MIRA NIITTYMÄKI
09.01.1989, Järvenpää, Finland
+358 40 5049171
EDUCATION
2023 Master of Arts, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Contemporary Design
2021 Bachelor of Arts, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Ceramic and Glass Art
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Assistant teacher, Experimental Design, Aalto University
2023 Assistant teacher, Experimental Design & Aesthetics and serial production, Aalto University
2023 - Ceramics Teacher, Nurmijärven opisto
2023 - 2024 Project Employee, Empirica research group, Aalto University
2023 Course assistant, Experimental Design, Aalto University
2021 - 2023 Workshop assistant, Ceramic studio, Aalto University
2022 Course assistant, Experimental Design, Aalto University
2021 - Event producer & Curator, AAVA - Art in Porkkala
2021 - Chairman, Pursu ry
2014 - Entrepreneur, Koju-koju
SELECTED COMISSION WORKS
2024 & 2025 Environmental art installation, Kosmos festival
2023 Mural, kakkutalo Gilan Oy
2022 Tableware for Onda restaurant, Buena Onda Oy
2018 Mural, kakkutalo Gilan Oy
2015 Mural, Järvenpään Kiehiset Ry
2015 CD cover design, Khatru Music Oy
2014 Mural, Uuno Baari Oy
2014 Mural, Kakkutalo Gilan Oy
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 AFTER FIRE AFTERLIFE, Krulli Quarter, Power plant, Tallin, Estonia
2025 AAVA - Art in Kopparnäs, Inkoo, Finland
2025 Arctic 15, Kluuvi & Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
2025 Species, Marcio, Espoo, Finland
2025 CURARTE II – incendiário, Centro de saúde, Branca, Portugali
2024 Domestic Earthenware Clay, KWUM Studio Ceramics Museum and Gallery, Fiskars, Finland
2024 Underground Soothsayers, Tallin Botanic Garden, Tallin, Estonia
2024 Villi Taide, Galleria Mineraali, Puolanka, Finland
2024 Valkoinen Musta, Someron Kivimeijeri, Somero, Finland
2024 From Ashes Rise, Väre, Espoo, Finland
2024 Feral Mood, Helsinki Winter Garden, Helsinki, Finland
2024 AYY Art Collection Exhibition Spring 2024, Museum of Student Life, Espoo, Finland
2023 AAVA - Art in Porkkala, Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, Finland
2023 Artefakti, Helsinki Design Week, Merikortteli, Helsinki, Finland
2023 2023 Kohila Symposium, Tohisoo Manor, Kohila, Estonia
2023 Glass - Hand Formed Matter, Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2022 AAVA - Art in Porkkala, Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, Finland
2022 Freedom symposium Pop-up, Ikšķile, Latvia
2022 Glass - Hand Formed Matter, The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden
2022 Soil Horizons, Väre, Espoo, Finland
2022 Glass - Hand Formed Matter, Bröhan Museum, Berlin, Germany
2021 Wardrobe stories with New Order of Fashion, New Order of Fashion Lab, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2021 AAVA - Art in Porkkala, Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, Finland
2021 Wardrobe stories with New Order of Fashion, Beta Space, Espoo, Finland
2020 What’s cooking - Designs for a cooler planet, Väre, Espoo, Finland
2019 Electricity at large, Väre, Espoo, Finland
2012 ARTS Exposed sales exhibition, WDC Pavilion, Helsinki, Finland
2012 VSVS Gallery Köln im Studio, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Mehukestit, Gallery Airi, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Glass is everywhere, Gallery Atski, Helsinki, Finland
GRANTS
2025 Grant for Pursu ry, Inkoon Säästöpankkisäätiö
2024 Grant for Pursu ry, Kirkkonummi municipality
2023 Grant for Pursu ry, Kirkkonummi municipality
2022 Department of Design grant, Aalto University
2022 Mobility grant, Cirrus
2022 Grant for Pursu ry, Kirkkonummi municipality
2022 Grant for Pursu ry, Finnish Cultural Foundation
2022 Department of design travel grant, Aalto university
2021 Department of Design grant, Aalto University
2021 Grant for Pursu ry, Kirkkonummi municipality
SYMPOSIUMS AND RESIDENCIES
2024 Artist in Residence, Quinta das Relvas, Branca, Portugal
2024 Feral Symposium, Vartiosaari, Helsinki, Finland
2023 Kohila - Ceramic Wood Firing Symposium, Tohisoo Manor, Kohila, Estonia
2022 Freedom Ceramic Wood Firing Symposium, Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia
MEMBERSHIPS
2024- Yö ry
2024- Mermaid Slaughterhouse collective
2021- Ornamo, Finnish association of designers
2020- Pursu collective, from 2021 also Pursu ry
2018- Koju collective
