About the artist:

Nina Sederholm

Nina Sederholm was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She grew up in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, and Finland), and began her professional work in photography at the age of 17, when she was employed as a press photographer. Since then she has studied fine arts and photography, earning a B.F.A. in photography in the early '90s. Sederholm has completed further accreditation studies in both Arts Management and Pedagogy.

Currently Sederholm works as an Arts Manager with a team from Pro Arts and Business in Helsinki, Finland.

During her more than 20 years in the field she has worked in different areas (as a photographer, lecturer, arts manager, and contest judge). Since 2006 she has taught at Prakticum Vocational College in Helsinki, Finland.

Over the past ten years she has taught full-time in different art and photo study programs, while also continuing the production of her own art. In 1999-2001 she worked for the Finnish Museum of Photography in Helsinki as a project coordinator for "Memory of the Photograph," a regional database of important photography collections, surveying the Nordic countries, the Baltic States, and Russia.

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Different people and cultures have always fascinated Sederholm, whose international background is reflected in some of her bodies of work.

Recent Art Work – Completed projects:

2007-2008

ENERGY: change, a film of urban and nature landscape imagery from India, Africa, and Europe by Nina Sederholm, with background music by Mikko Hassinen. DVD (60 min.)

2005

ENERGY: under the surface, a meditative sequence of underwater imagery by Nina Sederholm, with background music by Mikko Hassinen. DVD (16 min.)

2001-2003

WATER: crossing the borders. Photographs from Russia, Finland and South Africa (color inkjet prints) by Nina Sederholm, text by Elena Kordik, background music by Mikko Hassinen, and vocal track by Kirsi Kärnä.

1997-1998

spine. Meditative, often abstract photomontages — close-ups of nature and landscapes from Arizona & New Mexico, incorporating the human presence. This project has resolved as a book, an installation, and a multimedia internet slideshow.

1997-1998

Silver. Photographs by Nina Sederholm and jewelry by Annika Eklõf. Sederholm's black & white photographs are nudes studies of men and women in natural settings. They function as jumping-off points for Eklöf's one-of-a-kind, mythically oriented jewelry pieces. The exhibition was presented as an installation.

1996

Yellow Lemon Dry Banana
Studio still lifes of dessicated fruit.  

1995

In Jan's Studio
Jan Saudek nude in his private studio in Prague, Czech Republic.

1994

Bara Kroppar (in Swedish, "simply naked bodies") – nude women & men in the studio.

E Pluribus Unum (making one out of many) – portraits of people from all over the world.

1993

Haba Na Haba Hujaza Kibaba
Gravure images of Africa (in Swahili, the title means "little drops of water, little grains of sand, make a mighty ocean and a pleasant land").

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions since 1993; solo exhibitions since 1998: Finland (Uusikaarlepyy, Porvoo, Helsinki, Tammisaari, Karjaa, Oulu, Alajärvi, Vaasa); Sweden (Gothenburg, Sundsvall, Malm? and Stockholm); Denmark (Copenhagen); Norway (Oslo, Kautokeino); United States (New York); The Netherlands (Amsterdam); Germany (Cologne); South Africa (Pretoria).

Publications:

6X Saudek, Aspekter på ett konstnärskap by Sara Flagge, Lund; The 3rd World Water Forum, 2003, Kyoto, Japan; The Citizen, South Africa; Kvällsposten, Malmö, Sweden; Sundsvalls Tidning, Sweden; Åbo Underrättelser (FMB), Finland; 90-tal, Sweden; Fotophile, USA; ReFlex, Mexico; American Photo, USA; Fotografi, Sweden; Photo Metro, USA; Shots, USA; Urban Desires, Internet; Zoom, Finland; Musta Taide, Finnish Photography '96-'97; Borgåbladet, Finland; Hufvudstadsbladet, Finland; Helsingin Sanomat, Finland; Ilta Sanomat, Finland.  

Personal interviews:

"Rapido," Radio Vega (Finland); "Artur," YLE (Finland); "YLE 1," Johannesburg, South Africa & New York, USA; Sverige Radio (Sweden); Dagbladet (Sweden); Nya Åland, Ålandstidningen, Åland islands; Xit Entertainment Magazine, Ålands Radio & TV (Finland); Västra Nyland (Finland); Etelä Uusimaa (Finland); Länsi Uusimaa (Finland); Radio Extrem (Finland); Sveriges TV (Sweden); Hufvudstadsbladet (Finland); Borgåbladet (Finland).

Work in public collections:
The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Finnish Red Cross, Finland
UREX, Finland

Grants:

Sleipner, NIFCA, 2002; Oskar Öflunds stiftelse, 2001; Letterstedtska Föreningen, Sweden, 2001; Eugène Elisabeth & Birgit Nygréns Stiftelsen, 2001; Föreningen Konstsamfundet, 2000 (2 grants); Borgå Stad/kulturbyrå, 1999; Hanaholmen, 1999, 2000; Statens Fotokonstkommission, 1998, 2000, 2002; Svenska Kulturfonden, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007.

Member:

Board member, Pro Arts & Business, Helsinki, Finland 2009-
Board member, Artist in Residence, Tammisaari (EkenŠs), Finland 2003-
Board member, Center of Photography, Raseborg, Finland, 2002-2004
Board member, Art Association, Porvoo (BorgŒ),1999-2002, Finland
Member, International Association of Art/Valokuvataiteilijoiden liitto, 1998, Finland
Invited Artist, Contemporary Photoworks Incorporated, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1998