INTRO
I am a Finland-based media artist working with video, animation and installation. My work explores slowness, attention and perception in the age of digital overload.Through subtle transformations of everyday environments, I create situations where the familiar becomes strange — objects hover, spaces bend, and light behaves unexpectedly.
SHIFTING REALITIES
I am interested in slowing down perception —
in creating moments where reality begins to shift.
My work combines moving image, animation and spatial installation. I often work with everyday environments, introducing small but meaningful changes that alter how we perceive space and time. The works exist both in physical environments and digital formats.
WORK
Misconception. Paikkasidonnainen videoteos tilassa. HD video, yksityiskohta teoksesta, äänetön, kesto 5’00. 2019.
Misconception 2019
Misconception is a site-specific video work for the LED façade of Turku City Theatre. The screen blends into the building’s surface and comes alive through subtle changes, creating spatial illusions.Small movements make the architecture bend, disappear and transform, inviting viewers to reconsider perception and the nature of seeing.The work is part of the Turku City Art Collection.
Magical Garden 2023
Magical Garden is a participatory media installation created for Porvoo City Library. The work evolved through audience contributions, transforming visitors’ drawings into a growing 3D environment.Projected onto a glass wall, the piece opened a shifting view into an imaginary garden that continuously changed over time.
Videomapping
I create site-specific video mapping works that transform architecture through light, animation and illusion. By working with existing surfaces, I explore how buildings can shift, dissolve or come alive through subtle movement.
RAPUSUMU
Rapusumu is a site-specific video mapping work created for Finland’s Independence Day celebrations in Parainen. The piece was projected onto the Gullkrona building, transforming its façade through light, illusion and movement.
ABOUT
Fanni Maliniemi is a media artist based in Porvoo, Finland. Her work combines video, animation, sound and installation, often engaging with everyday environments and transforming them through subtle, surreal interventions.Through a language of magical realism, her works invite viewers to slow down and reconsider familiar surroundings.Maliniemi holds a BA in Fine Arts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences and a degree in Media Arts (Animation Direction) from Turku Arts Academy.Her works have been presented in exhibitions, festivals and public spaces, and are part of the Turku City Art Collection.
CV
EDUCATION2021
Specialist Qualification in Product Development, Rastor Institute2018
BA in Media Arts (Animation Direction), Turku Arts Academy2014
BA in Fine Arts, Tampere University of Applied SciencesSelected Works & Public Art2024
Poetry of Decay, animation series
Elonkirjopuisto, Turku2019
Misconception, video work
Turku City Theatre outdoor screen
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum
Turku City Art Collection2022–2023
Library Artist, Porvoo City
Site-specific media workSOLO EXHIBITION2026
Karkea parametafysiikka
Galleria Fikka, Porvoo2018
Kaalimaan syväpää
Rajatila, Tampere
B-Galleria, Turku
Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
Pori Art Museum (Pori)2013
Dimensions
Ljubljana, SloveniaVideo Mapping & Installations (selected)2023
Maaginen puutarha
Porvoo City Library2022
Musicture 2
Kemiönsaari2021
Musicture
Parainen2019
Fish, Sea on Infinity
SHIFT Festival, Turku2018
Opus Luxity
Turku Animated Film Festival2018
Void Full of Visions
Lux Archipelago2017
Rapusumu
Paraisten Suomi 100 celebrationGroup Exhibitions (selected)2025
Porvoon Taiteilijaseura
Bio Rex / Taidehalli, Porvoo2023
Meri exhibition
Kotka & Porvoo2017
Oi Maamme! (Yle)
Kiasma, Helsinki
Jyväskylä Art Museum
Kuopio Art Museum
