Veera Säilä is a Finnish Photographer based in London area and Finland.
She is currently graduating from the University College for the Creative Arts
with a BA (Hons) Photography & Media Arts.

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Artist statement

Säilä's main media is photography however she keeps herself open to all kinds of visual media depending on the project.
Although her working methods vary, her art focuses on issues surrounding similar subject matter. The relationship with her body
has always been an important theme for her and she repeatedly puts herself both in front of and behind the camera. She
occasionally uses models, mainly females, to represent her personal issues. She is interested in pose and believes that how we
pose for the camera, is the same way we pose for society. The body is a stage in which we present ourselves to others and create
our performative gender; femininity and masculinity are questioned. All Säilä's works have a certain humour and playfulness and she enjoys confusing and challenging the viewer.

Solo exhibitions:
September 2008 - Submersion, Bar Kuka, Turku, Finland

Group exhibitions:
June 2008 - Show Me The Light Show, Candid Arts Centre, London, UK
August 2007 - Näkymä, Cable Factory/Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
May 2007 - Untitled 23, Royal Star Arcade, Maidstone, UK
June-July 2006 - Photolatente, Centro Nacional de Fotografia, Torrelavega, Spain
May 2005 - The Spring Exhibition 2005, Gallery Zebra, Karjaa. Finland

Publications:
2006 - Photolatente -book, Sociedad de Artes Gráficas J. Martínez, Spain