Education
Contact:
s.haapamaeki(at)gmail.com
2021 – 23
2022
2018 – 21
2017 – 18
2014 – 18
2010 – 12
Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Master of Fine Arts, Exchange Studies, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Secondary year, Falkenbergs Art School, Stockholm
Individual courses, Umeå University, Umeå
• Philosophy, Aesthetics, Art History, Art Theory, Drawing
Total: 157,5 ECTS
Basic and secondary year, Umeå Art School, Umeå
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
2024
2024
2023
2022
2022
2022
2022
2021
2019
2018
Hengitys Breath, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki, Finland
FLASH 4 Uusi Pimeä, Finlayson area, Tampere, Finland
Armors – Odd Collective, Myymälä 2, Helsinki, Finland
Kuvan Kevät, Helsinki
General Sharing: 19m above the Sea, Köysiratagalleria, Turku, Finland
General Sharing: 27m above the sea, Vent Space, Tallinn, Estonia
Arvet, Valvet, Stockholm
Friendly reminder, Valvet, Stockholm, Sweden
BFA Exhibition, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki, Finland
EVERYTHING IS ALREADY REDONE, Tasku gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Spring exhibition, Falkenbergs Art school, Online exhibition
Works in Collections
Collection of the Finnish National Gallery / Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Päivi and Paavo Lipponen Fund Art Collection, Helsinki
People’s Cultural Foundation, Helsinki
Private collections
Grants, Awards & Nominations
2024
2024
2023
2023
2023
2021
2021
2020
Alumni of the Year, Uniarts Helsinki, Finland
https://www.uniarts.fi/en/articles/news/sofia-haapamaki-jakob-hoglund-and-maija-kauhanen-are-uniarts-helsinkis-alumni-of-the-year-2024/
Grönqvistska stiftelsen, Helsinki, Finland
Recognition by the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts for the meritorious accomplishment of the MA thesis titled ‘Contours of Self: Meditations on Identity and the Act of Erasure‘ in Fine Arts.
Young Artist Grant, Finnish Art Society
Winner of the Ivan Juritz Prize, funded by CMLC in King’s College London and
Mahler & LeWitt Studios in Spoleto
https://www.ivanjuritzprize.co.uk/past-winners/
Winner of the Grand Prix – Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award, NOBA
Svenska Kulturfonden, Svenska studiefonden – studerande år 2021
Nominated by Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, Yale Norfolk School of Art
‘Summer 2020 Lecture Series: The Shape of Empathy‘ – Canceled due to Covid-19
https://norfolkart.yale.edu/yale-norfolk-2020
Media coverage
2024
2021
2021
2021
2021
Alum of the Year Sofia Haapamäki: Everything starts with an idea, Uniarts Helsinki
https://www.uniarts.fi/en/articles/interviews/alum-of-the-year-sofia-haapamaki-everything-starts-with-an-idea
Winners of the Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award announced, Arterritory
https://arterritory.com/en/visual_arts/topical_qa/25890-winners_of_the_nordic__baltic_young_artist_award_announced
Winners of the Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award announced, Echo Gone Wrong
https://echogonewrong.com/winners-of-the-nordic-baltic-young-artist-award-announced/
NBYAA’21 contest. The roller coaster of emotions, Triinu Soikmets
https://noba.ac/en/nbyaa-2021-contest-the-roller-coaster-of-emotions/
Memberships
2025
2025
2024
2024
2023
2021
Konstnärscentrum Öst, member
Konstnärernas Riksorganisation, member
Suomen valotaiteen seura, member
Finnish Art Society, member
MUU Artist’s Association, member
Odd collective, member of the artist collective
Residencies
2024
2022
Mahler & LeWitt Studios (former studios of Anna Mahler and Sol LeWitt), Spoleto, Italy
Berlin residency, Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Germany
Work experience
2023 – 25
2024
2022
20
Art & Technology Technician, Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Uniarts, Finland
Course Instructor, Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Uniarts, Finland
Guest Workshop Instructor, The Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany
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