Department of Design

Mira Niittymäki

Master of Arts, Doctoral Researcher.
Mira Niittymäki kneels in a gallery, misting a clay sculpture of a curled-up figure with plants growing on its back.

Mira Niittymäki is a Finnish artist and designer and a doctoral researcher in the Department of Design in Aalto university. She holds a BA degree in Ceramics and Glass art and a MA in Contemporary Design from Aalto university. Niittymäki feels most at home when expressing herself through clay and glass.

She seeks her inspiration from the details of her surroundings, nature connection, and small adventures. She strives to translate her thoughts to a universal language through image and form. With her work she aims to provide the viewer with experiences of unity and peace and color them with passion and mystique.

Her work includes sculptures, installations, performances, material research and small series production of tableware. She has studied Finnish natural clays and their suitability within primitive firing techniques. In her current practice-led research, she studies holistic material literacy in the context of arts.

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