Iida Valmé (all pronouns) is a Finnish-Haitian-American queer multidisciplinary artist with an international practice currently based in Helsinki. Love is at the center of their practice. Valmé's existence and expression is a direct homage to their ancestors, a declaration of love to those whose ancestor they will one day be. Their work and creative process draw power from their community, nature, intuition, and the spiritual realm.Currently Valmé studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Sculpture Department, where they are focusing on expanding their toolkit for artistic expression. From filmmaking and writing to painting and sculpting, Valmé continues to learn through joy and play.

Artist Statement:My work is love. My work is play, it is life, it is living, existing.  We are whole, embodied, full, infinite beings. Beings that need connection to live. I am a creator of new connections, a highlighter of existing ones, a storyteller.Roots are a central part of why I do the work that I do. Physical roots, memories, moments of interconnectedness. Spiritual roots. Ancestry, ancestors. Love as the fascia that connects roots to trunk to branches to blossom to the pollen that drifts into the unknown. I make art because I love it. I make art because I am love. I make art because I love myself so much that I want to heal myself, the wounds I embody, no matter where they begin. My existence and expression is a direct homage to my ancestors, a declaration of love to those whose ancestor I will one day be.

Contact
email: [email protected]
instagram: @iidavalme




2021 -2020 - 20212017 - 2019

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATIONTaideyliopiston Kuvataideakatemia, Sculpture department // BFA + MFAAcademy of Moving People and Images // Film Industry professional (Director)McGill University // B.Sc Kinesiology



EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND PROJECTSRECOVER LABORATORY // very low-key zodiac show (always in retrograde) // group exhibitionGalleria LONGA // Red Room Goes Performance // Pole performanceKohta Kunsthalle // Machines // Pole performanceOulu Museum of Art // Maja // group exhibitionKuvA Tila // UniArts BFA Exhibition // group exhibitionEphemeral Reverie // Short film // PerformerKulturhuset Stadsteatern // Southnord Artfest // Mirage short film screeningVapaan taiteen tila // Fabulous // group exhibitionFinnish Museum of Photography // Soon we’ll be scattered showers // group exhibitionURB festival // KAIROS x URB: To be in Perpetual Dawn // Kiasma museum of
Contemporary Art // Mirage short film screeningLove & Anarchy: Helsinki International film festival // KAIROS x R&A //
Mirage short film screeningThe Floor is Lava (Cybersad) by Tiia Kasurinen & Landys Roimola, directed by Viivi Huuska
// Short Film // Director’s assistant & Production assistantMirage // Short film // Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, EditorBehind Shut Eyes: QTBIPOC Dream Anthology // Journal Entry: A Written PieceIt Ain’t Nirvana // Short Film // Actor
When Were You Born // Short Film // CinematographerSound // Short Film // Sound person
Serotoniini — Baby Blu // Music Video // Director and ProducerR&A Trailer // Director’s assistant
Yksinäistä — Hassan Maikal // Music Video // Production AssistantShameless Dance Crew Dance Video // Director and ProducerPerhosefekti — Yeboyah // Album Music Videos // Production assistantBlack in a White Space // Short film // Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, ActorElovena EP —Yeboyah // Music Videos // Production assistant, Actor



RESIDENCIES2024 2024 Villa Karo // Grand-Popo, BeninOrkedi Foundation Art Residency // Nanyuki, Kenya



AWARDS2022 Conch Shell International Film Festival // Best Student Film // Mirage



WORK EXPERIENCEInternship with Sasha Huber as an artist’s assistant — January 2025Freelance Film Industry Professional — 2019-presentPoimu Feminist Workspace Admin — March 2022-May 2022More Upon Request

Villa KaroGrand-Popo, BeninApril 2024 - July 2024

Orkedi Foundation Artist ResidencyNanyuki, KenyaJanuary 15, 2024 - January 29, 2024

Password: AMPI2020*2021

Duval Timothy – ‘First Rain’
In collaboration with Crack MagazineDirected by Edem Wornoo
Produced by Ground Work and Duval Timothy
Director of Photography: Stephen James Dunn
Executive producers: Jake Applebee, Aaron Z. Willson
Producer: Anna Butler
Editor: Charles Gamble
Edit Producer: Carla Thomas
Edit House: Okay StudiosTitles:
Colourist: Connor Coolbear
Colour Producer: Olivia Jessop
Colour House: Electric Theatre Collective
Audio Engineering / Sound Design: Duval Timothy
Mastering: Joker
Artist Team: Timothy Nichol Ibiye Camp Kandeh Bangura
Artist Management: Simon Ashcroft, Day One Artists Ltd.Featured: Tamba Thomas Daniel Koroma Valentine Coker Haja Precious A Vardi Mariama Conteh Joseph Turay Emmanuel J Bangura Aboubakar Kamara Mohammed Bangura Haja Saleh Kamara MadaWith thanks to Carrying Colour Studio, Emmyland, Stephen James Dunn, Kodak Film, Cinelab, Fourah Bay College, Botany Farming Community, Cyborg and Decca Publishing, a division of Universal Music Publishing LimitedRead the

Duval Timothy – ‘First Rain’
In collaboration with Crack MagazineDirected by Edem Wornoo
Produced by Ground Work and Duval Timothy
Director of Photography: Stephen James Dunn
Executive producers: Jake Applebee, Aaron Z. Willson
Producer: Anna Butler
Editor: Charles Gamble
Edit Producer: Carla Thomas
Edit House: Okay StudiosTitles:
Colourist: Connor Coolbear
Colour Producer: Olivia Jessop
Colour House: Electric Theatre Collective
Audio Engineering / Sound Design: Duval Timothy
Mastering: Joker
Artist Team: Timothy Nichol Ibiye Camp Kandeh Bangura
Artist Management: Simon Ashcroft, Day One Artists Ltd.Featured: Tamba Thomas Daniel Koroma Valentine Coker Haja Precious A Vardi Mariama Conteh Joseph Turay Emmanuel J Bangura Aboubakar Kamara Mohammed Bangura Haja Saleh Kamara MadaWith thanks to Carrying Colour Studio, Emmyland, Stephen James Dunn, Kodak Film, Cinelab, Fourah Bay College, Botany Farming Community, Cyborg and Decca Publishing, a division of Universal Music Publishing LimitedRead the

Becoming Water
(2026)

Picture from Red Room Goes Performance
Galleria LONGA

Pearls (2025)
Performance

Fabulous (2023)