Niina Oinas
Niina Oinas (MA) has focused on the development of community-based art and the social potential of art in the field of cultural well-being. Her art emphasises multi-materiality and experimentalism. She explores social issues in society and emphasises the value of human encounter. She is currently working on a doctoral thesis on more permanent working conditions for artists in the social and healthcare sector. She also works as a project designer at the University of Lapland's Education and Development Unit.
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Rannalla / On The Lake Shore 170 x 60 (2022), water horsetail, fishing line, metal, paper, seaweed. The artwork is part of the group exhibition Dwellers in the Landscape. The exhibition is published also online.
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Selected publications
Peer-reviewed scientific articles, visual essays and book chapters
Oinas, N. (2021). Taidetta elääkseen: eloa taiteeseen autoetnografista visualisointia toiminimellä työskentelystä. [ Art for living: Autoethnographic visualisation of working as artist with a business name]. Research in Arts and Education, (3), 112-134. https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.119565
Publications intended for professional communities
Oinas, N., Hiltunen, M., & Stöckell, A. (Eds) (2022). Työtaide: taide työhyvinvoinnin tukena sosiaali- ja terveysalalla. Lapin yliopisto. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-337-324-2 PDF
Exhibitions
Kuvia ikiajassa, 30.7.-21.10.2017, Aittakuru, Pyhätunturi
Not a( r )t all! 1.2. – 17.2.2022, Galleria Hämärä, University of Lapland
Not a( r )t all! 1.2. – 17.2.2022, Galleria Hämärä, University of Lapland