24.9.2026

10.00–11.30 am

Sepideh Rahaa

Artist and researcher

On the position of art and artists in today’s society.

Join Sepideh Rahaa in a conversation on “what is the position of art and artists in today’s world?”

Sepideh Rahaa is a multidisciplinary artist based in Helsinki, Finland. She investigates and questions prevailing power structures, social norms, and conventions while focusing on womanhood, storytelling, and everyday resistances. She aims to initiate and create spaces for dialogue, influenced by feminist politics, decolonial and postcolonial theories and practices as well as social and environmental justice. 

Currently she is pursuing her doctoral studies in Contemporary Art at Aalto University. Rahaa’s work has been exhibited extensively in Europe, North Africa, East and South-West Asia, including venues such as Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Lahti Art Museum MALVA, Rauma Art Museum Rauma Triennale 2022, Artsi Art Museum 2021 and Pori Art Museum 2019. In recent years she exhibited at Lahore Biennial 03 (2024), Karachi Biennial KB24 (2024), Liverpool Biennial (2023) and Helsinki Biennial (2023). 

Since 2015, Rahaa has been actively participating actively regarding the role of art institutions and collectives in the Finnish art scene. She has been a member and co-founder at Third Space Collective (2015-), board member of Globe Art Point (2016-2021) as well as Culture for All (2017-2021), and Nordic Network for Norm Critical Leadership (2018-), among other collaborative and collective works.

W: https://www.sepidehrahaa.com/

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