Maarit Mustonen is a Helsinki (FI) based artist working with words, images, installation and performance. Questions of language and communication are central to her work. By examining language’s relation to image and body her work creates connections with poetry. Her working process often has a personal starting point which she combines with conceptual and/or experimental working methods.
She holds an MFA in Time and Space Arts from the University of the Arts Helsinki (2015), BA in photography from Lahti Institute of Design (2012) and B.Soc.Sc. in Communication & Media Studies from the University of Helsinki (2009). She is a co-founder of Multipöly (2021) publishing collective with Arja Karhumaa.
In 2021-23 her work is supported by Kone Foundation.
e-mail maarit.mustonen (at) outlook.com
IG @ma.a.r.i.t
She holds an MFA in Time and Space Arts from the University of the Arts Helsinki (2015), BA in photography from Lahti Institute of Design (2012) and B.Soc.Sc. in Communication & Media Studies from the University of Helsinki (2009). She is a co-founder of Multipöly (2021) publishing collective with Arja Karhumaa.
In 2021-23 her work is supported by Kone Foundation.
e-mail maarit.mustonen (at) outlook.com
IG @ma.a.r.i.t
current
upcoming
Trainspotting Art Residency with Olli Aarni
Švenčionėliai, Lithuania
21.9.-11.10.2023
Švenčionėliai, Lithuania
21.9.-11.10.2023
Organic Sound Society with James Prevett and Stina Saari
Part of James Prevett's exhibition
Forum Box, Helsinki
3.-26.11.2023
Part of James Prevett's exhibition
Forum Box, Helsinki
3.-26.11.2023
past
Multipöly participates The Seasonal Book Launches by Temporary Bookshelf
Utopias Lahti Festival
Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
20.5.2023
Utopias Lahti Festival
Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
20.5.2023
Multipölyn perustamiskokous 03.03.2021 (Multipöly's Founding Meeting 03.03.2021)
Artist's publication with Arja Karhumaa
Published by Multipöly
May 2023
Artist's publication with Arja Karhumaa
Published by Multipöly
May 2023
Commissioned poem for the group exhibition FOR SOMETHING TO BE FILLED
Curated by Sakari Tervo
Pitted Dates, Helsinki
25.3.–7.5.2023
Curated by Sakari Tervo
Pitted Dates, Helsinki
25.3.–7.5.2023
Kritiikki Ikkunajulkaisusta Eurantiellä Käkriäinen-lehdessä 4/2022
Kritiikki Ikkunajulkaisusta Eurantiellä Nuori Voima -lehdessä 4/2022
Carried by Invisible Bodies
Performance and exhibition by Anne Naukkarinen & working group (Natalia Castrillón, Maarit Mustonen & Niina Tervo)
MAA-tila, Helsinki, Finland
7.–25.9.2022
Performance and exhibition by Anne Naukkarinen & working group (Natalia Castrillón, Maarit Mustonen & Niina Tervo)
MAA-tila, Helsinki, Finland
7.–25.9.2022
The Octopus
Group exhibition with the Octopus Program and guests
Curated by Basak Senova
Angewandte Innovation Lab, Vienna, Austria
2.–17.6.2022
Group exhibition with the Octopus Program and guests
Curated by Basak Senova
Angewandte Innovation Lab, Vienna, Austria
2.–17.6.2022
Carried by Invisible Bodies
Performance by Anne Naukkarinen & working group (Natalia Castrillón, Maarit Mustonen & Niina Tervo)
Titanik, Turku, Finland
28.–29.5.2022
Performance by Anne Naukkarinen & working group (Natalia Castrillón, Maarit Mustonen & Niina Tervo)
Titanik, Turku, Finland
28.–29.5.2022
Duologue
Group exhibition with the Octopus Program
Curated by Basak Senova
B7L9 Art Station, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia
6.–8.5.2022
Group exhibition with the Octopus Program
Curated by Basak Senova
B7L9 Art Station, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia
6.–8.5.2022
Nuoren Voiman Liiton Koettelevan kirjallisuuden klubin kuraattori Milka Luhtaniemen ja Tarleena Laakon kanssa
Curator for the Club for Experimental Literature (NVL) with Milka Luhtaniemi and Tarleena Laakko
Magito, Suvilahti, Helsinki
