10 FEB – 6 MAY 2024
Outi Pieski solo exhibition, Tate St Ives
Outi Pieski is a Sámi visual artist based in Ohcejohka (Utsjoki), Finland. This will be her first large-scale exhibition in the UK. Pieski’s paintings and installations explore several themes, including the culture and identity of the Sámi people – who live in the region of Sápmi, which now includes the northern part of Scandinavia and Kola peninsula in Russia.
In many of her projects, she incorporates duodji (the traditional craft practices of the Sámi people) using materials such as wood and textile. For Pieski, duodji is also a way of revitalising connections between past and future generations. Through this thought-provoking show, Pieski raises important questions around ancestral return, indigenous people’s rights, and the relationship between humans, animals and nature.

16 SEP – 19 NOV 2023
Gibca – Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art

8 SEP – 31 MAR 2024
The Land Has a Mind to Speak – Sámi Horizon, MARKK, Hamburg 
The artworks of Sissel M. Bergh, Annika Dahlsten & Markku Laakso, Marja Helander, Erica Huuva, Solveig Labba, Britta Marakatt-Labba, Outi Pieski, Katarina Pirak Sikku and Anniina Turunen, in dialogue with historical objects housed by the MARKK, initiate the overdue change of perspective on the past and present history of the Sámi. To this day, the Sámi are fighting for the recognition of their rights. The consequences of Nordic colonialism, which suppressed Sámi culture, language and traditions, can still be presently felt.
Thus, racism, re-education, human zoos, land grabbing and environmental destruction are the focus of the contemporary art positions in the exhibition. Sápmi, as the Sámi call their homeland, stretches across the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of the Russian Federation.

3 Jun -1 Sep 2023
Speaking Back -Davi muitalusaid dekoloniseren / Decolonizing Nordic Narratives
Kunsthaus Hamburg
SPEAKING BACK is an art and research project that reflects upon colonialism in Europe’s North and its past and present entanglements with Germany. In the ongoing decolonization processes of German museums and other memory institutions, the Nordic colonialism and its devastating impacts on the Sámi and other minorities has not yet received enough attention. With art and scholarly perspectives, the project SPEAKING BACK focuses on this complex and ethically sensible field. SPEAKING BACK calls attention to the white supremacy ideology and racist structures that even today bias people’s minds and attitudes.

3 JUN- 11 AUG 2023
Outi Pieski, Biret and Gáddjá Haarla Pieski
SUMMER EXHIBITION 2023 – SÁPMI Stories
The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands
This summer we are able to present an extensive exhibition with Outi Pieski and Biret and Gáddjá Haarla Pieski including the video installation: Guhte gullá – Here to Hearand the group of works: Rematriation of a Ládjogahpir – Return to Máttaráhkká.

6 FEB – 24 SEP 2023
solo exhibition: Rematriation of a Ládjogahpir—Return to Máttaráhkká
Sámi Museum Siida, Inari, Finland
The exhibition is part of an art and research project Máttaráhku ládjogahpir – A Foremother‘s Hat of Pride (2017-2020). The project is a collaboration between artist Outi Pieski and researcher Eeva-Kristiina Nylander. With their project they explore and make manifest the meanings and values of cultural artefacts―such as the ládjogahpir―for Sámi people, individually or personally and socially or collectively.

15 Sep 2022-15 Jan 2023
YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
Featuring the diverse and sometimes conflicting perspectives of 25 artistic positions, YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal addresses issues such as the politics of health, the resilience of Indigenous knowledge systems, forms of kinship, fair land use and its distribution, decoloniality and the rights of the non-human, all entangled with various concepts of care, repair and healing.

