Who is Mirjam Yeboah?
I am Mirjam Yeboah (they/she), a Fennoswedish-Fante-Ghanaian textile artist, costume designer and educator based in Helsinki. I grew up in a creative family in Kirkkonummi and graduated with a BA in Fashion Design and Global Education from the University of Lapland, in 2016. I have since worked in various projects in fashion, costume and multidisciplinary arts.
Currently I am preparing my first solo exhibition with the immersive textile installation Emellan, at Caisa gallery Helsinki, October 2026. Other current works include costumes for Lilla Teatern in Helsinki and creations for BODY HISTORY MUSEUM, Jakobstad 2027. In 2021 I also started my own lingerie brand, Tekelepekele, which runs alongside my artistic career.
Art practice
My art practice is rooted in the complexities of hybridity, belonging, and transformation. I explore liminal spaces as the thresholds between identities, while I decolonize the body and relish in mysticism.
The body, as I see it, is both a vessel for magic and a site of physicality: sensual, mutable, political. It’s an important starting point in my work. Through the softness of textiles, I shape forms that are familiar yet strange, inviting viewers into a space of recognition, comfort, and quiet questioning. My works are not direct representations, but embodied suggestions—fragments of memory, gesture, and emotion.
Craft is central to my practice. I value technical exploration and resist creative stagnation, constantly experimenting with materials and methods. This dedication to making—slow, deliberate, and tactile—is a form of resistance in itself. In a world that often seeks to categorize, flatten, or erase, I build spaces that hold multiplicity.
I want my audience to feel something that resonates in their own body. A sense of home. A reminder that softness is powerful. That care is radical. That the structures we inhabit can be reimagined—stitched, stretched, or unraveled entirely.
CV
Education
2016 — BA Fashion with a minor in Global Education, University of Lapland.
2012 — Matriculation Examination, art programme, Tölö gymnasium.
Artistic experience
Costumes
2026 — Swedish A$$hole (performance,) Viirus GUEST, Helsinki.
2026 — Shhh! Ett känsligt spektakel (theatre,) Unga teatern, Espoo.
2025 — Lopun hetkenä hoviin tuotiin nuori narri (dance,) Nadja Leham & work group, Barker theatre, Turku.
2025 — Becoming Water (short film,) Ida Valmé, Kitee.
2025 — Fuck It (music video,) Yeboyah, Turku.
2024 — Radio Popov (theatre,)Svenska teatern, Helsinki.
2023 — Visual image (album and stage,) music artist BENN, Helsinki.
2023 — Visual image (music video and stage,) music artist Lxandra, YLE UMK, Helsinki/Turku.
2022 — Visual image (live stage,) music artist Lxandra, Flow Festival, Helsinki.
2019 — HekNo (theatre,) Teater Hekate, Helsinki.
2016 — Tirriäinen (short film,) Anri Gorski, Rovaniemi.
2013 — Tule sellaisena kuin olet (theatre,) Lapin Ylioppilasteatteri, Rovaniemi.
2012 — Bästa Arvtagare (theatre,) AV-teatern, Helsinki.
Exhibitions
2026 — Emellan (solo exhibition,) Caisa gallery, Helsinki.
2025 — Don’t Thank For the Food (group installation,) Antonia Atarah & work group, Moving in November festival, Caisa Culture Centre, Helsinki.
2024 — Don’t Thank For the Food (group installation,) Antonia Atarah & work group, Hangö teaterträff, Hanko.
2023 — The Queer Gala (group exhibition,) with the work Tekelepekele, Valkoinen Sali, Helsinki.
2016 — Vapaus - Art collective Kalto spring exhibition (group exhibition,) with the work MUTABU, Galleria Kajo, Rovaniemi.
2016 — TEVA 20 (group exhibition,) with the work MUTABU, Arcticum, Rovaniemi.
2014 — Alku matka loppu - Art collective Kalto’s spring exhibition (group exhibition,) with the work Lifv, Galleria Valsa, Rovaniemi.
Educational positions and workshops
2025 — I vävens värld, series of weaving workshops, Lilla Luckan, Helsinki.
2024 — Upcycling quick course, Kulturkarnevalen, Lohja.
2024 — The Body I Live In, spiritual crafting workshop, Hangö teaterträff, Hanko.
2022 — Upcycling course, Kulturkarnevalen, Porvoo.
2022 — Second Hand Design course, Tölö gymnasium, Helsinki.
Residencies
2025 — It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane artistic residency, Helsinki, Finland.
2018 — Common Ground artistic residency, Makeshift Ensemble, Cork, Ireland.
2015 — Wonderous Stories artistic residency, Small House Productions, Ommen, The Netherlands.