Maria Huhmarniemi is an artists, art teacher and researcher living in Rovaniemi. As a researcher she is interested in political contemporary art, relation of contemporary art and visual art education, environmental education, applied visual arts and the use of traditional handcraft in art and art education.

Maria Huhmarniemi has worked as a university lecturer in art education and applied visual arts at the University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design, since 2002, and as associate professor and vice dean sice 2022. She develops teaching in socially and environmentally engaged arts in collaboration with various disciplines.