23 Apr – 27 Nov 2022
Matriarchy, performance, digital screen installation by Pauliina Feodoroff, The Sámi Pavilion (Nordic Pavilion), 59 La Biennale di Venezia.
Sámi Elder: Asta Mitkijá Balto
In collaboration with Terike Haapoja, Birit Haarla, Katja Haarla, Teuri Haarla, Marja Helander, Satu Herrala, Hanna Parry, Outi Pieski, Eséte Eshetu Sutinen, Snowchange Cooperative, Ulyana Yulina, What Form(s) Can an Atonement Take. Camera: Stina Aletta Aikio, Pauliina Feodoroff, Kevin Francett, Petri Mentu, Markus Moshnikoff, Susanna Rauno.

10 Apr – 10 Jul 2022
A gathering with love, curated by Zip­pora El­ders, Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen Amsterdam

12 Mar– 13 Jun 2022
rīvus, 23rd Biennale of Sydney

6 Mar – 3 Jul 2022
Landscapes of Belonging, KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Guhte gullá – Here to Hear by Birit and Katja Haarla, Outi Pieski

9 Feb-3 Apr 2022
Ládjogahpir rematriašuvdna—Máhccat eatni lusa/ Rematriation of a Ládjogahpir—Return to Máttaráhkká, Bonniers konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

27 Jan- 21 Feb 2022
Gorži, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2022
Harbourfront Centre- Nordic Lights Festival 2022 
Soundscape: Aake Otsala / Sun Effects
Yoik: Hildá Länsman
Video Mapping: Mikko Kunnari / Sun Effects

12 Dec 2021 – 19 Feb 2023
Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia
Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico

24 Nov 2021 – 7 Jan 2022
´47 Most Wanted Foremothers ´, 12 Star Gallery, London

16 Oct.- 21 Nov 2021
Beavvit – Rising Together
Rematriation of a Ládjogahpir – Return to Máttaráhkká in collaboration with Eeva-Kristiina Nylander, Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo

8 Oct 2021-30 Sep 2022
Counter Cartographies: Living the Land, Anchorage Museum, Alaska
Rájácummá – Kiss from the Border by Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti and Outi Pieski

15 Jul – 4 Oct 2021
Jaskatvuođa maŋŋá: Sexy Sápmi – Breaking the Silence, Davvi álbmogiid guovddaš – Center of Northern People, Riddu Riđđu Festival 2021, Kåfjold, Norway

12 JUN – 26 SEP 2021
Birit Haarla, Katja Haarla & Outi Pieski: Guhte gullá / Here to hear (2021), multi-channel video installation at Helsinki Biennial 2021, Vallisaari, Helsinki

11 JUN – 13 AUG 2021
Wiping the Ice-Cream Off your Face’  – 30 years of activity of the Artists’ Association of Lapland,  Galleria Valo, Arktikum, Rovaniemi 

1 APR – 9 MAY 2021
Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning, 13th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, cureted by Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala

Ládjogahpir Rematriated: Sámi Women and the Influence of Colonialism, Eeva-Kristiina Harlin and Outi Pieski essay at Gwangju Biennale issue and in publication Feminism(s) Reader, Stonger than Bone, edited by Defne Ayas, Natasha Ginwala and Jill Winder, published by Gwangju Biennale Foundation and Archive books, Berlin 2020

27 APR 2021
JURDDABÁDJI – COLLECTIVE THINKING GATHERING
OCA- Office for Contemporary Art Norway. This Jurddabádji gathering is part of an ongoing collaborative workshop aimed at building a Sámi-led publication to accompany the art exhibition at the Sámi Pavilion (Nordic Pavilion) during 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2022.
watch here

9 OCT 2020- 4 APR 2021
Bakom hörnet vindens jojk /Around the Corner, the Wind’s Joik
group exhibition curated by Carola Grahn and Maria Ragnestam
Sven Harry´s konstmuseum, Stockholm

7 OCT 2020
seminar New Directions – Decolonising the Museum and Public Art, organized by Public Art Agency Sweden, hosted by Nordiska Museet, Stockholm
watch on youtube

