Li Taiga (artist name) / Alexandra Harald (official name)
Available for projects & commissions.
haraldalexandra@gmail.com
+358504476563
My instagram, where I mostly post unhinged stories about animals and sour dough bread.
Available for projects & commissions.
haraldalexandra@gmail.com
+358504476563
My instagram, where I mostly post unhinged stories about animals and sour dough bread.
UPCOMING AND ONGOING WORK
- Duo exhibition: Heaven has no Tits, together with Maria Fox Larsson, Galleria 2h + K, Pori (FI), 2026
- Exhibition (solo/duo), Rådhusgalleriet, Nykarleby (FI), 2026
- Duo exhibition in Luckan, Helsinki (FI), 2026
- Group exhibition ”Till skogs - Into the Forest”, Konsthall Norra Kvarken, Nordmaling (SE) and Tempus, Jakobstad (FI) 2026
- Public installation in Campus Allegro, Jakobstad (FI) 2026
- From 2025 forward: Residence artist and co-producer for Villa Sveden: an artist-led cultural space in Jakobstad (FI)
Education
- Novia University of Applied Sciences, Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Fine arts (240 credits)
- Novia University of Applied sciences, Teaching and Education (20 credits)
- Separate university courses inliterature, language, religious sciences and gender studies from Umeå University, Linnéuniversitetet and Södertörns Högskola (SE)
- Finnish matriculation examination (Laudatur in Swedish Language, Eximia Cum Laude in Finnish, English and Psychology)
Group art exhibitions and events
- 2026 Folk och Kultur 2026, Eskilstuna, SE
- 2025 Flygande at Zebra Dans, Stockholm, SE
- 2025 Suialaa Arts Festival, KALAALLIT NUNAAT
- 2025 Riddu Riđđu Festivála, Gáivuotna SÁ/NO
- 2025 Konstrundan open studios, Villa Sveden Artist Home, FI
- 2024 ArtVilnius Art Fair, Vilnius, LT
- 2024 Sámi Centre for Contemporart Art, SÁ/NO
- 2024 Sámi Easter Festival, Guovdageaidnu, SÁ/NO
- 2024 Bothniasalongen, Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
- 2024 Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahtis, FI
- 2023 Screening of Mammuten at Laterna Magica, Helsinki, FI
- 2023 Screening and live performance of Mammuten on launch event of Tidskriften Kontradiktion, Platform, Vasa, FI
- 2023 Screening of Totem of Our Generation on Imagine Every Day! Outsider Art in Finland, Finnish Institute in Paris, FR
- 2022 Konstrundan, FI
- 2022 Outsider Art Festival, screening of Totem of Our Generation in Helsinki City Library, Helsinki, FI
- 2022 All-in-One, Campus Allegro, Jakobstad, FI
- 2021-2022 Sammanflätningar - omförhandlingar, Tobaksmagasinet, Jakobstad, FI
- 2021 Shapes and spaces, Tobaksmagasinet, Jakobstad, FI
- 2021 Tre städer / Kolme kaupunkia, Tobaksmagasinet / Tupakkamakasiini, Jakobstad, FI
- 2021 Penkkilenkki, Kronoby, FI
- 2020-2021 Art association Jakarte: jubilee exhibition, Tobaksmagasinet, Jakobstad, FI
- 2020 Starting from the Self (together with Carina Ahlskog and Moa Cederberg), Black box Genesis, Vasa, FI
- 2019-2020 Young art in Ostrobothnia, Vasa konsthall / Vaasan taidehalli, FI
- 2019 Deconstructing the Identity, Energiverket, Jakobstad, FI
- 2019 Bold, After Eight, Jakobstad, FI
- 2017-2018 Mitt Finland / Minun Suomi, Rådhusgalleriet / Raatihuoneengalleria, Nykarleby, FI
Solo exhibitions
- 2025 All the Shaggy Mountains Love Me / Kaikki Pörröiset Vuoret Rakastavat Minua, Galleri White Box, Jakobstad, FI
- 2025 All the Shaggy Mountains Love Me / Kaikki Pörröiset Vuoret Rakastavat Minua, Narvik Museum, Narvik, NO
- 2025 All the Shaggy Mountains Love Me / Kaikki Pörröiset Vuoret Rakastavat Minua, Galleria Kellokas, Kittilä, FI
- 2023 Närheter/Läheisyydet/Closenesses, Music café After Eight, Jakobstad, FI
- 2023 Finnish Institute in Estonia, Tartu, EE
- 2022 Abba Dabba Sirgu La, Nykarleby bibliotek / Library in Nykarleby, FI
- 2022 Abba Dabba Sirgu La, Kärsämäen kirjasto / Library in Kärsämäki, FI
- 2021 Telegram från tidens drift / Sähke ajan havinasta, Rådhusgalleriet / Raatihuoneengalleria, Nykarleby, FI
- 2021 Fragments, Dáiddadállu Art Collective, Guovdageaidnu, Sápmi, NO
- 2020 Kaffia Café, Jakobstad
- 2020 Gallery White box, Jakobstad
Artist in Residency
- 2025 Handenterminalen Konst, Stockholm (SE)
- 2025 Jakarte AiR, Jakobstad, FI
- 2024 AiR Frosterus, North Ostrobothnia, FI
- 2024 Guest artist at Hyperborealis residency, Berlevåg, NO
- 2024 Scenstudion Gerlesborg, SE
- 2023 Tankar på Tankar, a 3-day-residency together with 11 other artists and thinkers arranged by Stiftelsen för Nordiska Konstskolan on the lighthouse island Tankar, Kokkola, FI
- 2023 Ateljé A-M, Örträsk, Västerbotten, SE
- 2022 AiR Frosterus, North Ostrobothnia, FI
- 2022 Hakoniemi - Luova tila, North Carelia, FI
Other cultural work experiences / positions of trust
- 2025 - 20XX Residence artist and co-producer for Villa Sveden: an artist-led cultural space in Jakobstad (FI)
- 2019 - 20XX Freelance photographer, worked for companies such as publishing company Schildts & Söderströms (FI), Vi Läser (SE), Svenska Kulturfonden (FI), Norsk Telegrambyrå (NO), Office for Contemporary Art (NO), publishing company Ellips (FI) among other organisations.
