Currently...
... working as Curator of Education at Amos Rex Art Museum (Helsinki, Finland).Some previous exhibitions have been: Subterranean, Bill Viola, Egypt of Glory, the Generation triennal, Studio Drift, and teamLab.
... exploring life with artist Uni Nissinen, as the other half of Burnout Bitches.
... Breathe - You know comic book for pre-teens.
For Amos Rex art museum with Laura Porola and Ulla Donner, published in spring 2024 by SKS Kirjat.
... growing as a professional and individual.
Some previous exhibitions have been: Subterranean, Bill Viola, Egypt of Glory, the Generation triennal, Studio Drift, and teamLab.
... exploring life with artist Uni Nissinen, as the other half of Burnout Bitches.
An artist duo that also goes by the names Burnout Mermaids, Burnout Witches and Burnout Hoes.
... Breathe - You know comic book for pre-teens.
For Amos Rex art museum with Laura Porola and Ulla Donner, published in spring 2024 by SKS Kirjat.
... 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
![In the belly of the worm (you are safe)2021, oil on canvas, 40x50 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/324281758de802b5c0ee04deb73b4ff76f2cd1c07a69b5e096581f39c16d413c/Screenshot_2021-05-26-Melanie-on-Instagram-This-past-year-I-have-slowly-reconnected-with-the-joy-of-painting-What-I-like-m....png)
![Merpersons(Burnout Mermaids + Museum of Impossible Forms + Frame Contemporary Art Finland) 2021, documentary, 7min](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14fc23160865ee366f603b504c4df08cbacf75f3006b23b891bac640bb009ab5/merpersons_4.png)
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