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MIRKA RAITO is a finnish visual artist based in Hamburg, Germany.
She is working in the field of painting, drawing, installation and performance art.
She is a member of artist collective JOKAklubi, artist house Achterhaus and Galleria Huuto
STUDIES:
2006 – 2008 HFBK Hamburg (DE)
1996 – 2002 Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, MA 2002 (FI)
2000 Facultad de Bellas Artes, Madrid (ES)
1995 – 1996 School of Art and Communication, Tampere (FI)
UPCOMING:
Nov-Dec 2024 Saari Residence maintained by Kone Foundation, Mynämäki (FI)
Dec 2025 Post aus Mikronesien Kunsthalle Hilsbach (DE)
Jan 25 Niina Lehtonen Braun, Miia Rinne & Mirka Raito Mältinranta Artcenter (FI)
April 25 Mirka Raito & Jörn Thiede nachtspeicher Hamburg (DE)
Nov 25 Niemandsland with Antoni Knigge & Tilman Heyden Sootbörn Hamburg (DE)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 UNDER YOUR SKIN / IN DEINER HAUT Hinterconti, Hamburg (DE)
2022 OLD SALT Galleria Snow, Berlin (DE)
2020 VESIHIISI SIHISI HISSISSÄ tm•gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2017 PALASINA HilbertRaum, Berlin (DE)
2017 LOOSE THINGS Gallery Huuto, Helsinki (FI)
2016 THE LONG GOODBYE by JOKAklubi, Katko Gallery, Tampere (FI)
2016 DREAMWANDERERS Kolin Ryynänen, Koli (FI)
2015 CLOSE YOUR EYES Showroom Berliini, Berlin (DE)
2008 THEY DON'T TELL IT TO ANYONE Gallery Huuto, Helsinki (FI)
2005 KABINETTi Gallery Huuto, Helsinki (FI)
2003 BETWEEN Taubenstrasse 13, Hamburg (DE)
2003 PALMU KOIVU ARMI Gallery Huuto viiskulma, Helsinki (FI)
2001 PITÄISKÖ 00:00 Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
GROUP AND CO EXHIBITIONS:
2024 MUTTER Lichthof Theater Probebühne,Hamburg (DE)
2024 SÉANCE SURREALISTE 8. Salon, Hamburg (DE)
2024 IRRGARTEN with Achterhaus e.V, Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)
2023 KONGLOMERAT with Antoni Knigge & Charlotte Crome, Projektraum Dose, Hamburg (DE)
2023 SPIDERWOMEN Niina Lehtonen Braun, Mirka Raito & Miia Rinne, Porvoo Art Hall (FI)
2023 SUGAR & SPICE Scotty, Berlin (DE)
2022 OOOOOOH! Galleria Huuto, Helsinki (FI)
2022 NAKED FLAMES HilbertRaum, Berlin (DE)
2022 NAINEN EI OLLUT YKSIN with Niina Lehtonen Braun Galleria Huuto, Helsinki (FI)
2021 KUNST IM TRAUM HilbertRaum, Berlin (DE)
2021 FOLDED BODIES oder absence de marquage with Antoni Knigge & Mette Thiessen, HilbertRaum, Berlin (DE)
2021 FATALE Female Geistergalerie, Hamburg (DE)
2020 INTERVISIONS #9, Altonale Edition, Hamburg (DE)
2019 100% FRAPPANT Frappant Gallery, Hamburg (DE)
2019 FLAGGE ZEIGEN! Altona Museum, Hamburg(DE)
2019 DIONYSOS END? Hinterconti, Hamburg (DE)
2017 (NOT)AT HOME Altonale19, Hamburg (DE)
2016 ACHTERBAHN Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)
2015 STATION NOX with Niina Lehtonen Braun (NLB), AKTION 2025, Hamburg (DE)
2013 NAARMU with NLB & Teemu Tuonela, Hinterconti, Hamburg (DE)
2013 PEOPLE ALL CALL HER ALASKA with NLB, Guðný Guðmundsdóttir & Mette Thiessen, Frappant Gallery, Hamburg (DE)
2013 RRROMANTIIKKA with Kalle Turakka Purhonen, Teemu Tuonela & Kimmo Kumela, Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki (FI)
2012 AAARGH! - 10 YEARS LATER Gallery Huuto, Helsinki (FI)
2012 HUMAN NATURE/ RAUMA BIENNALE BALTICUM, curated by Emma Paunu, Rauma Art Museum (FI)
2012 AGORA 2 Frappant Gallery, Hamburg (DE)
2011 BUNTE HUNDE Nachtspeicher23, Hamburg (DE)
2011 Petersburger Salon BLAU, curated by Pitt Sauerwein, Hamburg (DE)
2011 NIINA LEHTONEN BRAUN, OUTI PIESKI & MIRKA RAITO Gallery Kohiseva, Pukkila (FI)
2010 INSEL DIE ES NIE GAB with Charlotte Crome, Artists House Jenischpark, Hamburg (DE)
2010 AUSGRABUNGEN DES ALLTAGS with NLB & Outi Pieski, Finnish Institute in Germany, Berlin (DE)
2009 Gallery Huuto at the SUBVISION FESTIVAL OFF Hamburg (DE)
2009 NIINA LEHTONEN BRAUN, MIRKA RAITO & ASTRID RAUSCH Gallery Fenster C, Wien (AU)
2008 PEOPLE ON THE MEADOWS gallery Huuto, Helsinki (FI)
2008 IHMISYYDEN TAITO Pekilo, Mänttä Art Fair, curated by Veli Gränö, Mänttä (FI)
2008 WIR NENNEN ES HAMBURG Kunstverein Hamburg (DE)
