Mia Wennerstrand

I'm an artist living in Helsinki, Finland. For the past 15 years, I've created works centering intimacy, whether between myself and the audience, or the EU and its citizens. I write texts, create works for the stage, and work with sound. I've done radio essays for e.g. Finnish national radio YLE, and NTS Radio; solo performances for Helsinki City Theatre and ANTI Festival; and moving image and digital works for groups shows and screenings at Assembly Point, London, and Babycastles, New York. I received a Master of Theatre Arts degree from Theatre Academy, Helsinki. In 2021, I was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Media Art.

I'm working on my debut novel, a re-imagination of Cold War histories through the late Finnish Prime Minister, Kalevi Sorsa. I'm writing a script with the arist Melanie Jame Wolf, titled Woman/Death: an augury for Pori Art Museum.

I've been teaching for over 10 years, with a focus on writing and sound & performance practices. I regard public speaking as a meaningful aspect of my work, having invited to talk at Käänne Festival and Urbanapa Talks, amongst others. What else mmm I'm a board member of Helsinki's Museum of Impossible Forms. Previously, I was serving on the board of the Trade Union for Theatre and Media Finland, Teme. In the 2010's, I worked as a curator as well as Managing Director at Titanik Gallery, Turku. I'm not into board games.