Johanna Ruotsalainen (b. 1983) is a Finnish composer and visual artist, currently working as a junior researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Lapland. In recent years, Ruotsalainen has collaborated with some of the most acclaimed international contemporary performers, ensembles and festivals, such as the Lapland Chamber Orchestra (FI), Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse (FR), the Mise-en Ensemble (NY), Ensemble Avantgarde (GE) and the ToolBox Percussion (CHN). She has also received the prestigious Hanns Eisler Composition Fellowship in 2020. Ruotsalainen’s permanent public artworks can be seen in Rovaniemi, Kempele and Brussels, and her works have been exhibited in national and international galleries as well as in the Kemi and Rovaniemi Art Museums and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. Her works are also featured in the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Art Collection.