Who is Mirjam Yeboah?
Mirjam Yeboah (she/they,) a queer, Fennoswedish-Ghanaian costume designer, textile artist 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 art.
Currently I am preparing my first solo exhibition with the immersive textile installation Emellan, at Caisa gallery, October 2026. Other current works include costumes for a play at Lilla Teatern in Helsinki and works 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 conveys a strong vision and my work 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.