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
Selected 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)
Screenings
2025 Focus on Young European Photography, REFLEX, La Chambre, Strasbourg, FR
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