Taija Jyrkäs is a producer and curator for visual and performing arts based in Oulu, Finland. She currently works as a producer at Photo North – Northern Photographic Centre. As part of her work at Photo North, she coordinates the Nordic Photographic Network. In a voluntary capacity, she leads the public art programme at the Northern Ostrobothnia Regional Fund, one of the Finnish Cultural Foundation's 17 regional funds. 

 

As a former member of Culture Association Kulttuuribingo and the Northern Underground Art Network NUAN65°, she has been building connections with artists and artist-run organisations across  the Nordic countries. She has coordinated Art Vehicles — immersive bus tours to art festivals in the northern parts of Sweden, Norway and northwest Russia before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As part of her curatorial practice , she has co-curated exhibitions and symposia including Art Linnakallio outdoor sculpture symposium in 2026 and Earth Gazes Back exhibition in 2024. Currently she is co-curating the Adaptation exhibition together with the Photo North team for Oulu Art Museum.