Contact:
Instagram: @sari_soininen​​
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Representation:
in Finland by Galleria Heino
in France by Marie Valat Agency​
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Sari Soininen (b.1991) is an internationally recognised Finnish photographer.
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Sari holds an MA in photography from UWE Bristol (2021), BA from Lahti Institute of Design (2014), and she carried out exchange studies in Edinburgh College of Art (2013).
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Her colourful otherworldly photography draws from philosophical thoughts and personal, mystical experiences. Her interest is in providing the viewer with alternative ways of seeing the world and reality around them. She uses long shutter speed, colour gels and projection to build dreamlike alternate realities within the moment.
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Sari has limited edition works in public collections including The Finnish State Art Deposit Collection, Finnish Art Society, Heino collection, Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva and Wihuri Foundation as well as in private collections in Finland, the United States, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark and the United Kingdom.
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Publications
2025 Shallow Waters, Misty Waves (self-published)
2024 Drawing Down the Moon (group publication with Jake Benzinger)
2023 The Black Cat Kingdom (Besides Press)
2022 Transcendent Country of the Mind (The Eriskay Connection)
2022 Circles Photo Book - Booooooom
2021 Cohort Group Publication
2021 Smartview zine - Cover Image
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Solo exhibitions
2025 Ostrobothnia Photo Center POVA (upcoming)
2025 The Trees Are Not What They Seem - Aboa Vetus Ars Nova
2025 Transcendent Country of the Mind - Galleria Heino
2024 Terra Incognita - Galleria Koivulinna
2024 Mindscapes - Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva
2021 Spinster - Boomsatsuma Gallery
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Group exhibitions
2025 Galleria Heino - group exhibition, FI
2024 In the Woods, at the Dead of Night - Blue Raven Gallery, US
2024 Conk - Pitted Dates, FI
2024 Visible/Invisible - Gallery Lakeus, FI
2024 Psykedeelit ja luovuus kotimaisessa kuvataiteessa - Vallilan Konepaja, FI
2022 Images at Paris metro stations - RATP Group (Circulation(s)), FR
2022 Circulation(s) Festival, Paris, FR
2021 Nexus - Photo Open Up Italy, IT
2021 Youth Rising in the UK: 1981-2021 - Amber Side Gallery, UK
2021 The Makeable Mind - Noorderlicht International Photo Festival
2021 Nordic Village - Helsinki Photo Festival, FI
2021 Censored Exhibition - Copenhagen Photo Festival, DK
2021 Chania International Photo Festival, GR
2021 Finding a Way Home - Artizan Gallery, UK
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Articles
2025 Turun Sanomat - Exhibition review
2025 Kulttuuritoimitus - Exhibition review
2025 Turun Sanomat - Lsd-psykoosi muutti todellisuuden..
2024 HS - Demonit löytyvät arjesta, kun sitä valottaa hieman toisin
2024 Taidelehti - Moniulotteista ja mystistä valokuvaa Malvassa
2023 Fisheye Magazine - "L’extraordinaire de l’ordinaire"
2023 The Guardian - "God told me I should take more LSD"
2023 British Journal of Photography - Article​
2022 Lensculture - Transcendent Country of the Mind article
2022 Lensculture - Favourite Photobooks 2022
2022 Photographer's Companion Magazine China - Feature
2022 Blind Magazine - Young European Photographers documentary
2022 Vostok Magazine South-Korea - Feature
2022 Nowhere Diary - Feature
2022 Fisheye Magazine - Paradis Percus
2021 Helsingin Sanomat - Taitelija ammentaa psykoosistaan
2021 FT Weekend Magazine - "I confronted demons and saw wonders"​
2021 Libération Magazine - Chat va Mieux
2020 Loupe Magazine - Doors of Perception
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Grants
2025 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2025 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2024 FinnFoto
2023 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2022 FinnFoto
2021 Frame Finland
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Competitions
2021 BJP Edition 365 - Winner
2021 PhMuseum’s Top 14 Graduates to Watch
2021 BJP Fast Track - Winner​
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Lectures & Teaching
2025 Keuruu High School - Workshop
2024 Malva - Workshop
2024 Lahden Steiner koulu - Workshop & lecture
2023 Arts University Bournemouth - Lecture
2023 Kuvajournalistien syyspäivät -Lecture
2023 Lahden Vtry - Lecture
2022 Arts University Bournemouth - Lecture
2021 Boomsatsuma - Workshop
2021 Kameraseura - Lecture
2021 University of Bristol PhotoSoc - Lecture
2021 University of Gloucestershire - Lecture
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Artist Residencies
2025 Santun talo
2022 AIRFrosterus
2021 Boomsatsuma