Pia Männikkö

Pia Männikkö is a Helsinki-based sculptor originally from Kuusamo, Northern Finland. Her works are often inspired by natural and physical phenomena with their varying scales, and by the movement of the human body. Männikkö studied sculpture and environmental art at the Glasgow School of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. Since 2004 her sculptures, installations, videos, photographs and drawings have been in exhibitions and art events in Finland and internationally, including Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki, Nordic Contemporary Gallery in Paris, and the Armory Gallery in Sydney. Männikkö’s permanent public artworks are located in Gothenburg and Tierp in Sweden, and in Turku and Seinäjoki in Finland. Her works are included in the art collections of Kiasma, the Finnish state, and the South Korean Wooran Foundation, among others.

Education

Master of Fine Arts, MFA

Lives in: Helsinki, Finland