Mikki Noroila, Timon Mikki

(they/them, b. 1990. Lives and works in Helsinki.)

Mikki Noroila, a Finnish-Finnish Romani-Karelian media artist, works between moving image and sound. Through experimental film, they rearrange images, memories, archival materials, and personal experiences to explore how histories are remembered, mediated, and transformed in the present. Noroila's recent works draw on their Viena Karelian family histories to explore the legacy of Karelianism — a Finnish national romantic movement that imagined Karelia as the source of "the original Finnish culture."

Their moving image works and installations have been presented at festivals such as DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, as well as in museums and galleries including Lappeenranta Art Museum (Lappeenranta), CAL 198 Gallery (London), Oksasenkatu 11, and Kuva/Tila (Helsinki). Noroila holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts. Their thesis film, Yritin šuaha hänet kuvah onnakko hiän kato, is held in the collection of Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. Noroila is participating in the Saastamoinen Foundation’s International Mentoring Programme in 2026–2027.

In addition to their moving image practice, they have extensive experience as a sound designer in the performing arts. They have collaborated with working groups whose productions have been seen at venues and festivals such as The Finnish National Theatre, Flow Festival, Baltic Circle, and Teater Viirus.

Photo: Tuure Leppänen