2008 AUSFLUG ZUM SAFTSEE with NLB & Outi Pieski, Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)
2008 KNOTEN PFLANZEN with Tatjana Sarah Greiner, Hinterconti, Hamburg (DE)
2007 WIR SIND WIEDER WER Kunstverein Harburg, Hamburg (DE)
2006 TROTZ ALLEM – ZUSAMMEN Felles Hus, Berlin (DE)
2004 SAMMLUNG TAUBENSTRASSE Kunsthaus Hamburg (DE)
2004 IGLU SHERIE with NLB, Miriam Ohorn & Agnes Domke, Gallery Weisser Elefant, Berlin (DE)
2004 PAINTINGS AND INSTALLATIONS with Niina Lehtonen-Braun & Outi Pieski, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2004 ECHO with Vappu Kantola & Anna Vuorenmaa, Hinterconti, Hamburg (DE)
2004 STAMMBAUM with NLB, Gallery Acud, Berlin (DE)
2003 INDEX 03 Kunsthaus Hamburg (DE)
JOKAklubi PERFORMANCES & EXHIBITIONS
by Niina Lehtonen Braun, Tellervo Kalleinen & Mirka Raito:
2024 THE THEORY SHOW Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)
2022 THE THEORY SHOW & exhition We Were Made in the Dark ASC Gallery, London (UK)
2022 CRACK UP (JOKAklubi audio work) Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA, Los Angeles (US)
2022 THE THEORY SHOW WestGermany, Berlin (DE)
2021 DIE GRUPPENREISE zoom performance (ONLINE)
2020 ALTER EGO / SÈANCE FICTION KVFM, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
2020 THE PERFECT END OPEAN / MUG in Einstein, Munich (DE)
2019 JOKATRAVELS HilbertRaum, Berlin(DE)
2018 TIME MACHINE Acud Macht Neu, Berlin (DE)
2016 TIME MACHINE performance & I ALMOST SAID exhibition with Miia Rinne, Westwerk, Hamburg (DE)
2016 I ALMOST SAID with Miia Rinne, HilbertRaum (DE)
2012 JOKAKLUBI IN PEACE AND ACTION Baltic Circle Festival, Helsinki (FI)
2012 OFF ART TALENT SHOW Gallery Studio 44, Stockholm (SE)
2012 OFF ART TALENT SHOW W139, Amsterdam (NL)
2012 TREASURE HUNT Mänttä Art Fair (FI)
2012 TREASURE HUNT Rauma Biennale (FI)
2012 TREASURE HUNT Wasteland Festival, Kouvola (FI)
2012 OFF ART TALENT SHOW Schedhalle, Zürich (CH)
2011 JOKAklubi NGBK, Berlin (DE)
2011 THE ENDS W139, Amsterdam (NL)
2011 OFF ART TALENT SHOW FLUC, Wien (AT)
2011 JOKAKLUBI WITH LÄSKI Wasteland Festival, Kouvola (FI)
2010 THE ENDS Baltic Circle Festival, Universumi, Helsinki (FI)
2010 JOKAKLUBI PRESENTS! Ausland Club, Berlin (DE)
2010 OFF ART TALENT SHOW URB Festival, Dubrovnik, Helsinki (FI)
2010 OFF ART TALENT SHOW Sommer Exhibition, Pori (FI)
2010 JOKAKLUBI WITH LÄSKI Wasteland Festival, Kouvola (FI)
2010 OFF ART TALENT SHOW WestGermany, Berlin (DE)
2010 OFF ART TALENT SHOW General Public, Berlin (DE)
2010 OFF ART TALENT SHOW Subvision Off Festival, Hamburg (DE)
OTHER PERFORMANCES & EVENTS:
2024 Cheer&Clear with Charlotte Crome and Antoni Knigge, JAJAJA Life Sonic TorTouren, Hamburg (DE)
2023 Under Your Skin / Spiderwomen Porvoon Art Hall (FI)
2023 Under Your Skin / Concepts of Motherhood HilbertRaum, Berlin (DE)
2016 STATION NOX by NLB & Raito, Acud macht neu! Berlin(DE)
2016 STATION NOX by NLB & Raito, HilbertRaum, Berlin (DE)
2015 STATION NOX by NLB & Raito, Showroom Berliini, Berlin (DE)
2014 SUOMI SALONKI with Pirkka Karppinen, MARKK, Hamburg (DE)
2008 CLOWN UND LANDESMAN Passion Kirche, Berlin (DE)
2004 TYÖMAA with Tellervo Kalleinen, Pasi Mäkelä, Teemu Tuonela & Samon Takashi, MEM-festival, Bilbao (ES)
2003 SCHURKENESSEN Amorph! Festival, Helsinki (FI)
2003 &
2002 JOULU-LOUNGE with NLB, Elektrohaus, Hamburg (DE)
2002 ARTISTS ON THE ROAD inter-europian performance busstour: LAB/Copenhagen, Konstakuten/Stockholm, Muu/Helsinki (FI), Westwerk/Hamburg (DE) &
N/T Areal/Basel (CH)
2001-2002
MYÖ with T.Kalleinen, NLB & Mirka Raito, University of Art & Nordic Embassies and Club Bastard, Berlin (DE) La-bás, Helsinki (FI), Artgenda, Hamburg (DE)
1998– 2001
VUOKKOSET/VOUKKOSET with NLB, T.Kalleinen, Laura Hilska, Rosa Pyhälä & Sini Haapalinna, Club Bastard/Berlin (DE), 7 Stern / Wien (AT),
Pavian Club / Augsburg (DE), Golden Pudel Club / Hamburg (DE), Gallery Push Firma Peige & Poikkeustila Performance Festival / Helsinki (FI)
1998 HALVALLA by NLB, Tellervo Kalleinen, Teemu Tuonela, Kiasma, Helsinki (FI)