14 AUG – 6 SEP 2020
Rájágeassin/ Rajanveto
Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti, Outi Pieski, Jonne Sippola, Suohpanterror, Häiriköt-päämaja & Jari Tamminen
Gallery Sinne, Helsinki

3 AUG – 31 DEC 2020
47 Eanemus ohccojuvvon máttaráhkut/The 47 Most Wanted Foremothers
Exhibition is part of the art and research project Foremother´s Hat of Pride by  researcher Eeva-Kristiina Harlin and artist Outi Pieski.
Sámi Culture Centre Sajos, Aanaar/Inari

30 JUN 2020
new public artwork Guovtte biggii – Guektien bïegkese – Two Directions in the Nordiska museet new entrance, commissioned by Public Art Agency Sweden, curated by Peter Hagdahl

15 JUN 2020
Rájácummá girjjáza lea almmusduvvan. Sáhtát viežžalit nuvttá girjjiža Káránaš giellaguovddážis Kárášjogas, Ohcejoga ja Deanu girjerájuin. Ellos Deatnu!
Rájácummá – Kiss from the Border by Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti and Outi Pieski.

13 APR 2020
website platform of 13th Gwangju Biennale
Ládjogahpir Rematriated: Sámi women and the influence of Colonialism
article by researcher Eeva-Kristiina Harlin and artist Outi Pieski

1 APR 2020
book release Ládjogahpir – Máttaráhkuid gábagahpir/ The Ládjogahpir – The Foremothers` Hat of Pride by Eeva-Kristiina Harlin & Outi Pieski
Published by Davvi Girji, get the book here

28 FEB 2020
Finnish Cultural Foundation Grand Prize for Outi Pieski
“The prize is awarded for tying everlasting knots, for defending northern nature and peoples, and for making nonverbal history come alive.”

22 NOV 2019- 31 MAR 2020
group exhibition 40 jagi – Ávvočájahus / Anniversary exhibition
Áltta Dáiddasiida/ Alta kunstforening, Norway
Folke Fjällström, Per Isak Juuso, Petteri Laiti, Outi Pieski, Máret Ánne Sara
exhibition continues at Áltta museum and Kunstsenteret SISA 

8 Nov – 7 DEC 2019
group exhibition Strangers in Town
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin
Amina Agueznay, Hiva Alizadeh, Ranti Bam, Liz Collins, Kyle Meyer, Outi Pieski, Erin M. Riley, Robin Kang and Sinta Tantra.

20-22 SEP 2019
The seminar A Greater Miracle of Perception: The Kárášjohka Iteration
Sámi Dáiddaguovddaš/Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Kárášjohka/ Karasjok, Norway
The seminar is the third unfoldment in a series of public events developed by The Miracle Workers Collectivefor the Land Pavilion (Pavilion of Finland) at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. The Iteration continues our conversations concerning practices of rematriation of Sámi belongings, collective healing, and intangible diasporic archives at their intersection with contemporary art. The Kárášjohka Iteration is developed by members of the Collective; Maryan Abdulkarim, Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Outi Pieski, Martta Tuomaala, and Suvi West, as well as invited collaborations by Eeva-Kristiina Harlin, Niillas Holmberg, Biret Elle Láilá/Laila Somby Sandvik, Jenni Laiti and Sunna Nousuniemi.

20 SEP- 3 NOV 2019
solo exhibition Rájácummá – Kiss from the Border
by Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti and Outi Pieski
Sámi Dáiddaguovddaš/Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Kárášjohka/ Karasjok, Norway

14 SEP – 3 NOV 2019
solo exhibition Rematriation of a Ládjogahpir – Return to Máttaráhkká
exhibition is part of the art and research project Máttaráhku ládjogahpir – Foremothers Horn Hat by artist Outi Pieski and researcher Eeva-Kristiina Harlin
Sámi Dáiddaguovddaš/Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Kárášjohka/ Karasjok, Norway

