Taija Jyrkäs
North Ostrobothnia, Oulu
Taija Jyrkäs is a producer and curator of visual and performing arts based in Oulu. She currently works as a producer at Photo North – the Northern Photography Centre. As part of her work at Photo North, she coordinates the network of Nordic photography centres. In her role as a trustee, she leads the public art programme of the Northern Ostrobothnia Fund, which is one of the 17 regional funds of the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
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As a former member of the cultural association Kulttuuribingo and the art network NUAN65°, she has built connections with artists and artist-led organisations across the Nordic countries. She has coordinated the Art Vehicles project — experiential coach trips to art festivals in the northern parts of Sweden, Norway and north-western Russia prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She has curated exhibitions and symposia, such as the Art Linnakallio outdoor sculpture symposium in 2026 and the Earth Gazes Back exhibition in 2024. She is currently curating the ‘Adaptation’ exhibition in collaboration with the Photo North team at the Oulu Art Museum.
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