Hertta Kiiski
Hertta Kiiski er finnskur myndlistarmaður, sem vinnur með ljósmyndir, hreyfimyndir, hluti, rými, auk þess að vinna gjarnan með dýrum og dætrum sínum. Verk hennar snerta á ást, samkennd og sambandinu á milli mannfólksins og náttúrunnar. Hún er með MFA gráðu frá Finnish Academy of Fine Arts (2015) og BA gráðu frá Turku Arts Academy (2012).
Verk hennar hafa verið sýnd í galleríum og söfnum í Finnlandi og á alþjóðlegum vettvangi – ásamt yfirlitssýningu yfir feril hennar í Finnish Museum of Photography árið 2019. Hún er þátttakandi í Ljósmyndahátíð Íslands með sýningunni Þöglu vori í Hafnarborg. Önnur bók hennar, I Was an Apple and I Got Peeled – but It Was a Good Thing, var gefin út árið 2016 af þýska bókaútgefandanum Kehrer Verlag. Hún er einnig formaður stjórnar listamannarekna rýmisins Titanik í Turku í Finnlandi.
Hertta Kiiski is a Finnish artist working with photography, moving image, objects, space and oftentimes with animals and her daughters. Her works usually deal with love, empathy and the relationship between human and non-human. She has an MFA from Finnish Academy of Fine Arts (2015) and a BA in Photography from Turku Arts Academy (2012).
Her work has been presented in galleries and museums in Finland and internationally – including a retrospective solo exhibition at Finnish Museum of Photography 2019. She is taking part in TIPF 2020 in the exhibition Silent Spring (Þögult vor) in Hafnarborg Art Museum. Her second book I was an apple and I got peeled – but it was a good thing was published 2016 by Kehrer Verlag (GER). She is also the chairwoman of the board at artist-run gallery Titanik in Turku (FI).