Maija Miettinen
Born in Helsinki Finland
Education
Ohio State University,
Master of Fine Arts and Graduate Minor in Comparative Cultural Studies 2012-2015
Tyler School of Art, Temple University,
Bachelor of Fine Arts, summa cum laude 2005-2008
Norwich University of the Arts,
BTEC Diploma in Art and Design, distinction 2002-2003
Laajasalo Folk College (Helsinki Finland)
Visual Communication Training Program 2000-2001
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg PA (Pattern and Place curated by Lauren Nye) 2018 Finlandia University Gallery, Hancock MI (Rhythm of the Whole) 2016
Graduate School, Ohio State University (SMART ART- Juried Art Exhibition) 2014
Allen Theatre; Annville PA 2010
Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts, Lebanon PA 2008
Penrose Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia PA (BFA Thesis Exhibition) 2007 Allen Theatre; Annville PA 2005
Group Shows
LHUCA, Helen DeVitt Jones Studio Gallery, Lubbock TX (Slight Variations: On Color and Touch) 2022 James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia PA (Superfluid, curated by James Oliver) 2022
Divisible Projects Gallery, Dayton OH (Gray/Grey (Matter) curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones) 2020
Urban Arts Space, Columbus OH ( Pattern Thinking, curated by Anne Keener) 2018
Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA (Muscle Memory) 2017
Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville PA ( Juried Art Exhibition, Juror Alice 2017
Anne Schwab, Susquehanna Art Musem)
Invisible Gallery, Columbus OH ( Three Painters: Specific Homage Aeon) 2016
Urban Arts Space, Columbus OH (MFA Thesis Exhibition- Phase Shift) 2015
Urban Arts Space, Columbus OH (Fergus Memorial Award Exhibition) 2014
Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University (2nd Year Graduate Exhibition) 2013
Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University (New Arrivals MFA) 2013
ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH (200 Tiles Project) 2012
Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University (Line of Best Fit) 2012
Pop Up Gallery, Lebanon PA ( Lords of Nothing Presents) 2012
The Willow Suites Gallery, Lebanon PA (The Pockets of Resistance) 2011
The Willow Suites Gallery, Lebanon PA (The Co-Conspirators) 2010
The Willow Suites Gallery, Lebanon PA (Art Space 629 Group show) 2010
Coleman Memorial Park, Lebanon PA (Park Without Trees) 2009
Harrisburg Area Community College, Lebanon PA 2008
Penrose Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia PA 2007 Gallery 13 West, Philadelphia PA 2006
Penrose Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia PA ( Juried Art Exhibition) 2006
Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Annville PA (33rd Juried Art Exhibition) 2004
Norwich University of the Arts, UK (Thesis Show) 2003
Library of Vallila, Helsinki Finland (Thesis Show) 2001
Scholarships, Grants, and Awards
First prize in juried art exhibition, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery 2017
Artist in the Community Supply Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council 2016
Emerging Artist Fellowship, Joan Mitchell Foundation (nominee) 2016
Ohio Union Art Board Award 2015
Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship, Ohio State University 2015
MFA Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture, Dedalus Foundation (nominee) 2014
SMART ART Award, Ohio State University Graduate School 2014
Presidential Fellowship, Ohio State University (nominee) 2014
Fergus Memorial Scholarship Award, Ohio State University 2013
Career Development Grant, Ohio State University 2013
University Fellowship, Ohio State University 2012-2013
Alec Abels Memorial Award in Painting, Temple University 2008
President’s Scholar, Temple University 2008
Rochelle Toner Scholarship, Temple University 2006
Finlandia Foundation, Study Scholarship 2005
Teaching
Adjunct Professor, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Drawing and Painting 2018-2020
Adjunct Professor, Dickinson College, Drawing and Painting 2017
Lecturer, Ohio State University; Drawing, Painting and Foundation Studies 2015-2016
Graduate Teaching Associate, Ohio State University; Drawing and Painting 2013-2015
Substitute Art Teacher, City of Vantaa Finland 2003
Professional Experience and Service
Artist talk, James Oliver Gallery 2022
Artist talk and visiting critic, Dickinson College 2017
Artist talk, Finlandia University 2016
Artist talk, Ohio State University 2016
Treasurer, Graduate Student Painting Club, Ohio State University 2013-2015
Visiting Artist, Lebanon Valley College, Annville PA 2010
Intern, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki Finland 2001
Memberships
Finnish Painters Union, full member 2021-present
College Art Association 2013-2016
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, Ohio State University Chapter 2013-2015
Golden Key International Honors Society, 2007-2015
Cofounder and member of Artists Collective Art Space 629 2010- 2012
Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania 2007- 2012
Bibliography
Art: Two Artist featured in ‘Pattern & Place’ exhibition, Joseph and Barrie Ann George for the Sentinel, 1/2/2019
Visual-arts review- 'Pattern Thinking': Aboriginal, American art combined at Ohio State's Urban Arts Space, The Columbus Dispatch, 8/12/2018
Pattern Thinking, Exhibition Catalog for Pattern Thinking Exhibition, contains an essay What Is It That Wants To Know; Redefining Pattern and Painting, Urban Arts Space, Ohio State University, 2018
Artist explores Finnish culture, The Daily Mining Gazette, 6/2/2016
Phase Shift, MFA Thesis Catalog, Ohio State University, 2015
OSU Final Show at the UAS, spring 2015, on Vimeo
Maija Miettinen Artist Profile, WOSU/PBS , aired on 2/18/15, on Youtube
Swan Song- MFA Candidates put theses on display, The Lantern, 2/16/2015
MFA Artists Selected to Display Work in Graduate School, The OSU Graduate School Newsletter, 10/29/2014
Osu Dept of Art annual exhibition: Recent Arrivals, Columbus Underground, 01/10/2013
Local Artists Band Together, Lebanon Daily News, 09/04/2010
Works in Public Collections
Finlandia University
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Ohio State University
Quaker Maid Meats Inc.
© 2022- Maija Miettinen