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Bio

Tiio Suorsa (1985) is a media artist working in moving image, virtual poetics and installation. The characteristic methods are slow media, field recordings and play, driven by curiosity about interactions occurring at the interfaces where entities and systems encounter.


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Education : recent

2021 MA, Interface Cultures, University of Arts and Design Linz (AT), studied under Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau
2017 MA, Digital Culture and Cultural Heritage, University of Turku (FI)
2012 BA, Turku Arts Academy (FI)
2022–2024 Courses in Theatre, New Technology and Installation at the University of Helsinki & Academy of Fine Arts (FI)
2018–2019 Courses in Museology at the University of Jyväskylä (FI)
2011–2012 Courses in Experimental Photography and Visual Art at the University of Arts and Design Linz (AT)


Collaborations & Workshops for selected artists

2023 VR, MUU ry & Animaatiokilta, Helsinki (FI)
2023 Photosynth lab & performance, Pixelache, Helsinki (FI)
2023 Piezo Crystal, transmediale, Berlin (DE)
2023 research & performance, GfZK Leipzig (DE)
2022 VR painting, MUU ry & Animaatiokilta, Helsinki (FI)
2022 Electronic instrument building, Catalysti & Kiila (FI)
2021 Artistic Recipes & Scientific Protocol, ENAS & Klub Solitaer (DE)
2021 Sonic Utopias, Degrowth Day 3021, movement_athens (GR)


Exhibitions : solo

2025 Engobes, Rajatila, Tampere (FI)
2024 Resilientem, Poriginal, Pori Art Museum (FI)
2024 If Loop Until Else, Harakka Island, Helsinki (FI)
2023 Resilientem, Galleria Ronga, Tampere (FI)
2023 The Closest Unnoticed Passage (Resilientem), Ars Libera, Kuopio (FI)
2022 To Imagine Their Outlines, Institute of Coexistence, WAMx, Turku City Art Museum (FI), curated by Mikkel Elming, framework by Gry Worre Hallberg
2022 NFC, Galleria Jänis, Turku (FI)
2017 Lingering, Das Packhaus, Vienna (AT)
2012 Tomorrow, Hirvensalo library, Turku (FI)
2012 Tomorrow, Nummi library, Turku (FI)


Exhibitions & Screenings & Performance : group : selected

2025 performance during PhotoMonth, Gallery Seek, Tallinn City Museum (EE)
2025 Larynx, with MUU in Supermarket, Stockholm (SE)
2025 Engobes, Artists' Island, Harakka island, Helsinki (FI)
2024 Larynx, States of Nature, MUU Helsinki Contemporary (FI)
2024 3D photography, Standing Frequences, Yö Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2023 3D photography, Em Obras, Zaratan Gallery, Lisbon (PT)
2023 Substrates, VideoBardo - Video Poetry Festival, Buenos Aires (AR)
2023 NFC, Rajatalo, Keuruu (FI)
2023 Substrates, Titanik gallery - Artist of the Month, Turku (FI)
2022 NFC, ADAF - Athens Digital Arts Festival (GR)
2022 NFC, Poetics of Obsolescence, Atelierhaus Salzamt (AT)
2021 Protruding Cavity, LGBTQI+ & Body, Pocket Star Gallery, Athens (GR)
2021 CacheDash, Ars Electronica Festival in Deep Space 8K, Ars Electronica Center, Linz (AT)
2021 Frequency of Being, Lacuna Festivals, Lanzarote (ES)
2021 COCO-lands, BestOFF 2020, Linz (AT)
2021 Substrates, CCI lab, Ars Electronica Center (AT)
2020 COCO-lands, Wild State, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz (AT)
2020 Kinesics of Letters, Dorf TV, Linz (AT)
2020 Kinesics of Letters, ZBM festival (AT)
2020 Frequency of Being, ZBM festival (AT)
2019 Ori3ntatioX, Musikkapelle concert, modern art space Florentine, Linz (AT) (curated by Enrique Tomás - ultranoise)
2019 Are You Sure?, St. Interface Festival, Linz (AT)
2017 Moments that are lingering, Peri's 30th anniversary exhibition PERINTÖ:30, various locations in Turku (FI)
2014 Rendezvous, Motion, Laugardalslaug, Reykjavik (IS)


Publications : group

2022 poetry and AI generated visuals, YingYang zine, Rotterdam (NL)
2022 Kinesics of Letters, Electronic Literature Directory, written by Ashley Zarudny (CA)
2021 Substrates, as the feature work in Nokturno.fi, issue #3/2021 (FI)
2021 Kinesics of Letters, The New River, issue #1/2021 (US)
2020 Kinesics of Letters, Nokturno.fi, issue #5/2020 (FI)
2020 Kinesics of Letters, The Dictionary of Digital and Experimental Poetry, curated by Kristian Blomberg, author Elina Sallinen
2016 untitled photo, hetiZine no. 1, The Finnish Museum of Photography (FI)


Publications : author

2023 The Closest Unknown Path, self-published zine. (FI / EE)
2021 Post-AI Dictionary, self-published artist's book. (AT)
2021 Becomings of Digital Poetry - The carrier of memory in slow media practice, MA thesis, Kunstuniversität Linz. (AT)
2017 Digitized milk does not drain. The materiality, time and interaction with the digital and material museum artefacts. MA thesis. University of Turku (FI).
2015 Menneisyyden muisti (The memory of the past). Interpretation of IC-98 – The View From the Other Side (2011). University of Turku.
2012 The Missing Tick – gender-variant minority and variation of gender in news in the 2000’s. BA thesis. Arts Academy, Turku (FI).


Grants & Residencies & Awards : recent

2026 AiR Saari residence, Kone Foundation (FI)
2025 artist grant, Arts Promotion Centre (FI)
2024 project grant, Arts Promotion Centre (FI)
2023 AiR Zaratan, Lisbon (PT)
2023 AiR TAKT, 5 months, Leipzig (DE)
2023 artist grant, City of Keuruu (FI)
2022 artist grant, Kone Foundation (Koneen Säätiö) (FI)
2022 AiR Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi (FI)
2022 mobility grant Austrian embassy, Athens (AT)
2022 honorable mention Zineton Festival, Helsinki (FI)
2021 artist grant, Arts Promotion Centre (Taike) (FI)
2020 ÖH production grant (AT)


Memberships

MUU ry (new media art) (FI)
Arte ry (Turku-based contemporary art) (FI)
Yö ry (Helsinki-based contemporary art) (FI)
Harakka ry
Poimu ry (feminist art space) (FI)
Photographic Centre Peri, Turku (FI), 2019 member of the board