Mia Tamme ~ Keywords: decolonial thinking, archival ethics, storytelling, finno-baltic heritage, seafaring, textiles, gender studies

Mia Tamme is an artist, writer, community organiser, storyteller, filmmaker, and sailor based in Tallinn, Estonia. Their artistic practice is a queer continuation of Finno-Baltic heritage traditions, such as weaving, fishing, and singing. Mia intertwines theory and practice for embodied research into traditional arts, exploring their underlying connections to gender, identity, and the nation-state. Through her creative non-fiction writing and performances, she critically examines ethnography and archival practices, seeking ways of thinking through decolonial theory in the context of the Baltic region.

Mia holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication from Design Academy Eindhoven and a Master's degree in Art Praxis from the Dutch Art Institute. They are a recipient of several grants, including the Estonian Cultural Endowment Scholarship, the Ene Grauberg Scholarship, and the Estonian Cultural Ministry Scholarship. Their work has been shown at the Estonian Art Museum (KUMU), Kanuti Gildi Saal, and EKKM in Tallinn. She has participated in residencies such as Kordon, NART in Estonia and Amanei in Italy. Occasionally, she teaches at the Estonian Academy of Arts and is informally involved with Massia Residency in southern Estonia. Mia is also a member of the Daylight Project collective, where they organise a decolonial reading group, a queer sauna, and storytelling events.

*Learn more about Mia Tamme's 20 minute performance some of them might be hard to believe for CHOREIA ~ DAI's Aeroponic Acts 2025 at Centrale Fies in Italy. 

*Learn more about Mia Tamme's written MA thesis (DAI, 2025): Old Girls

*During their journey with DAI, Mia Tamme made significant contributions to: COOP Summit 2024 ~ PRU-DONCE: Cinema on the Radio as well as COOP Summit 2025 ~ Hearing interval; there is a place for you

*Follow Mia's 'Life after DAI' via their website & instagram