6 SEP-20 DEC 2019
group exhibition Duddjot
Institut Finlandais, Paris

5 SEP – 10 NOV 2019
group exhibition Actually, the Dead is not Dead
collaborative works with Niillas Holmberg and Jenni Laiti
Bergen Assembly 2019

16 MAY – 1 SEP 2019
group exhibition Mänttä Art Festival
Mänttä

11 MAY-24 NOV 2019 
Miracle Workers Collective: A Greater Miracle of Perception
with site-specific sculptural installation by Outi Pieski.
Finnish Alvar Aalto Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q82JpBFNy4

26 APR 2019 – 1 Mar 2020, group exhibition
Coexistence – Human, Animal and Nature in Kiasma’s Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki

23 FEB – 8 JUN 2019
group exhibition Nordic Impressions
Scandinavia House, New York, USA

8 FEB – 31 AUG 2019
group exhibition Histories. Three Generations of Sámi Artists
Queen Sonja Art Stable, Oslo, Norway

2 FEB – 2 JUN 2019
solo exhibition Čuolmmadit,
Oulu Art Museum, Finland

26 JAN – 16 MAR 2019
group exhibition Matters at Heart collaborative works with Niillas Holmberg and Jenni Laiti
Telemark Kunstsenter, Norway

30 NOV – 21 DEC 2018
group exhibition Landscapes of the Future
Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki

16 OCT – 1 DEC 2018
A revolutionary toolkit, Suohpanterror´s  solo exhibition 
Toronto Square Video, Toronto, Canada
Moratorium Office by Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti / Suohpanterror, Outi Pieski

13 SEP 2018 – 13 JAN 2019
group exhibition Nordic Impressions
The Phillips Collection Museum, Washington D. C.

12 SEP 2018 – 6 JAN 2019
solo exhibition Čuolmmadit
EMMA Museum, Espoo Finland
exhibition is part of the Fine Arts Academy of Finland award

30 AUG 2018 – 13 JAN 2019
group exhibition Finland 101
curated by Jani Leinonen
Art Museum Artsi, Vantaa

6 SEP – 28 OCT 2018
group exhibition Áigemátki – Time Travel 
Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Kárášjohka, Norway

2 – 5 AUG 2018
Foremothers Ládjogahpir – Horn Hat project
Tamarind Institute at Seattle Art Fair , USA

Frame news
In 2019 the Pavilion of Finland at the 58th Venice Biennale will host the Miracle Workers Collective (MWC). The MWC is formed and informed by artists, filmmakers, writers, intellectuals, performers, and activists.
Its founding members include Curator Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, artist and activist Outi Pieski, Associate Curator Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Associate Curator Christopher Wessels and spatial designer Lorenzo Sandoval.

5 MAY- 16 SEP 2018
group exhibition Northern Exposure: Contemporary Nordic Arts Revealed
National Nordic Museum, Seattle

12 JAN – 4 FEB 2018
Opettajia ja oppilaita -alumninäyttely
Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki

18 NOV 2017
Kyläkokous – Giličoahkin / Pauliina Feodoroff
Rájácummá – Rajasuukko live stream / Jenni Laiti, Niillas Holmberg, Outi Pieski
Baltic Circle Theatre Festival

17 NOV 2017
Gorži in Staro Riga 2017 light festival
Staro Riga

14-15 NOV 2017
Autonomian aika- Autonomiija áiggis / Pauliina Feodoroff, Maryan Abdulkarim ja S. Nousiainen
set design: David Muoz and Outi Pieski
Baltic Circle Theatre Festival, Helsinki

28 OCT 2017- 18 FEB 2018
I Craft, I Travel Light
Sámi Dáiddaguovddaš, Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Karasjok, Norway

