Harriina Taija Räinä

Harriina Räinä is a research-oriented visual artist based in Helsinki, originally from northern Finland, close to the Arctic Circle. Her practice is rooted in ecological thinking and material engagement with land and multispecies life – with a particular focus on human–animal relationships. She explores themes such as material agency, corporeality, and the tension between the natural and the artificial through sculpture, photography, and experimental printmaking. Working with materials such as earth-derived matter and oyster shells, Räinä draws on sustainable processes and cultural memory, reflecting on their historical, geological, and ethical dimensions.

Räinä’s residency occurs in partnership with the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and the Finnish Cultural Foundation.