"My art is for the land, for my homeland, and for my people, the Sámi society, but I want my art to be understandable by everyone." With these words, Outi Pieski takes us straight to the heart of her artistic practice, which is deeply rooted in the culture and worldview of her people, the Sámi, but also pays particular attention to all the contemporary issues that this indigenous population, so deeply rooted in its territory, has to face today.
Outi Pieski is a Sámi visual artist from Finland. Born in Helsinki in 1973, she is the daughter of a Sámi father and a Finnish mother. She was raised in her hometown, where she attended the Visual Arts School and the Academy of Fine Arts, then continuing her studies at the Sámi Education Institute in Inari. In 2017, she was honoured with the Fine Arts Academy of Finland Award. The main characteristic of Outi Pieski’s art is the fact that it is deeply…