Biography

Visual artist Meri Peura was born in 1981 in Tampere, Finland. Peura studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2006–2011. Since 2006 Peura has had solo and group exhibitions in Finland and abroad e.g. in Germany and Spain. In her works she often focuses on examining the nature of human being as well as the questions how people change the living environment or how far people may go while looking for one`s happiness. Peura works mainly with sculpting and installations. She uses all kinds of materials in her works, such as snow, beeswax, electronics, plants, metal, stone and junk. Peura has worked also in multi-art-groups with sound designers, musicians, scenographers and composers. Peura was awarded with graduating student grant in 2010 by the Finnish Academy of Fine arts. Since her graduating she has been granted by The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Alfred Kordelin Foundation and Finnish Arts Society. Peura lives and works in the middle of forests in Tervakoski, Finland. Arts, wild nature and nature conservation are major subjects to her.

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STUDIES
2006–2011 The Finnish Academy of fine arts, MA
2002–2006 Satakunta University of applied sciences, visual arts, BA
2001–2002 Institute of Orivesi, visual arts course

MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Finnish sculptors

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (since 2010)

2024 ÖRES24, Örö, Finland. 2021 15 tekijää, Pirkanpohjan taidekeskus, Ähtäri 2018 Emme olleet yksi, Riihimäen vanha lasitehdas, Riihimäki old glass factory
2017 RytmiTAJU, Hyvinkään taidemuseo, Hyvinkää art museum
2015 Äänestä johtuva, Hämeenlinnan taidemuseo, Hämeenlinna art museum
2014 Sinisellä planeetalla, Vartiovuori, Turku
2014 Työtäkö?, Amos Andersonin taidemuseo, Amos Anderson art museum, Helsinki
2014 Hetkinen, Mäntän kuvataide viikot, finnish contemporary art festival, Mänttä
2010 Berliini projekti, Suomesta galleria, Berliini, gallery Suomesta, Berlin
2010 Kuvataideakatemian lopputyö näyttely, Kaiku galleria, Helsinki, The final exhibition of Academy of fine arts, gallery Kaiku, Helsinki


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (since 2009)

2022 Mystiset syklit, Taidekeskus Mältinranta , Tampere, Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere. 2022 Varjoja paratiisissa, galleria G, Helsinki, gallery G, Helsinki
2016 Miten historiaa luetaan?, galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, gallery Sculptor, Helsinki
2013 Ei kenenkään maa, galleria Forum BOX, Helsinki, gallery Forum BOX, Helsinki
2009 Varjojen näyttämö, Kuvataideakatemian galleria, Helsinki, Academy of fine arts gallery, Helsinki