CURRICULUM VITAE
Marita Liulia
Born 1957 Perho, Finland
Artist, Director
liulia@medeia.com
www.medeia.com

Marita Liulia is an Artist, Multimedia Author, and the Director of Medeia multimedia production company.
"My aim as an artist is to combine art, research, technology and weird sense of humour!"

EDUCATION

1977-86
1977-81

BA, University of Helsinki, Finland
MA, University of Arts and Design UIAH, Helsinki, Finland


SELECTED PROJECTS

2001             

HUNT Multimedia performance, in collaboration with Choreographer Tero Saarinen. Venice Dance Biennale, Venice, Italy

1999

AFRODISIAS Multimedia performance, in collaboration with Choreographer Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo

1992

HOME - From Privacy to Operation Centre Curator, Kajaani Art Hall, Kajaani, Finland

1992

Art and Reception Radio play, essay, YLE, Finnish Broadcasting Company

1991

ZET Curator, Rotuaari, Oulu, Finland

1991

Artist, the Image and Reality Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland


EXHIBITIONS

2002

Manipulator performance, www project
Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki, Finland

2002

Manipulator performance, www project
Finnish Cultural Centre / Stockholm / Sweden

2002

Manipulator performance, www project
Symptomania / Kunsthalle Lophem / Brugge / Belgium

2002

Son of a Bitch (SOB) CD-Rom
F2F, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Canada

2002

SOB CD-Rom
Maison Populaire Montreuil, Paris, France

2002

SOB CD-Rom
Attachment+, Kunsthalle Lophem, Brugge, Belgium

2002

SOB + AB CD-Rom
Bildmuseet / Umeå / Sweden

2002

Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
Kulturhuset & Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm, Sweden

2001

SOB CD-Rom
Equator Conference, Art Node, Stockholm, Sweden

2001

SOB CD-Rom
Mois de la Photo, Maison de Photographie, Montreal, Canada

2001

SOB CD-Rom
F2F, Embassy of Finland, Washington DC, USA

2001

SOB CD-Rom
F2F, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

2001

SOB CD-Rom
Surface and whirlpools, Borås Art Museum, Sweden

2001

Tarot wireless multimedia art Italian, Dutch and English versions localized, www.zed.com

2000

Tarot Mobile Bitch goes wireless
Gloria Theatre, Helsinki, Finland

2000

Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
Watari-Um Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

2000

Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
Batofar, Paris, France

2000

Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
La Reine de Multimedia, Institut Finlandais, ISEA, Paris, France

2000

SOB CD-Rom
GameOver, the Netherlands Institute of Old and New Media & AXIS

2000

SOB CD-Rom
National Arts Centre & Gallery 101, Ottawa Canada

2000

SOB CD-Rom
F2F,the New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

2000

SOB CD-Rom
Urban Futures 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa

2000

Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
MENAGE, St. Petersburg, Russia

2000

SOB CD-Rom
All You Need Is Love, Bathouse, Gdansk, Poland

2000

SOB CD-Rom
Prix Möbius International, Centre Pompidou, Paris , France

2000

Maire+ Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
Nordic Postmodern, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

2000

Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain

1999

SOB CD-Rom
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria

1999

Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
Melbourne Film Festival BUG, Melbourne, Australia

1999

Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
The dLux media arts, Artspace, Sydney, Perth, Darwin, Australia

1999

Ambitious Bitch+ SOB CD-Rom
Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Mänttä, Finland

1999

Retrospective
Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland

1999

SOB CD Rom, www premiere
KiasmaTheatre, Helsinki, Finland

1999

SOB CD-Rom
MILIA, Cannes, France

1999

SOB CD-Rom
La Maison des Auteurs, SADC, Paris, France

1999

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
Femme Totale International Film Festival, Dortmund, Germany

1998

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
ARCO International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

1998

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
Monumedia, Napoli, Italy

1998

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
Technoculture, Fri-Art Centre D´Art Contemporain, Kunsthalle Fribourg, Swizerland

1998

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
SIME 98, Stockholm, Sweden

1998

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
La FEMIS, Paris, France

1998

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
ArtNode, Stockholm, Sweden

1997

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
XVe Festival International du Film sur l´Art, Montreal, Canada

1997

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart, Germany

1997

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
Finland Weeks, Moscow, Russia

1997

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria

1996

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
Elektra 96, Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo, Norway

1996

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
Woman as an Artist, Lönnström Art Museum, Finland

1996

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom, www and installation
Breaking Ice, MUU ry, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, Sweden

1996

Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom
Institut Finlandais, Paris, France

1996

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
WebBar, Paris, France

1995

Maire CD-Rom x/y,
Scandinavian Contemporary Art, Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland

1995

Artist´s 100. exhibition
Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland

1995

Maire CD-Rom
Distribution agreement with Louvre, Paris, France

1995

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
ANA LOGOS, Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden

1994

Maire CD-Rom x/y,
Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland

1994

Maire CD-Rom
International Seminar of Electronic Art, Helsinki, Finland

1994

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Art by Freight, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paolo, Brazil

