Ronya Hirsma is a photographic artist based in Helsinki, Finland

ronya.hirsma@gmail.com
@ronyahirsma


Education 

2024    MFA in Photography, Valand Academy, Gothenburg, SE
2022    MA in Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art, Aalto University, Helsinki, FI
2018    BA in Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Helsinki, FI
2018    Exchange programme, Social and Cultural Anthropology, University College London, UK  

Solo Exhibitions

2025    Arm’s Length Principle, Galleria 3H+K, Pori, FI (10–11/25) 
2025    Second Guessing Sentence, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, FI (7/25) 
2025    Second Guessing Sentence, Fotocentrum Raseborg, Karjaa, FI (4–5/25)
2024    Second Guessing Sentence, B-galleria, Turku, FI 
2024    Second Guessing Sentence, Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, FI
2024    Arm’s Length Principle, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg, SE

Group Exhibitions

2025    Paratissima Torino 2025 (Turin Art Week), Turin, IT (11/25)
2025    RPS International Photography Exhibition 166, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (8–9/25)
2025    TEOS 2025, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, FI (5/25)
2025    Liquida Photofestival, Liquida Grant, Polo del '900, Turin, IT (5/25)
2024    Kapitel #1, Studio Tabac, Stockholm, SE 
2024    A Potential Movement, a Movement’s Potential, and a Sudden Stillness, NEVVEN, Gothenburg, SE 
2024    Hot Shoe, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, SE 
2024    Echoes, Secret Door Gallery, Gothenburg, SE 
2023    Last Week of Clarity, Galleri Format, Malmö, SE 
2023    No Red Thread, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg, SE
2022    I Want To Be Surrounded With, Beaux-Arts De Paris, Photo Saint-Germain, Paris, FR

Works in Collections

2023    Hasselblad Center 

Writing

2024   Takaisin katsova kuva, SUMU #5
2021    Tihenevä siimes ja askeleita hämärään, Kulttuurilehti Mustekala

Press and Features

2025    Der Greif, Feature
2024    Göteborgs Posten, Review

Grants and Awards

2025    Frame Contemporary Art Finland
2025    Liquida Grant, Iconic Artist Prize
2024    Adlerbertska Foundation
2023    Adlerbertska Foundation
2021    Patricia Seppälä Foundation

Memberships

2024   The Association of Photographic Artists
2024   Kuvasto ry