- 2018 - 20XX Event producer, workshop leader, lecturer and teacher for children and adults in a number of different contexts
- 2020-20XX Freelance writing, such as poetry and essays published in different magazines and newspaper including Horisont (FI), Kritiker (SE), Hufvudstadsbladet (FI) and Astra (FI/SE)
- 2025 Lecturer in Fine Arts (substitute), Novia University of Applied sciences
- 2025 Main artist in the cultural festival Vinterfestuken, Narvik (NO)
- Production assistant in Tate Modern’s 2025 Hyundai commission exhibition, London (GB)
- 2023 - 2025 Performance artist in “Suoidnekaboom”, an interdisciplinary performance work initiated by Máret Ánne Sara and artist network Dáiddadállu. Choreography by Alexandra Wingate. Touring in Sápmi and Greenland during 2024 and 2025.
- 2019 - 2025 Assistant to visual artist and journalist Máret Ánne Sara. Project coordination, communication, production.
- 2022 - 2023 Intern at the Finnish Institute in Estonia, Tallinn (EE). Work tasks such as project managing, craphic design, marketing, networking, communication.
- 2019 - 2022 Production assistant in the Sámi/Nordic pavilion of the 59:th Venezia Biennale (NO & ITA). Employed by Office for Contemporary Art (NO).
- 2021 - 2022 Board alternate for Art association Jakarte, Jakobstad, FI
- 2018 - 2020 Member of White box, student run art gallery in Jakobstad, FI
Grants
- My artistic practice has been supported by Nordic Culture Point, Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland, Svenska Kulturfonden, Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet and Birgit, Eugéne and Elisabeth Nygréns stiftelse among others.
Awards
- 2023 First Prize winner in Arvid Mörne-tävlingen, a writing competition arranged by Svenska Folkskolans Vänner
- 2020 Honorary mention in PON-tävlingen, drawing competition arranged by Svenska Kulturfonden
- 2020 Honorary mention in Arvid Mörne-tävlingen, a writing competition arranged by Svenska Folkskolans Vänner
Memberships
Press
- Från ett klassrum i Jakobstad till en scen i Stockholm – barnen hjälpte Li och Jukka att skapa föreställningen, Österbottens tidning 2.6.2025
- Podcasten Ekspedert, Museum Nord, 2025
- Li Taiga - VU artist of the year 2025, Museum Nord
- Jubileum med klærne på vranga, Kunstkritikk, 27.6.2024
- ”och du finns till för / att nästan inte göra något alls” – Alexandra Harald skriver brev till sig själv, Hufvudstadsbladet, 14.7.2023
- Alexandra tog hem segern i tävlingen för under 30-åringar – "Hittills har jag låtit lusten styra", Österbottens tidning 9.5.2023
- Ålandsbördig pristagare i Arvid Mörne-tävlingen, Ålands radio, 9.5.2023
- Arvid Mörne-tävlingen | Bildkonstnären Alexandra Harald skrev bästa novellen, Hufvudstadsbladet, 9.5.2023
- Alexandra Harald provade på det absurda och belönas nu med första pris i Arvid Mörne-tävlingen, Svenska Yle, 9.5.2023
Besides my occupation in culture I've got work experience in working with agriculture, service industry, local politics and as nurse's assistant for people in different ages living with mental illnesses and disabilities, of which the nursery has made the greatest impact on me as a human and an artist.
Other experiences of importance: Depression, chronic pain, religious conviction and queerness