riikka tauriainen
riikka tauriainen (she/they) is a visual artist and lecturer focusing on ecology, decolonial theories, and gender issues through installations, videos, and performances. Navigating the boundaries between art and science, her Hydrocommons series explores water phenomena and our kinship with other bodies in a post-humanist context. Born in Finland and based in Zurich, she holds a master’s in fine arts from Zurich University of the Arts, having studied in Tallinn, Essen, and Berlin.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues like Bâtiment d‘art contemporain in Geneva, Siemens Sanat in Istanbul, NGbK Berlin, RADIUS CCA in Delft, and Swiss Art Awards in Basel. Riikka has also participated in biennials and artist-in-residence programs. In 2023, she received the cantonal work grant at Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich and exhibited at Kunststiftung Basel H. Geiger for the "Experimental Ecology" project. In 2024, her work features at Kunstmuseum St. Gallen and Museum Rehmann, and she curated the "Art Ii" environmental art biennial in Finland. At EcoArtLab, she works as an artistic researcher analyzing a practice-based art-science collaboration as part of a doctoral dissertation.