Born 1982 in Helsinki (FI).
Lives and works in Helsinki (FI).
Represented by Persons Projects, Berlin (DE).
Education
MA in Writing. University of the Arts Helsinki, Theatre Academy (FI). 2025
MA in Photography. Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Helsinki (FI). 2010
Solo Exhibitions
The National Library of Finland, Helsinki (FI). What remains? Images, words and the poetics of erasure. 2025
Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti (FI). Untitled Women. 2023
Persons Projects, Berlin (DE). Untitled Women. 2022
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki (FI). Woman. With more than 1,000 illustrations in black-and-white and seven colour plates. 2022
Shoot Gallery, Oslo (NO). 2017
Gallery Ama, Helsinki (FI). 2016
Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin (DE). In Their Own Voice. 2016
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki (FI). Un problème féminin. 2016
Photographic Center Peri, Turku (FI). Magnetic Sleep. 2015
2902 Gallery, Singapore (SG). The Enigma of Memory. 2013
Laatikkomo, Jyväskylä (FI). Atlas und Grundriss der Psychiatrie. 2013
Forum Box, Helsinki (FI). The Latest Knowledge. 2012
Gallery Huuto, Helsinki (FI). Ciphers. 2009
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki (FI). To remember. 2007
Works in collections
The Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum (US).
Finnish Museum of Photography (FI).
HAM Helsinki Art Museum (FI).
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art (FI).
State Art Collection (FI).
Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection (FI).
Teutloff Photo & Video Collection (DE).
Tony Podesta Collection (US).
Fine Arts Society of Finland (FI).
Apotekets konstförening (SE).
Group Exhibitions (selected)
Korttelit, Helsinki (FI). Contemporary art in the windows of Torikorttelit. 2025
Berlin Art Week / Kunstfestival Hallen 06, Berlin (DE). 2025
Burg Vischering, Lüdinghausen (DE). Women in Progress. 2025
Persons Projects, Berlin (DE). Out of the Depths of Photography. 2024
Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot (PL). Images Falling From the Sky. 2024
Brooklyn Museum, New York (US). In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe, Selections from the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection. 2024
Persons Projects, Berlin (DE). Portraiture as Social Commentary. 2023
LACMA, Los Angeles (US). In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe, Selections from the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection. 2021
Kunsthalle, Helsinki (FI). New Perspectives Through Photography. 2021
Persons Projects, Berlin (DE). Inconsistent Ways of Seeing. 2021
Palacete del Embarcadero, Santander (ES). PHotoESPAÑA. 2019
Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore (SG). 2018
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (UK). 2017
Le CENTQUATRE-Paris, Paris (FR). 2017
Center for Persecuted Arts in Kunstmuseum Solingen, Solingen (DE). 2017
Fondation Hippocrène, Paris (FR). 2016
MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow (PL). 2016
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki (FI). 2015
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku (FI). 2013
Helsinki University Museum, Helsinki (FI). 2013
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku (FI). 2012
Fotoraum, Vienna (AT). 2011
Det Nationale Fotomuseum, Copenhagen (DK). 2011
Art Museum Meilahti, Helsinki (FI). 2010
Kunsthalle, Helsinki (FI). 2009
South-Karelian Art Museum, Lappeenranta (FI). 2009
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille (FR). 2009
Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (FR). 2008
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI). 2007
Stenersenmuseet, Oslo (NO). 2007
Borås Artmuseum, Borås (SE). 2006
Centrum för fotografi, Stockholm (SE). 2005
Art Fairs
Paris Photo, Paris (FR). Persons Projects. 2025
Photo London, London (UK). Persons Projects. 2025
The Phair, Turin (IT). Persons Projects. 2025
Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE). Persons Projects. 2025
Paris Photo, Paris (FR). Persons Projects. 2024
Viennacontemporary, Vienna (AT). 2024
Paris Photo, Paris (FR). Persons Projects. 2023
Viennacontemporary, Vienna (AT). 2022
Paris Photo, Paris (FR). Elles x Paris Photo. 2022
CHART Art Fair, Copenhagen (DK). Persons Projects. 2022
Photo London, London (UK). Persons Projects. 2022
Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE). Persons Projects. 2022 Interview in Art Düsseldorf Magazine
Paris Photo, Paris (FR). Persons Projects. 2021
Paris Photo, Paris (FR). Gallery Taik Persons. 2016
Vienna Fair, Vienna (AT). Gallery Taik Persons. 2016
CHART Art Fair, Copenhagen (DK). Gallery Taik Persons. 2016
Photo London, London (UK). Gallery Taik Persons. 2016
Artissima, Turin (IT). Gallery Taik Persons. 2016 Article in Elephant magazine
ARCOmadrid, Madrid (ES). Gallery Taik Persons. 2016
Books
The Helsinki School. From the Past to the Future. 2014, Hatje Cantz (DE).
The Helsinki School. A Female View. 2011, Hatje Cantz (DE).
The Helsinki School. Young Photography by TaiK. 2009, Hatje Cantz (DE).
The Helsinki School. New Photography by TaiK. 2007, Hatje Cantz (DE).
Monograph: 355 memories. 2008, Musta Taide (FI).
Selected press
Corinne Segal, “How Do Photographers Know When an Image Is Complete?” Brooklyn Museum. 2024.
Chris Erik Thomas, “Milja Laurila is Using Old Medical Images to Reclaim the Gaze”. Art Düsseldorf Magazine. 2022.
Grants
Alfred Kordelin Foundation.
Arts Council of Finland.
Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region.
Central Association of Finnish Photographic Organizations.
Fine Arts Society of Finland.
Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Finnish Cultural Foundation, regional fund of Uusimaa.
FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange.
Kone Foundation.
Oskar Öflund Foundation.
University of Art and Design Helsinki.