Emma Sarpaniemi is a visual artist using photography and performance as her main mediums. Sarpaniemi’s playful images explore different roles and her relationship with the people she is photographing with. Shooting analogue is an essential pathway to the deeper meaning of the photographic medium in Sarpaniemi’s work.

Education

2016-2019 BA Photography, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2016 Exchange, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2013-2016 Lahti UAS, Institute of Design, BFA in Photography, Lahti
2012-2013 Foundation Studies in Digital Photography, Västra Nylands Folkhögskola, Karjaa

Publications

2019 When the Sun goes down We see Lemons, self-published, edition of 55 (forthcoming)
2018 NOUN presents Good Work, photobook, edition of 150
2017 Kiki – Perspectives on ballroom culture, zine & riso posters, Kujanpää & Sarpaniemi
2016 Home Alone, zine, edition of 50, Hyry & Sarpaniemi
2014 Yhdessä, photobook, edition of 200

Selected exhibitions

Forthcoming

2019 Graduation Festival, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2019 PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam

Solo

2015 Taas se aika kuusta, OHO-gallery, Helsinki
2015 Loneliness is waiting in the silence, Kitch Eat & Drink, Helsinki

Joint

2019 Glass Cycle, Trixie Gallery, The Hague
2016 Home Alone collective zine, Kosminen Art space, Helsinki

Group

2018 fin.land, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
2018 Generation, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä
2018 NOUN presents Good Work, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague
2018 New Year New Me (24 hour marathon), WORM S/ash Gallery, Rotterdam
2017 A Breath Of Fresh Air, KABK gallery Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2017 Generation 2017, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
2016 Kakaduja ja Henkirikoksia, Galleria OYoy, Lahti
2016 Qershi dhe Lavazh—Photographs from Albania, Jukka Male Museo, Helsinki
2015 BLOOM, Lokal, Helsinki
2014 #Phoneography, Lasipalatsi, Helsinki
2013 The Easy Way, Galleri Zebra, Karjaa

Grants

2018 Grafia RY

Works in collections

The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki