Ronya Hirsma is a photographic artist based in Helsinki, Finland
ronya.hirsma@gmail.com
@ronyahirsma
Education
2022
2018
2018
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
2024
2024
2024
Second Guessing Sentence, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, FI
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
2026
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2024
2024
2024
2024
2023
2023
2022
Focus Artphilein, De Pietri Artphilein Foundation, Lugano, CH (TBA)
Turin Art Week 2025, Turin, IT
Let it be known, I am still here, Pitted Dates, Helsinki, FI
RPS IPE 166, Saatchi Gallery, London UK
TEOS 2025, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, FI
Liquida Photofestival, Liquida Grant, Polo del '900, Turin, IT
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
Residencies
Writing
2021
Tihenevä siimes ja askeleita hämärään Kulttuurilehti Mustekala
Press and Publications
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2024
Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, exhibition review
Yle, exhibition feature
Iconic Artist, article (Issue N.009)
Collater.al, article
Västra Nyland, exhibition review
Etelä-Uusimaa, exhibition feature
Länsi-Uusimaa, exhibition feature
Der Greif, feature
Göteborgs Posten, exhibition review
Works in Collections
Grants and Awards
2025
2025
2025
2024
2023
2021
Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Frame Contemporary Art Finland
Liquida Grant, Iconic Artist Prize
Adlerbertska Foundation
Adlerbertska Foundation
Patricia Seppälä Foundation
Memberships
2024
Kuvasto ry