1993

Maire CD-Rom & installation
Pori Art Museum, permanent exhibit, Pori, Finland

1993

Maire CD-Rom
Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland

1993

Prejudices + telematic performance
Liljevalch Art Hall, Stockholm, Sweden & Tele Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

1993

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Electric Art Exhibition, Rauma, Finland

1993

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Savonlinna Art Museum, Savonlinna, Finland

1992

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Muu Media Festival, Helsinki, Finland

1992

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland

1992

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland

1992

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Exhibition of Interactive Art, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland

1992

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Lahti International Audiovisual Biennale, Lahti, Finland

1992

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Virtual Zone, Turku, Finland

1992

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Finland i da´92, Royal Art Academy, Stockholm, Sweden

1992

Hommage aux Voyeurs photo installation with Arto Forsblom Galerie Pelin, Helsinki, Finland

1992

Hommage aux Voyeurs photo installation with Arto Forsblom ARCO International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

1992

Crisis installation
Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland

1991

Jackpot interactive laser disc installation
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

1991

Jackpot premiere interactive laser disc installation
Mesenaatti, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

1991

Two Serious Ladies Installation with Anna Trap
Galleri Franciska, Århus, Denmark

1990

Religion and Prostitution paintings
Malta National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta

1990

From Schjerfbeck to Video Grate selfportraits
Helsinki Festival, Galleria Okra, Vantaa, Finland

1990

The Garden installation and performance
Galleria Otso, Espoo, Finland

1990

The Garden installation and performance
Kajaani Art Hall, Kajaani, Finland

1989

Arbeit Macht Frei sound and light installation
Muu ry, Billnäs, Finland

1989

Religion and Prostitution paintings
Galerie Pelin, Helsinki, Finland

1989

Testament sound and light installation
The Esplanades, Helsinki, Finland

1988

3 interactive sound and light installation
Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

1988

Daimonion sound and light installation
Suvi PinX, Sysmä, Finland

1988

Mummies sound and light installation
Jacobsberg Art Hall, Stockholm, Sweden

1988

One woman show
Galerie Pelin, Helsinki, Finland

1986

Zenon sound and light installation
De Galerie, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands


WORKS IN COLLECTIONS


Finland
Lönnström Art Museum; Espoo City Museum, Espoo; Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki; Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; Kajaani Art Museum, Kajaani; Kotka Art Museum, Kotka; Kouvola Art Museum, Kouvola; Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio; Lahti Art Museum, Lahti; Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli; Museum of Jakobstad, Pietarsaari; Pori Art Museum, Pori; Porvoo Museum, Porvoo; Rauma Museum, Rauma; Riihimäki Art Museum, Riihimäki; Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi; Savonlinna Art Museum, Savonlinna; Seinäjoki Art Museum, Seinäjoki; Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere; Turku Art Museum, Turku; Vantaa Art Museum, Vantaa; Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus,
Europe
Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, France; Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beux Arts, Bordeaux, France; Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France; Henie, Onstadt Art Centre, Norway; National College of Arts and Design, London, UK; ARCO Electronico Collection, Spain ; Riksutställningar, Sweden; Ulster Art Collection, Ulster, UK


RECENT AWARDS

2000

Prix Möbius International, Honorary mention, SOB

2000

Grafia ry, Finland, the Best of the Year Awards, Multimedia Honorary Mention, SOB

1999

State Award of Finland - Suomi palkinto

1998

Pori Art Museum: Maecenaes of the Year

1997

Ars Electronica Awards, Honorary Mention, Ambitious Bitch

1996

Finnish Cultural Fund Award for Significant Cultural Work

1996

Prix Möbius International, Special Mention of the Jury, Ambitious Bitch CD-Rom

1996

Best CD-Rom 96, II Festival Internacional de Video y Artes Electronicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1996

Grafia ry, Finland, the Best of the Year Awards, Honorary Mention, Ambitious Bitch

1996

Bronze Award, Media & Message Conference

1995-1999

Art Council of Finland, Five Year Artist Grant


PROGRAMS AND ARTICLES ABOUT THE ARTIST


2002

Videos and Documentations
Swedish TV / Sweden

2001

NetTV / USA

1998

TV5 / France

1997

ARTE/ Germany



2002


Interviews
Art in the Age of the Mobile Phone, Text Messages from Finland, Geert, Mit Press, USA

2000

Helsingin Sanomat 27.3.2000, Arja Maunuksela, Helsinki, Finland

2000

KIASMA lehti, Minna Raitmaa, 9.9.2000 Helsinki, Finland

1999

NU - Nordic Art Review 9/99, Stockholm, Sweden


MEMBERSHIPS
  The Finnish Artists' Association
MUU ry, artists' association, Chairman 90-91
m-cult, media culture association, Vice Chairman
Prix Möbius Finland, Founder and Director
Prix Möbius, Member of International Jury