30 MAY 2017
Outi Pieski wins this year’s Fine Arts Academy of Finland award
http://www.suomentaideakatemia.fi/

14 MAY-24 SEP 2017
Greetings from Suomi
Fiskars Village, Finland

4 APR 2017
Outi Pieski is one of the Fine Arts Academy of Finland’s award candidates
EMMA Museum

21 APR – 27 AUG 2017
There Is No / Sámi Dáiddamusea
Nordnorsk Kunsmuseum, Tromso, Norway

17 FEB – 8 OCT 2017
I Craft, I Travel Light
Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso, Norway

6 FEB – 14 MAY 2017
Puku, Kieli, Suku, Mieli
Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland

13 JAN – 31 DEC 2017
Falling Shawls, installation at the Royal Festival Hall
Nordic Matters, a year-long exploration of Nordic arts and culture throughout 2017
Southbank Centre, London

5 JAN – 9 JAN 2017
Lux Helsinki, light festival
Gorži, with yoiker Hildá Länsman, Helsinki Cathedral chapel

13 JUL – 31 AUG 2016
Obsidian Gaze
Riddu Riđđu Festival, Center of Northern Peoples, Manndalen Norway

12 JUN – 31 Aug 2016
Art Ii Biennale – Poetics of the Material
Ii, Finland

25 FEB – 10 APR 2016
Change Makers
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada

21 – 18 NOV 2015
Inhabited Land – Assojuvvon báiki
Solo exhibition at Härjedalens Kulturcentrum, Lillhärdal, Sweden

20 NOV 2015
Leagi vuoigŋa / Spirit of the Valley, new artwork publishing
at the opening of the new extension wing of the Sami Parliament House Norway
Outi Pieski´s public artwork
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press release in norwegian

9 JUL – 27 SEP 2015
Sámi Contemporary
Felleshus, Berlin

19 JUN – 26 JUL 2015
How to Read in the Dark? Artists association of Lapland 25th Aniversary exhibition
Grimmuseum, Berlin

12 JUN – 31 JUL 2015
Aibbas rabas
Sámi Center for Contemporary Art / Sámi Dáiddaguovddaš, Karasjok

8 MAY – 18 AUG 2015
Grande Finale
Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki

8 MAY – 31 MAY 2015
How to Read in the Dark? Artists association of Lapland 25th Aniversary exhibition
Tartu Kunstimaja

22 JAN – 15 MAR 2015
How to Read in the Dark?  Artists association of Lapland 25th Aniversary exhibition
Joensuu Art Museum

16 DEC 2014
Ars Fennica Prize 2015 candidates are:
Laura Könönen, Outi Pieski, Pink Twins, Hans Rosenström, Mika Taanila

21 NOV – 20 DEC 2014
Mimicry
Duo Exhibition with Monica Canilao
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London

21 NOV 2014 – 18 JAN 2015
Aurora Borealis
Gumbostrand Konst&Form, Sipoo, Finland

14 NOV 2014 – 4 JAN 2015
Dálá Sámi dáidda – Sámi Contemporary
Sámi Dáiddaguovddaš – Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Karasjok, Norway

15 JUN – 31 AUG 2014
Mänttä Art Festival
Mänttä, Finland

14 JUN – 20 JUL 2014
Top of the World
Sami Center for Contemporary Art – Sámi Dáiddaguovddáš, Karasjok, Norway

Participating artists:
Monica Edmondson, Lindsay Seers, Roger Mullin, Linda Persson, Joar Nango, Outi Pieski

13 JUN – 28 SEPT 2014
The Snowball effect -Northern Finland Biennale
Rovaniemi Art Museum/ Korundi, Finland

6 APR 2014
IHME-festivaali
Puhemaraton, Vanha Ylioppilastalo juhlasali, Helsinki, Finland

7 Mar – 25 May 2014
Dálá Sámi dáidda – Sámi Contemporary
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Korundi, Finland

21 MAR – 10 MAY 2014
Northern Souls
Space Station Sixty-Five, London

Participating artists:
Annika Dahlsten & Markku Laakso, Minna Haukka, Marja Helander, Jenni Hiltunen, Dzamil Kamanger & Kalle Hamm, Arto Korhonen, Jouni Kujansuu, Jaakko Pesonen, Outi Pieski, Anne Siirtola, Maarit Suomi-Väänänen and Minna Suoniemi.

