Ronya Hirsma is a photographic artist based in Helsinki, Finland                                                                                                                                                        

ronya.hirsma@gmail.com                                                                                                                                                                                                  
@ronyahirsma                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Education
2024       MFA in Photography, Valand Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, 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 
2025        Second Guessing Sentence, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, FI 
2025        Second Guessing Sentence, Fotocentrum Raseborg, Karjaa, FI
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
2026        Under the Leaf #4 Art Book Fair, Helsinki, FI (6/26)
2026        Nuoret 2026, Helsingin Taidehalli (Kunsthalle Helsinki), Helsinki, FI (5–7/26)
2026        TEOS 2026, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, FI (5/26)
2026        RPS International Photography Exhibition 166, Royal Geographical Society, London, UK (3–4/26)
2026        Focus Artphilein, De Pietri Artphilein Foundation, Lugano, CH (TBA)
2025        Paratissima Torino 2025 (Turin Art Week), Turin, IT
2025        Let it be known, I am still here, Pitted Dates, Helsinki, FI
2025        RPS International Photography Exhibition 166, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2025        TEOS 2025, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, FI 
2025        Liquida Photofestival, Liquida Grant, Polo del '900, Turin, IT
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

Residencies
2026        Valóság, Budapest, HU (11/26)

Writing
2024       SUMU #5
2021        Kulttuurilehti Mustekala

Press and Publications
2025        PHROOM, feature
2025        Satakunnan Kansa, exhibition review
2025        Helsingin Sanomat, exhibition review
2025        Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, exhibition review
2025        Yle, exhibition feature
2025        Iconic Artist, article (Issue N.009)
2025        Collater.al, article 
2025        Västra Nyland, exhibition review 
2025        Etelä-Uusimaa, exhibition feature 
2025        Länsi-Uusimaa, exhibition feature
2025        Der Greif, feature
2024        Göteborgs Posten, exhibition review

Works in Collections
2023        Hasselblad Center 

Grants and Awards
2026        The Paulo Foundation
2025        Selector’s Spotlight, RPS International Photography Exhibition 166
2025        Arts Promotion Centre Finland
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