Sex / Female

Year of birth / 1960

Website / www.kromaproductions.net/marikkicv.html

Marikki Hakola was born at Isokyrö in 1960. She lived her youth and went to school at
Seinäjoki. Hakola studied at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 1980-1984, making the degree of visual artist. Hakola started working with video and performance at 1982, acting as a pioneer of Finnish video art. Ever since then, Hakola has realized several video works, multimedia works, audiovisual projects, spacial projects as well as performances as an independent artist and producer.

The works of Hakola include video art, dance videos, music films, documentaries, Internet
works, multimedia works, installations, multimedia performances, audiovisual stage
designs, television productions, experimental projects, web sites and artistic research
projects. The works by Hakola have been presented internationally at several exhibitions
and festivals.

Hakola is known internationally as a pioneer of European media art. Her works are present
at the collections of several international art museums and archives. Installations by Hakola have been presented widely at domestic and international art museums and institutions. Hakola has also acted as a pedagogue of media art in the Finnish art universities and as a producer as well as a cultural-political actor within the scene of cinema and media art in Finland. Hakola lives and works in Porvoo, Finland.