Taina Erävaara is visual artist and the Head of Fine Arts at the Arts Academy at Turku UAS. She has been the Artistic Director of the 2000 & 11 Self-Portraits (2008–2012) project funded by Turku 2011 European Capital of Culture and the Contemporary Self-Portraits (2012–2014) project funded by Creative Europe Culture Program. She has a long experience in the positions of trust for example in the Finnish Cultural Foundation (2011–2019) and ABOAGORA -symposium Curatorial Committee (2019–2021). Currently she is the Member of Steering Committee and Chair of the PARADOX Fine Art Forum (2019–). She is also in a team of artist-educators in a project called Ecological Sustainability in Fine Arts Education (Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership 2024–2027). Previously she has also been the Artistic Director of Public Art projects: KampusART (2018–2022) and PARTGO: Digital and Critical Views on Public Art Pedagogy (Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership 2019–2022).