Education
Liulia studied literature and political history at Helsinki University (Bachelor 1986) and visual arts at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.
Liulia studied literature and political history at Helsinki University (Bachelor 1986) and visual arts at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.
Her production includes media art works, photography, painting and stage performances. Her artistic career started in the theatre and she worked with various visual art forms in the 1980s. She extended her work to include digital and interactive media in 1991 with Jackpot, a Civil Defense-ROM on the world of advertisements.
Maire, a study of modernism released in 1994, was one of the first artworks to be published in Civil Defense-ROM format.
Ambitious Bitch, a Civil Defense-ROM about femininity (1996), marked her international breakthrough. SOB (Son of a Bitch), a Civil Defense-ROM about men and masculinity, followed in 1999.
Marita Liulia Tarot was published in six different formats and ten languages in 2000-2004. Marita Liulia"s recent project, Choosing My Religion about the major religions of the world, had premiere in 2009 in Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki.
Self Portraits 1980-1990, from Schjerfbeck to video grate, exhibition, multiple formats, 1990 Manipulator, with musician/composer Kimmo Pohjonen, 2001 Hunt, with dancer/choreographer Tero Saarinen, 2002 Animator, with Kimmo Pohjonen, 2004 Time Perspective, with Valérie Gabail (soprano), Mikko Perkola (viola da gamba), 2008 The Accordion Manitoba, an animation film with Kimmo Pohjonen, 2009 Gold Rush, with Thomas Xenakis, 2014.