ABOUT ME
BIO:
Emmi Minkkinen (b. 1984) is a Finnish Photography Artist.
Emmi's passion for photography and photographic art was sparked by documentary photography. Emmi's timeless works feature themes such as motherhood, mother-daughter relationships, cycles and growing up.
Emmi has studied photography at the Turku Academy of Arts (Bachelor of Arts, spring 2025). She has been working as a photographer from 2017.
Emmi has had several solo exhibitions, and has been involved in several group exhibitions and publications both in Finland and abroad. These include Head On festival in November 2025 with a Hidden Mother- series and ImageNation Paris Just Women, also November 2025. The Fotoslovo at Limassol Municipal Arts Centre (2025) Format21 exhibition, (work Girls with the cake) Derby Art Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, 2021 and the publication Eyemama (Karni Arieli) 2023.
At the time Emmi is working on few projects. In Hidden Mother -project she explores themes of motherhood, identity, and cultural expectations. The other one is From the Roots, It Grows that explores childhood and growing up through the cycle of nature. From the Roots, It grows is long term project where Emmi has been observing and photographing my three daughters as they grow.
Emmi will have exhibition titled Daughters of Rauha in the autumn of 2026. The Daughters of Rauha explores intergenerational trauma, silence, mother–daughter relationships, and memories. Its starting point is the murder of Emmi’s great-grandmother Rauha, which took place in their home yard in 1969.
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