LOCATION: CanadaA visual and media artist, musician, writer, and educator of mixed Finnish and Sámi * heritage.
* The Sámi are an arctic Indigenous peoples.
Uploads by Mervi Maarit Salo
I have three artworks in this group show at AWOL Gallery.8th Annual & Original Square Foot Show (Aug. 20 - Sept. 5, 2010)Gala: August 20, 7pm ($20), Opening Reception: August 21, 7pm (Free)Be the...
Kraja 2: Diasporic LongingShow: AWOL Gallery (Aug. 20 - Sept. 5, 2010)An image of late fall before the sun dips below the horizon for the winter in the high arctic. Kraja is a Sami word for "a...
Lavvu DreamShow: AWOL Gallery (Aug. 20 - Sept. 5, 2010)The dream – a time for the soul to move as a spirit or breath of wind - fly over the treetops and even move mountains.The Lavvu is a...
Title: The Blinded remembers Beaivi by Mervi SaloShow: AWOL Gallery (Aug. 20 - Sept. 5, 2010)Beaivi (the Sun) is regarded as the central god in Sámi mythology.Legends about the children of the Sun...
Running with Reindeer is a video collage of personal memories and
references to the traditional semi-nomadic life of Sami reindeer
herders. Many Sami travel great distances across the arctic tundra,...
