Uninhabitable and dangerous environments – such as glaciers, oceanic trenches and volcanic areas – are fascinating natural sites that attract adventurous modern people. In scorching deserts, steaming acid lakes and extreme weather phenomena, the earth’s energy and force are clearly visible and tangible. In my wet felted textile works, the untamed forces of nature are contrasted with soft materials and handicraft that can be controlled by one person.
Writing the Landscape, Villa Amelia, 2025, size 33 x 48 cm.
Correspondence | Kirjeenvaihto -international group exhibition is opening soon in Houston, Texas! A unique cultural exchange between Texas, USA and Finland, in the form of a printmaking portfolio exchange titled Correspondence. The collaborative project features the creative talents of fourteen accomplished artists, seven from each country, who have explored the theme of connection through their art.
Texas artists: Tess Doyle, Cathie Kayser, Sharon Kopriva, Kelly Moran, Sherry Owens, Susan Plum, Chasity Porter
Finland artists: Roma Auskalnyte, Pirjetta Brander, Gunzi Holmström, Naoji Ishiyama, Inka-Maaria Jurvanen, Pia Männikkö, Emma Peura
Curators: Kelly Moran and Inka-Maaria Jurvanen
Kasvusto, 2022, material: automotive masking tape, size: 30 x 35 x 15 cm.
Kasvusto is in Helsinki Artists´Association´s Art Lending Office’s Christmas Exhibition. This year the theme is Syrup – to end this year lightly, Art Lending Office wants to offer the customers a taste of sweet kitsch and humour. The exhibition will be displayed 14 December 2023 – 14 January 2024. The art works are available for lending and buying also in the Art Lending office´s online gallery: www.taidelainaamo.fi
VYÖHYKE, the 4th exhibition of our artist group Natures is coming up soon in Tampere. Welcome to the opening at Friday 1st September at 6pm/18:00! Artists: Inka-Maaria Jurvanen, Antti Keitilä, Hannele Kumpulainen, Iisa Maaranen, Pia Männikkö, Miika Nyyssönen, Sara Orava, Julia Strand. Curated by Miika Nyyssönen.
Read Kulttuuritoimitus.fi´s critique about the exhibition here (in Finnish).
Mältinranta Artcenter
2.9.-19.9.2023
mon-thu 12 – 18, fri-sun 12 – 16
Kuninkaankatu 2, 33210 Tampere, Finland
Pia Männikkö 