Maija Suominen
- Master of Arts (Theatre and Drama) 2026
- +358451266956
- maijaorvokki.suominen@outlook.com
Artist presentation
Maija Suominen is an interdisciplinary artist working mainly with and at the interfaces between site-specific performance, sound and text. Her background is in theater and classical music as well as theoretical art studies like aesthetics, which she studied at the University of Helsinki. At the moment Suominen’s research focuses on the concept of landscape and the ways the Western (post-)industrial infrastructures – like transportation – have shaped it and, accordingly, the way we look at our everyday surroundings. The first outcome of this process was seen at ANTI festival in September 2025, in the form of a performance installation
experienced during a single express train journey.
Language skills
- Finnish (mother tongue)
- English (excellent)
- Swedish (basics)
- French (basics)
Thesis project
Artistic work
On-Time Performance, 2025
Creators of the artistic work: Maija Suominen, Anna Kirvesniemi, Minea Lång, Lotta Räsänen
Production: Theatre Academy
Work was a part of ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival 2025 -programme
Written component
Viewing, weaving – Phenomenological Spectatorship and Performing Landscape
Other education
Bachelor of Arts, University of Helsinki, 2023
Master of Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 2023-