Emma Peura ^{Emerging artist}

Artist's country of origin: Finland

EDUCATION: Master of Fine Arts MFA, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, 2016– Bachelor of Culture and Arts BFA, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Finland, 2012 Visual art studies: Summer semester in Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2011 Visual art studies in Orivesi Folk High School, Finland, 2008

PUBLIC ARTWORKS: Secret Garden, sculpture, Jorvi Hospital Home Delivery, series of prints, South Karelia Central Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, Lappeenranta,

FIN WORKS IN COLLECTIONS: The Portrait of the President Sauli Niinistö of the Republic of Finland, made together with 100 artists, The Collection of The Prime Ministers Office Finland The State Art Deposit Collection of Finland Brandts Mediemuseet, Media Museum, Odense, Denmark City of Kauhava, FI Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, FI

SOLO EXHIBITIONS, SELECTION: 2018 Works on Paper, Jorvi Hospital Scale, Art Center Krimi, Imatra 2016 Mindscapes, Raisio’s museum Harkko / Raisio City Hall (invited)

CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTION: 2019 XXIV Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland, curator: Marja Helander 2018 The Paulo Foundation invitational exhibition, The Immaterial Quality of Distance, Project Room, Helsinki, FIN, curated by Michael Petry

OTHER GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTION: 2018 Portrait of the President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, FIN Rajallisia tilaisuuksia – Limited Opportunities, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FIN Koti nimeltä Krimi – Home Named Krimi, demolition house exhibition, Taidekeskus Krimi, Imatra, FIN 2017 Suomi 100: Critical Map, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki SYSTEMS IV, Space for Free Arts, Helsinki THRESHOLDS, KASKL, Berlin THRESHOLDS, Space for Free Arts, Helsinki 2016 Põhjaveed, Peura, Hinkula, Holmström & Nykänen, Monumentaalgalerii, Tartu Kunstimaja, Estonia GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS, SELECTION 2019 Project grant, Arts Promotion Centre Finland 2018 Paulo Foundation stipendium exhibition grant 2014 The Eero Rantanen’s grant for a young printmaker

website: http://www.emmapeura.com