27.4.2022
Octopus Programme research days and The Center for the Less Good Idea ideation days / Season 9
The Center for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg, South Africa
11.–12.4.2022
Sensing words
Studia generalia lecture with Tarleena Laakko (seassa collective)
Aalto University, Espoo
7.2.2022
together, noting
Group exhibition in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Curated by Margarita Osepyan
29.11.2021–30.1.2022
Artist in residency with Arja Karhumaa in Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
3.–10.11.2021
Nytkähdyksille ja tunteille avoin
Joonas Pulkkisen kirjoittama seassa-kollektiivin haastattelu
Nuori Voima-lehti, numero 5/2021
seassa-kollektiivi: Katsojan kokemuksen esityksellistämisestä
Kritiikki näkyy! -hankkeen tilaama kritiikkiperformanssi ANTI-festivaalin ohjelmistosta
Nuori/Voima-klubi, Tiivistämö, Helsinki
26.10.2021
Presenting the publication Parts (for Muuri): scores with Kaisa Siirala
The Month of Books
Publics, Helsinki
9.10.2021
Patsastellaan: Parts (for Muuri) with James Prevett, Kalle Hakosalo, Tiia Toivanen, Stephen Webb, Rachel McIntosh and children's workshop participants
Muuri, Zodiak Helsinki / Helsinki Biennial
14.8.–4.9.2021
Play
Group exhibition with the Octopus Program in the Angewandte Festival
Curated by Basak Senova
Die Angewandte University, Vienna, Austria
29.6.–2.7.2021
On keeping a notebook
Workshop with Anne Naukkarinen
Mad House Helsinki
28.–29.5.2021
A party in the parking lot of Helsinki icehall
A group show in the form of a publication
Curated by Mikko Kuorinki
Patsastellaan / Parties for Public Sculpture
April 2021
Participating the Octopus Programme
April 2021–June 2022
The Finnish book art committee selected /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ in the collection of the most beautiful books of 2020
April 2021
Curator for the Club for Experimental Literature (NVL) with Milka Luhtaniemi and Tarleena Laakko
Magito, Suvilahti, Helsinki
27.4.2022
Octopus Programme research days and The Center for the Less Good Idea ideation days / Season 9
The Center for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg, South Africa
11.–12.4.2022
Sensing words
Studia generalia lecture with Tarleena Laakko (seassa collective)
Aalto University, Espoo
7.2.2022
together, noting
Group exhibition in the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Curated by Margarita Osepyan
29.11.2021–30.1.2022
Artist in residency with Arja Karhumaa in Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
3.–10.11.2021
Nytkähdyksille ja tunteille avoin
Joonas Pulkkisen kirjoittama seassa-kollektiivin haastattelu
Nuori Voima-lehti, numero 5/2021
seassa-kollektiivi: Katsojan kokemuksen esityksellistämisestä
Kritiikki näkyy! -hankkeen tilaama kritiikkiperformanssi ANTI-festivaalin ohjelmistosta
Nuori/Voima-klubi, Tiivistämö, Helsinki
26.10.2021
Presenting the publication Parts (for Muuri): scores with Kaisa Siirala
The Month of Books
Publics, Helsinki
9.10.2021
Patsastellaan: Parts (for Muuri) with James Prevett, Kalle Hakosalo, Tiia Toivanen, Stephen Webb, Rachel McIntosh and children's workshop participants
Muuri, Zodiak Helsinki / Helsinki Biennial
14.8.–4.9.2021
Play
Group exhibition with the Octopus Program in the Angewandte Festival
Curated by Basak Senova
Die Angewandte University, Vienna, Austria
29.6.–2.7.2021
On keeping a notebook
Workshop with Anne Naukkarinen
Mad House Helsinki
28.–29.5.2021
A party in the parking lot of Helsinki icehall
A group show in the form of a publication
Curated by Mikko Kuorinki
Patsastellaan / Parties for Public Sculpture
April 2021
Participating the Octopus Programme
April 2021–June 2022
The Finnish book art committee selected /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ in the collection of the most beautiful books of 2020
April 2021