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Melanie
Orenius



Maker and consumer of
of various kinds of art
Art and museum educator with
a focus on contemporary art and gamification
(Aiming to practice)
feminist, critical, and radical pedagogy

Currently...


... working as Head of Learning and Engagement at Amos Rex Art Museum (Helsinki, Finland).

Some previous exhibitions: Larissa Sansour, I feel for now, Subterranean, Bill Viola, Egypt of Glory, the Generation triennal, Studio Drift, and teamLab.


... working on a tabletop roleplaying game about tension and intimacy.

The project combines larp and tabletop elements.


... growing as a professional and individual.
























Burnout Bitches 
The Five Stages: The Offering

Performance
Gallery Toolbox, Berlin (GE), 2017
Photo: Salla Keskinen


Contact



melanie.orenius (a) gmail.com (art/texts/workshops/lectures/other)
melanie.orenius (a) amosrex.fi   (museum related)

or astral projecting


I speak: Finnish, Swedish, English
Based in: Helsinki, Finland



Breathe - You Know Comic book about art museums for pre-teens Written by Melanie Orenius, Laura Porola, Drawn by Ulla Donner Published by SKS Kirjat 2024 Ou Card Game for Amos Rex Collaboration with TNGL 2024 In the belly of the worm (you are safe)2021, oil on canvas, 40x50 cm Merpersons(Burnout Mermaids + Museum of Impossible Forms + Frame Contemporary Art Finland) 2021, documentary, 7min When two slugs meet and fall in love2021, oil on canvas, 50x65 cm Shadow of Egypt (Aalto University Art Education + Amos Rex) zine, A2 A Fish, A Goddess, and A Friendworkshop with Kataja Ekholm (+ Amos Rex)

Some stuff I’ve done before the stuff I’m doing now, in no particular order




Master’s Degree Programme in Art Education (2022) &
Master’s degree programme in Fine Art (2014)
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland

Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Fine Art (2011)
University for the Creative Arts, England

Exchange Studies, Fine Art (2010)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Fine Art’s Programme, equivelant to foundation degree (2008)
Västra Nylands folkhögskola, Finland

Writer’s Residency (2023)
Donnerska residenset, Finland

Artist Residency (2013)
Villa Karo, Benin

Art exhibitions and performances (2007 - current)
In Finland, Sweden, England, Portugal, Germany and Benin

Museum and exhibitions guide (2007 - current)
In Fiskars summer exhibitions, Amos Anderson’s Art Museum, Kiasma and Amos Rex

LGBTQ+ Rights and Awareness Events, workshops and charity work

Art teacher
Freelance workshops and teacher at Kirkkonummi Art School

Trained in: Visual Thinking Strategies, public speaking, improvisation, easy language, nonverbal communication, visual description, gamification

Egyptin varjo ”The Shadow of Egypt” (2020 - 2021)
Course project and Zine, Aalto-University and Amos Rex
Winner of the Pedaali Annual Award in Museum Pedagogy 2021

Burnout Mermaids: Merpersons (2020)
Part of Frame’s Rehearsing Hospitalities in collaboration with Museum of Impossible Forms

Speaker at seminars and webinars
- Game Amos (2023)
- Sixth Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies (2021)
- Artist talks (since 2011)
- Guest lecturer on art and museum pedagogy (since 2020)