Tea Mäkipää (born 1973) is a Finnish artist known for her installations, architectural works and videos. She earned a BA in Fine Art, from the

Academy of Fine Arts (Finland) The Academy of Fine Arts (; ) in Helsinki, Finland is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and provides the highest university-level theoretical and practical training in the country in fine arts. Academy The Academy was founded in 184 ...

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and an MA from the

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. Her works are in the collections of Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki; the Collection

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; City of Helsinki, the State of Finland Central Archive of Art,

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; Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki;

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, Stuttgart (Germany); Sammlung Federkiel, Leipzig (Germany). Her works often deal with ecological disaster, depicting a world afterwards, such as raised sea levels or the end of oil. Gillian Orr "Portfolio: Finnish-born artist Tea Makipaa confronts the prospect of ecological disaster"
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Solo exhibitions

*2007 Motocalypse Now, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Hannover, Germany *2006 Catwalk, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin *2005 Sexgod, Galleri21, Malmö, Sweden *2004 ASolitude, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany

References

External links

artist website

Tenstakonsthall

exhibition

{{DEFAULTSORT:Makipaa, Tea 1973 births Living people 21st-century Finnish women artists Finnish installation artists Women installation artists Alumni of the Royal College of Art