Annika Wiström has worked as a project manager / co-ordinator of a large variety of nordic and international artprojects, exhibitions and seminars from the late nineties until today. She has been engaged by institutions such as Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, NIFCA; the video- and filmfestival SHOOT /Moving Pictures, Malmö; Vågan municipality and the Foundation Lofoten Internasjonale art festival, LIAF, Svolvær; the art academy in Trondheim, NTNU/KiT; Tromsø Kunstforening and Nordnorsk kunstnersenter (North-norwegian art centre), Svolvær.
MJFs founding board meeting in Kvalnes, february 2016. Left to right: Gediminas Urbonas, A K Dolven, Yoshiaki Nishino, Katya García-Antón, Hilde Methi, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Thora Dolven Balke, Audhild Dahlström, Mari Jaukkuri, Cecilia Jaukkuri, Francis McKee
The vision of MJF would not be possible without the kind support of many artists including, Kari Cavén, Tony Cragg, Dorothy Cross, A K Dolven, Anne-Karin Furunes, Antony Gormley, Dan Graham, Alfredo Jaar, Anish Kapoor, Cildo Meireles, Esko Männikkö, Bjørn Nørgaard, Markus Raetz, and Gediminas Urbonas.