7 FEB – 7 MAR 2014
Assojuvvon báiki – Asuttu paikka – Inhabited Land
Solo Exhibition
Gallery Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland

21 NOV 2013 – 12 JAN 2014
Sávaldatčájáhus/ Replay
Sami Artists´Centre, Karasjok, Norway

27 JUL – 25 AUG 2013
Regards sur L’art Contemporain de Finlande
Chateau de Saint Auvent, Limoges, France

Exhibition is curated and organized by Harri Larjosto with help of Annick and Pierre Debien.
Participating artists:
Pirjetta Brander, Teuri Haarla, Timo Heino, Markku Laakso, Harri Larjosto, Hanneriina Moisseinen, Lauri Nykopp, Outi Pieski, Maarit Suomi – Väänänen.

5 JUN – 31 AUG 2013
Outi Pieski and Kaisu Koivisto
Söderskär lighthouse, Porvoo, Finland

Sápmi Awards 2013 nominant

17 MAY – 2 SEPT 2013
Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

12 APR – 26 MAY 2013
Totta vai leikkiä 2
Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland

Participating artists
Outi Pieski, Pauliina Turakka Purhonen, Heli Ryhänen

15 FEB – 17 FEB 2013
Supermarket 2013 – Stockholm Independent Art Fair, SWE
Artists´ Association of Lapland

22 SEP 2012 – 20 JAN 2013
The Snowball Effect – The North Finland Biennial
Lumipalloefekti, Oulu Art Museum, FIN

21 SEP – 14 OCT 2012
I see
Studio 44, Stockholm, SWE
http://www.galleriahuuto.net/?p=6265

Participating artists
Maija Blåfield, Kaisaleena Halinen, Kaarina Ormio, Outi Pieski, Miia Rinne

8 SEP – 23 SEP 2012
AAARGH! – 10 years later, Galleria Huuto 10th anniversary exhibition
Jätkäsaari warehouse L3, Helsinki, FIN

9 JUN – 26 AUG 2012
Ođđa vierut | Ny tradisjon
Sami Center for Contemporary Art, Karasjok, Norway

2 JUN – 9 SEP 2012
Barked! – Contemporary Birch
Tuohta! – Koivun nykytaivutuksia
Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo, FIN

3 APR 2012
Eatnu, eadni, eana – virta emo maa, new artwork publishing
opening of Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos, Inari
Outi Pieski´s public artwork in Sámi Parliament Hall
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10 FEB – 13 MAY 2012
Lapin taika  | The Magic of Lapland
Korundi House of Culture, Rovaniemi, FIN
http://ateneum.valtiontaidemuseo.info/lapintaika/en/index.html

3 AUG – 28 AUG 2011
Galleria Kohisevan vintti
Pukkila, FIN

Participating artists
Niina Braun, Mirka Raito, Outi Pieski

18 JUN 2011 – 8 JAN 2012
Lapin taikaa  | The Magic of Lapland
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, FIN

11 JUN – 18 AUG 2011
The Great Outside  | Mustarinda 2011
Hyrynsalmi, FIN

15 JAN – 17 APR 2011
Keskellä ei mitään  | Middle of Nowhere
Rauma Art Museum, FIN

30  OCT – 5 DEC 2010
Suomen Taiteilijain 115. näyttely
TR1-taidehalli, Tampere, FIN

11 OCT 2010
Sanattomat ilon tuojat, new art work publishing
Vesala Community Centre, Ylikiiminki/Oulu, FIN

Outi Pieski`s public art work Sanattomat ilontuojat
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