Elian Mikkola is a Finnish Moving Image Artist (of Karelian descent), and a white settler currently based between Treaty 4, Regina, and Montréal (Tiohtià:ke), Canada. Originally from Turku, Finland, Mikkola holds a BA in Journalism from Tampere University. They completed their MFA in Media Production in 2019 at the University of Regina.
Mikkola works closely with both analogue and digital mediums and explores themes such as memory, spatial dependencies and queer belonging. They’ve done extensive research in the field of eco-processed film since 2017.

Mikkola’s experimental work has been showcased at several film festivals in Canada and internationally, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Oberhausen, and TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten. Mikkola has also showcased their Expanded Cinema work internationally in diverse exhibition environments.

Mikkola is a current board member of the WNDX Festival of Moving Image.

READ about my work

2024 Enright, Robert. “Thinking through the Body”, Border Crossings, August 2024 https://bordercrossingsmag.com/article/thinking-through-the-body   [Critical Essay]

2023 Varro, Gary. “Expanding Realities: thoughts on Elian Mikkola’s Trapp”, Dunlop Art Gallery https://dunloplearning.ca/exhibitions/elian-mikkola#essay

2023 FILMEXPLORER & Labor Berlin: S.P.A.C.E Residency in Berlin, Summer 2023   https://www.filmexplorer.ch/berlin-hub/elian-mikkola

2022 Graham, Mattias. “Carcass: The Posthistoric Queer” Splize Magazine, Winter 2023 https://www.splicemag.ca/winter-2022-1/carcass-the-posthistoric-queer