Curriculum Vitae
MARIKA HOLM
Born 1975 in Sjundeå, Finland
ikaholm@yahoo.com
Phone: +358 50 46 45 663
Education
2010 Konstfack University of Arts, Craft and design, Stockholm
Artistic research Processes, pre doctoral studies
2007 – 2012 Institute for Expressive Art Therapy, Stockholm
Diploma in Expressive Art Therapy, step 1 in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
2002 – 2004 Aalto University of Art and Design Helsinki Master’s degree in art education
1999 – 2000 Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa, pedagogy studies
1998 – 1999 SYH Swedish Polytechnic, Nykarleby, bachelor’s degree in fine arts
1992 – 1996 Swedish art school, Nykarleby
1991 – 1992 VNF Västra Nylands folkhögskola, art studies
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2023 Bankhall, Jakobstad
2023 Gallery Artista, Kokkola
2018 Old Municipal House, Pargas
2016 Gallery Torget, Stockholm
2015 Riddargatan 1, Stockholm
2015 Café Wilda, Ekenäs
2015 Studio Acusticum, Piteå
2014 Gallery Norshöjden, Falun
2013 Alvikstorpet, Bromma
2012 Café Wilda, Ekenäs
2011 Bergshamra Library, Solna
2006 Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
2005 Amos Anderson Museum/Söderlångvik, Dragsfjärd
2003 Voksenåsen/Finnish Norwegian Cultural Institute, Oslo, Norway
2003 Ekenäs Museum
1997 Goethe Institute, Helsinki
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2025 Among Types and Prints, Jakobstad the Parallax Project - Printing as reading a modernist long poem,
Thon Knutsen, Gunnar, Ede, Bodbacka- Rak, Nurmivaara, Rabb, Ahlgren, Holm
2024 Galleri Whitebox, Jakobstad, Nightshift 2,
Aromäki, Finholm, Hapetzeder, Bodbacka-Rak, Rebers& Rebers, Häggblom- Öst, Holm, Rak
2021 Among Types and Prints, Jakobstad with Camilla Gunnar, Aki Koskinen, and Lisen Sundqvist
2018 Café Wilda, Ekenäs, with Cris af Enehielm and Barbro Fri
2017 Bångska Våningen, Stockholm with Reza Hazare, Sahar Burhan and Felice Hapetzeder
2016 Café Wilda, Ekenäs, Tanja Inkeri Is, Ulrika Bohné, Cris af Enehielm
2012 Gallery Vingen, Solna with Carolina Sturma
2006 Gallery Huuto with Synnöve Rabb
2006 Trygve Lie Gallery, New York with Elina Sarlin, Juha Metso, and Topi Ruotsalainen
2006 Gallery Elverket, Ekenäs with Hans Christian Berg
2003 Glo Gallery, Helsinki with Art Group GUN
1997 Vasa Art Hall with Maria Ångerman
1996 Künstlerwerkstatt Bahnhof Westend Berlin with Maria Ångerman
Joint Exhibitions (selection)
2025 Going without knowing, Arktikum, Rovaniemi
2022 Power of the Brush – from the Golden Age to Contemporary Art – Rarities from Finnish Art Foundations at the Tampere art museum
2010 Konstfack, Creative Research Processes, Final Exhibition, Stockholm
2007 XIII Vilnius Painting Triennial DIALOGUES, Contemporary Art Centre
2004 Master of Arts, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2002 Grafinova, Vasa Art Hall and Museum
2000 Image/Form Vasa Art Hall and Museum
1998 & 1999 Nordic Watercolor, Touring Exhibition, Waldemarsudden Stockholm, Ronneby Culture Centre, among others
Grants
2024 Finnish Art Foundation, project grant for relational art
2023 Swedish Ostrobothnia association for culture, for exhibition
2018 Finnish Art Foundation, project grant for exhibition
2018 Swedish Cultural Foundation, project grant for exhibition
2015 Swedish Cultural Foundation, project grant
2014 Sweden's Art Associations, exhibition grant
2014 Swedish Cultural Foundation, project grant
2013 Letterstedtska Association, project grant
2013 Swedish Cultural Foundation, project grant
2011 Swedish Cultural Foundation, travel grant
2006 Finnish Cultural Foundation, project grant
2006 Central Art Commission, exhibition grant
2002 Swedish Cultural Foundation, work grant, 6 months
1998 Swedish Cultural Foundation, work grant, 1 year
Public Artworks
2014 Berga Care and Nursing Home, Mural, Solna
2004 HUS Children's Psychiatric Department, Site-specific Collages, Ekenäs
2000 Novia University of Applied Sciences, Department of Nursing, Collages, Vaasa
1999 Jakobstad Parish Hall, Mural
1998 Jakobstad City Hall, Mural
1996 Telia Sonera
Artist in residence
2005 Finland's Art Association, Oaxaca, Mexico, two months
2002 – 2006 Pro Artibus, four-year residency and studio grant at Villa Snäcksund, Ekenäs
1999 Sleipnir, Svolvaer Norway, one month
1996 Karl-Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, four months
Assignments
2020 – Head of curriculum, fine art. Novia university of applied science
2025 – Member of the Swedish-Ostrobothnia Society
2025 – Board Member, Pro Artibus
2021 – 2022 Expert in the Investigation/Compilation of Vision 2030 for Art Education and Training in Finland, Uniarts
2021 Expert in The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Southern Ostrobothnia Committee in Fine Arts and Crafts
2020 Expert in research and development department at university Novia, Project, about Fine Arts Education in Finland
2019 Development of a Conversation Model for Care and Nursing, about Art Images, Study Association Bilda, Sweden
2018 Participation in Panel Discussion "The Art of Meeting/Integration in Practice" for Sweden's Art Associations and KRO, Folk and Culture, Eskilstuna
2016 Workshop in Art Therapy for Members of the Finnish Swedish Journalists Association, Hanko Summer University
2016 Part of the Interview Article "Contemporary Art – For Whom?" Art Perspective No. 1 & 2 16 p.33
2016 Lecture on Contemporary Art at Workplaces "Art at Work", Örebro Art Gallery, Sweden's Art Associations
2016 Lecture on Contemporary Art at Workplaces "Art at Work", Gävle Art Center, Sweden's Art Associations
2015 Participant in the Working Group for the Seminar Art of Work by Sweden's Art Associations
2015 Lecture on Contemporary Art at Workplaces "Art at Work", Norrköping Museum, Sweden's Art Associations
2015 Lecture on Digital Culture in Care, Stockholm Concert Hall, Project Cultural Rendezvous
2015 Workshop in Art Therapy for Members of the Finnish Swedish Journalists Association, Hanko Summer University
2015 Lecture on Digital Culture in Care, Almedalen, Visby, Project DLA Cultural Rendezvous
2014 Lecture on Relational Aesthetics in Elderly Care, KUI-Competence Development Institute, Stockholm
2013 Lecture on Art in Elderly Care, A Nordic Perspective, Concordia-Åbo Academy, Jakobstad
2012 – 2013 Mentor within the Framework of Aalto University's Alumni Program for Master Students in Art
2012 – 2013 Board Member in RKKH-National Association for Art, Culture and Health, Stockholm
2011 Lecture on Culture and Health, Dalarna University
2010 – 2014 Chairman of Berga Art Association, Sweden
1997 Representative for Finnish Young Artists at the Seminar on the Nordic Watercolor Museum in Tjörn, Sweden
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