Suvi Kuisma was born in Kingsville, Ontario in 1977. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2000, and completed her MFA at the University of Windsor in 2004 where she received a scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. During the summer of 2004 she attended a residency at the Nordic Institute For Contemporary Art (NIFCA) in Finland. Suvi has received support from both Canada and Ontario Arts councils. She currently lives in Toronto and works primarily in photography and video installation.