Ilona Särkkö - Independent researcher and Visual Artist
“Regardless of form, these beings all remain human: a man becomes a woman becomes a plant becomes a jaguar becomes a machine becomes a beat becomes a code becomes a particle.”
Ashkan Sepahvand
Everything I learned about techno-capitalism,
I learned at Berghain, 2015
Liina Ilona Särkkö (Helsinki, 1993) is a Finnish curator and multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Milan.
Her artistic research revolves around themes related to identity and care, raising awareness of the ability to choose how we perform ourselves, and extending this practice to everyday life.
She interprets empathy, intimacy, and vulnerability as radical and revolutionary acts that can offer an alternative lens for looking at each other and society. Her works that investigate xeno and trans-feminist issues, offer a reflection on the important role that culture, as well as written and spoken language, play in the construction of our subjectivity, whether social, precarious, or collective.
Curated projects
2025 | Komorebi Music Festival
at Forte di Vinadio, Cuneo
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Artists: Francesca Balsamo, Nicola Bianco, Nat Polvani, and Pixel Smoothies
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2025 | ReA! Fair Public Program
at OPOS, Milano
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Ecologie Sonore; Francesca Heart, Giulia Ivaldi, and In Lucid Dreams We Dance
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Editoria Indipendente; Elvira Vannini, Panopticon, and Inactual Magazine
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Supporting emerging arts; Provinciale11, Zona Blu, and Snap Collective
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2024 | Centro Benessere
at Sfera, Milano
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Artist: Francesca Balsamo, Nicola Bianco
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2022- 2024 | Flux and Friends
at Artefact and BASE, Milano
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Senza Fine (September, 2024)
Artists: Davide Barberi, Elisa Ceneri, Nat Polvani
DJ: Fedex, Simone Lunghi
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NO ROOM FOR EFFORTLESS CONVERSATION (June, 2024)
Artists: Pessima
DJ: Essē, Fedex
Co-curated with Kenny Alexander Laurence
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Centro Benessere (June, 2024)
Artists: Francesca Balsamo, Nicola Bianco
DJ: Essē, Fedex, marcof b2b Simone Lunghi
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Nightwalk (March, 2023)
Artist: Valeria Gianfalla
DJ: Outburst Knobs, marcof, Simone Lunghi
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è il nero che mi hai lasciato (December, 2022)
Artist: Barbara De Veteris
DJ: Hålbë, EssÄ“, Simone Lunghi
Welcome to sadness (October, 2022)
Artist: Nicola Bianco
DJ: Edo Drei, Essē, marcof, Simone Lunghi
Hot place (September, 2022)
Artist: Nat Polvani
DJ: Essē b2b Simone Lunghi
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2023 | I was waiting for art to come
at Iperspazio, Milano
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Artist: Elisabetta Bottura
Co-curated with Francesca De Chiara
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2022 | Flashcards
at Kühlhaus Berlin, Kleine Galerie Bozen
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Artists: Amina El Khatib, Andrea Honsberg
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2021-2022 | Flux club nights (Dec-Jun)
at Via Mecenate, Milano
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Artists: Tokamu, Emma Leppo, Elisabetta Ferrari, Nat Polvani, Valentina Guida, Teclan, Ilona Särkkö
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DJs: Alpi, Zenk, Clotur, Viceversa, marcof, Essē, Klara, Simone Lunghi
2021 | FEST*
at Fucine Vulcano, Walk-In Festival, Milano
Artist: Nat Polvani, Elisa Veronelli, Vittoria Viale
DJs: Essē, Yamila
2020 | SOFT PRISON
at a private studio, Walk-In Festival, Milano
Artist: Emma Leppo, Katatonic Silentio,
Nat Polvani, Teclan
Exhibitions and Residencies
2024 - on going | MoiAussi x Etnia Barcelona
at Abbazia di Misericordia, Venezia
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Residency
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2023 | Fonografia: BITES
at Cascina Nascosta, Milano
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Curated by Fabio Capuano
solo
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2023 | I Think Times
at Komorebi Music Festival, Piemonte
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Site-specific installation
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2023 | Impronte Sonore
at CasciNet, Milano
Curated by Sinergie Naturali
A multisensory workshop based on listening and body awareness with Stefano Puddighinu
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​2023 | How Do You Feel (after party)
at Zona Blu, Milano
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Curated by Nicola Tineo
video installation in collaboration with INVEINS podcast
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2021 | Blackout Book #1
at Artribune, online
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Curated by Ana Dević
group
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2020 | NABA Open Day
at NABA, Milano
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Curated by Caterina Iaquinta
group