Visual artist from Helsinki, Finland  

b. 1992, Helsinki


Linna's works are autofictional narratives.

In her body of work she studies the human psyche and the division of the self: can one ever truly know oneself?

Linna draws inspiration from the mourning culture of Victorian era, urban legends and her own memories. Her works are affected by both collective and subjective symbolism, giving the audience space for possible interpretations.
One of the reaccuring themes in Linna's work is her relationship to death. To find ways to cope with her own mortality, she is occupied by the ephemerality of life and the traces it leaves. 



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︎ emiliaainolinna@gmail.com

education

MFA Fine Art Photography, HDK-Valand Art Academy /2020-2022
BA Visual Communications in Photography, Lahti Institute of Design / 2016-2020

solo exhibitions

2022 Emi Linna x Kvääristö / Kvääristö, Helsinki
2022 Selected works / Transdeco, Helsinki
2022 it’s okay to cry / Gallery Monitor, Göteborg

group exhibitions

2022 To Wander / Galleri Ålgården, Borås 
2022 Counting Time in Dog Years / Röda Sten Konsthall, Göteborg
2021 To Strike a Surface / Galleri Format, Malmö
2021 This Constraction of Meaning / Alingsås Konsthall, Alingsås
2020  Stories from Dagie & the Ecoberry Film Soup Workshop / Konstepidemin, Göteborg
2020 Assembled Horizons / Street Gallery, Göteborg
2020 Kosminen Salonki Keväinen Myyntinäyttely / Kosminen, Helsinki
2019 o_0* / Gallery Monitor, Göteborg
2018 My Mortality is Killing Me / Mariankatu 23, Helsinki
2018 YÖ / Galleria Kalleria, Helsinki
2018 YÖ / Vesijärvenkatu, Lahti

scholarships

2022 Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Travel Grant
2021 Adlerbertska Stiftelsen, Travel Grant
2021 Finnfoto, spring grant

publications

2018 YÖ Calendar

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