Welcome to the third episode of Artists Talking!

Artists Talking is a series of co-created public conversations in English with contemporary artists working in Finland.

This podcast series presents the recordings of the live-conversations which took place in the Spring 2023 at Yö Gallery in Helsinki, Finland.

Artists Talking is produced by Culture Current, an arts and education non-for-profit based in Helsinki, Finland.

For more info about the series, please visit this page.

IN THIS EPISODE

Join us for an hour-long conversation between Alexander Komlosi, the host and artistic director of the series, and Meri Helmi Särkkä.

Meri Helmi Särkkä (Formerly known as Mariam Haji) is a Bahraini multi-disciplinary fine artist who currently lives and works in Porvoo, Finland. She works with different mediums ranging from drawing and painting to video and performance. In 2021, Mariam represented the Kingdom of Bahrain in Finland’s most prominent leading Art festival ‘Mänttä Art Festival’. She also represented her country as Mariam Haji in the 55th Venice Biennale 2013 and was the winner of Bahrain's 38th National Fine Art Competition for her “Muse” series, the youngest female artist to receive an honorary award from his Excellency the Prime Minister of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in 2012.

Meri Helmi and Alex talk about what it means to balance the personal with the professional as an artist, creating art in a way that you stay true to yourself, and the cross-cultural challenges of creating art in Finland. Meri Helmi also shares details of her colourful life journey.

Length 77 min.

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