Maria Hirvi-Ijäs

Senior Researcher, PhD, Associate Professor in Contemporary Art

Presentation

I have been working as Senior Researcher at Cupore since the beginning of 2015. I have a PhD in Art Research from the University of Helsinki and am Associate Professor in Contemporary Art at the institute of Art History at Åbo Akademi University.

Previously I have had leadership and expert positions in the sectors of art museums and higher art education in Finland and in Sweden.

As an art researcher, I am interested in the formation of meaning in the changes within contemporary art and in the societal functions and dimension of art.

As a cultural policy researcher, I am interested in the politics of culture, the critique of cultural policy and the Nordic perspectives on cultural policy.

From the early 1990s on I have beside my research written essays and criticism on contemporary art.