MIKA KARHU

Mika Karhu is a Doctor of Fine Arts, contemporary artist, and researcher. He is known for his black-and-white charcoal and ink drawings and installations. Karhu is a founding member of the TOOLBOX artists’ cooperative, which has operated its own gallery in Berlin for fourteen years. Karhu has held numerous solo exhibitions in Germany and elsewhere in Central Europe and has participated in numerous group exhibitions. His works are held in collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation (Rovaniemi Art Museum), EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, and the Finnish State Art Commission. In 2009, Karhu was nominated for the Ars Fennica Prize. In 2026, he published Änkyttävä maailma – esseitä taiteesta, vallasta, elokuvasta ja semiotiikasta, an anthology of essays on art, power, film, and semiotics.