Artist Bio

“Where your fear is, there is your task.” – Carl Jung

Tea Sirén (b. 1996) is a visual artist based in Helsinki, who began her bachelor’s studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki, in 2024. She is fascinated by the politics of exposure and shame: how the body, identity, control and commercial phenomena are constructed in both physical and digital environments.

Her main methods are pencil drawing, performance, photography, and video and analysis of objects, symbols, and ideas. In her work, a naïve and inquisitive gaze bypasses distancing irony, and she especially examines Western representations of identity and symbols of power.

Sirén also continues to work as a designer and is an activist for human and animal rights. She believes that both perspectives on society enrich her artistic practice.

Education

2024– 
BFA + MFA / Academy of Fine Arts / Uniarts Helsinki

2018–2022
Bachelor of Media and Arts / Visual Communications Design / Metropolia UAS

Notable works

2025 

Järnvik (Duo Exhibition) / Onoma 365 Gallery / Fiskars

2026

Sprin Salon (Group Exhibition) / Kuvataideakatemia / Helsinki

2026

Anti-Elon (Lecture Performance) / Kuvataideakatemia / Helsinki
Performed in the event "Happening of Lecture Performances" on 13.3.2026

Art Journalism

I’ve been involved in experimental free form art journalism mainly through video zine IKITOMU. If I had to pick one clip, it would probably be this piece of my first trip to La Biennale in 2022 (https://vimeo.com/1051835327). I feel that my reactions represent my desperate search for authenticity in art.

Elected Roles & Representation

2026

Board Member, Uniarts Student Union