Viv Magia
Bio

I’m a visual & performance artist from Finland, specialized in murals and embodied techniques.
During the past decade I’ve been creating art across Europe, Latin America, and Africa. My work has led me to artistic projects in over 20 countries, with exhibitions, major festival appearances, and hundreds of painted walls along the way.
My often colorful works bring together painting, embodied practices, and ritualistic elements. I am fascinated by cultural elements and their interactions, not only as they exist within one context but in their resonances and connections across the world.
For me, painting is deeply connected to bodily sensation. I experience it as a movement similar to dance, where gesture and color become part of the same flow.
My mission is to create art that is accessible to everyone, regardless of socio-economic background. This value has been at the core of my practice since the beginning. For this reason, my work more often takes place beyond the conventional gallery context. I want to invite people into a shared experience where body, spirit, and culture meet. I see it as a spiritual chant painted on the street in interaction with its surroundings.
I've been working with a large scale of different conservation and restoration projects in Finland and abroad.
In Finland I've been working for example here:
EMMA Modern Art Museum, Espoo
HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki
Taidehalli/Konsthall, Helsinki
Artsi Vantaa Art Museum
Kuustie&Sorri
Abroad I've been working for example here:
Centro Nacional de Conservación y Restauración,
Santiago, Chile
Historiska Museet,
Stockholm, Sweden (project included to the conservation studies)
Links to some of my conservation projects:
Conservation of Tove Jansson's murals "Sähkö" and "Lepo työn jälkeen"
Helsinki Art Museum
https://hamphoto.kuvat.fi/kuvat/ToveJansson/Strömbergin+maalausten+konservointi/
Conservation of Birger Carlstedt's artwork "Yhteiskuntakoneisto"
EMMA Modern Art Museum
https://emmamuseum.fi/birger-carlstedtin-yhteiskuntakoneisto-konservoitavana-emman-nayttelytilassa/
Conservation of a big 19th century painting with working group
Centro Nacional de Conservation y Restauración, Santiago, Chile
https://www.cncr.gob.cl/sitio/Contenido/Noticias/51796:El-secreto-de-los-cuadros-arrepentidos