Li Taiga (artist name) / Alexandra Harald (official name)
Born 1998 in Finland
Currently living in Guovdageaidnu, Sápmi
Available for projects & commissions.
haraldalexandra@gmail.com
+358504476563
My instagram, where I mostly post unhinged stories about animals and sour dough bread.
Born 1998 in Finland
Currently living in Guovdageaidnu, Sápmi
Available for projects & commissions.
haraldalexandra@gmail.com
+358504476563
My instagram, where I mostly post unhinged stories about animals and sour dough bread.
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
- 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
- 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
- 2024 Guest artist at Hyperborealis residency, Berlevåg, NO
- 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
- 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.
- 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)
- 2023 - 20XX 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 - 20XX Assistant to visual artist and journalist Máret Ánne Sara. Project coordination, communication, production.
- 2018 - 20XX Event producer, workshop leader, lecturer and teacher for children and adults in a number of different contexts
- 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
- 2023 Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet
- 2023 Svenska Kulturfonden
- 2022 Märta-Lisa Westmans fond
- 2022 Svenska Kulturfonden
- 2022 Svensk-Österbottniska samfundet
- 2021 Eugéne, Elisabeth, och Birgit Nygréns stiftelse
- 2021 Svensk-Österbottniska samfundet
- 2021 Svenska Kulturfonden
- 2021 Svenska Kulturfonden (study grant)
- 2020 Erasmus (study grant)
- 2019 Erasmus (study grans)
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
Press
- 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
- "Det är ingen hemlighet vem jag är" – men friheten blir större med ett annat namn i arbetet, Österbottens tidning, 13.8.2021
- Att välja konst som yrke, Katternö 1/2021
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