanner Foundation Residency in Mazzano Romano in Italy.
CV
Education
2025 Masters’s Degree in Fine Arts, the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki, FI
2024 In-Depth Studies 1, Master’s Program in Fine Art, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm (30 credits), SE
2023 Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki, FI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Open House, SÍM Residency Seljavegur, Reykjavík, IS
2025 At Home with (7), curated by Sini Pelkki and Magnús Logi Kristinsson, Helsinki, FI
2025 ALIEN, Galleri Eker Gård, Beitostølen, NO
2025 Hjorten Skulpturpark, curated by Maria Toll, Stockholm, SE
2025 Konsthall323, curated by Frida Krohn and Ylva Trapp, Stockholm, SE
2025 Bloombox, Open Greenhouse, Helsinki, FI
2025 MFA Degree Show, the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2024 Asbestos Art Space, curated by Joonas Pulkkinen, Helsinki, FI
2024 Vapaan Taiteen Tila, curated by Louna Haapavaara, Helsinki, FI
2024 Hot Box, Utomhusgalleriet på Sergels torg, Stockholm, SE
2024 , like it shouldn’t maybe be here, Havet/Konstfack, Stockholm, SE
2023 BFA Degree Show, the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2023 Time and Space Exhibition 2023, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki, FI
2022 Flow of Low Consciousness, Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki, FI
2022 Interventions, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Galleria 3H+K, Pori, FI
2026 Galleria Loisti, Helsinki, FI
2025 Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, FI
2017 Objects, Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki, FI
Selected Performances
2026 Are we ok?, with Fati Sarsaniia, Merihaka, Helsinki, FI
2025 Touch 3, with Veera Wahlroos, Helsinki Biennale Preview Week, Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki, FI
2025 Touch 2, with Veera Wahlroos, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, FI
2023 Touch 1, with Veera Wahlroos, Uniarts Fest, Helsinki, FI
2022 Cat Dog, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
2021 Oikeesti Sweet, Studio Hesperia, Helsinki, FI
2021 Cut Flowers, Helsinki, FI
Screenings
2023 Butt on Display, New Cinema Zvezda, Belgrade, RS
2021 Butt on Display, Kino Club: Sexuality, Helsinki, FI
Residencies
5–6/2027 (upcoming) Villa Karo, Grand-Popo, BJ
4/2027 (upcoming) Väinö Tanner Foundation, Mazzano Romano, IT
2026 SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, IS
2023 AIR Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, SE
2023 Residence of University of Fine Arts Helsinki and Kunglig. Konsthögskolan Stockholm in Berlin, DE
2021 Utö Island Residence, FI
Grants
2026 Eugène, Elisabeth och Birgit Nygrén Foundation
2025 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
2024 Greta och Alfred Runeberg Foundation
2024 Eugène, Elisabeth och Birgit Nygrén Foundation
2024 Amos Anderssons Fond
2024 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Studiefonden
2023 The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation
2023 University of the Arts Helsinki Foundation
Membership
2026– Artists’ Association MUU, Taiteilijajärjestö MUU ry, Finland