Anna VIHMA

Profile

Born in 1980. Graduated from Aalto University, Master of Arts in 2013.
Anna Vihma works as curator at the Design Museum Helsinki since April 2018. Before this, she acted as Head of Program at Frame Contemporary Art Finland, where she was in charge of the international visitor program as well as the production of the 2015 and 2017 projects for the Finnish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.


Recent activities
"In Praise of Boredom" Curation, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland, 2019
"Ruudt Peters: BRON" Production and co-curation, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland, 2019
"Josef Frank - Architect and Designer" Curation, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland, 2018
"Momentary Monuments" Curation, Kilometer of Sculpture, Rakvere, Estonia, 2016
"Museum of Instability" Curation, Helsinki University Museum, Helsinki, Finland, 2013

About works / performance

As Curator at Design Museum Helsinki, I’m currently working on an exhibition concept looking into how traveling can act as a tool for a designer. Since the 1950’s, numerous Finnish and Nordic designers have chosen Japan as the faraway destination of their excursions; similarly, many Japanese designers and design students have traveled to the Nordic Countries. The exhibition Travel as a Tool examines this relationship and the extensive significance of travel in the development of design in these countries.