Ronya Hirsma is a photographic artist based in Helsinki, Finland

ronya.hirsma@gmail.com
@ronyahirsma

Education 

2024

2022


2018 

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

2025

2025 

2025

2024

2024

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

Group Exhibitions

2025

2025


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2025

2024
2024


2024

2024

2023 

2023

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

Works in Collections

2023Hasselblad Center 
Writing

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

Press and Publications

2025
2025
2025
2025
2024
Västra Nyland, exhibition review 
Etelä-Uusimaa, exhibition feature 
Länsi-Uusimaa
, exhibition feature
Der Greif, online feature
Göteborgs Posten, exhibition review

Grants and Awards

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

Memberships

2024
2024
The Association of Photographic Artists
Kuvasto ry