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
The works in Contour explore the observation of landscapes and everyday environments, as well as how we perceive the world both broadly and in fine detail. Human figures are transformed into rolling landscapes; visual and auditory impressions and memories weave together into written tapestries; and the undulating layers of everyday textiles are revealed in the sweep of laser beams. The exhibition is open until 24.11.2024. Video filming and editing by Jyri Hakala.
I am very happy to tell that my work Seeing Mountains was acquired for the Wooran foundation’s art collection. After Time’s Touch: Changing Landscapes -exhibition the work will have a permanent home in Seoul. The exhibition is still open for one more month, until September 26, 2024 in ART SCAPE 1, Wooran Foundation, 11, Yeonmujang 7-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Korea.
Installation View of Time’s Touch: Changing Landscapes (Wooran Foundation, 2024.)
Public artwork “Nobody is an island” was installed at Tyks Compass Hospital, Turku, Finland in the beginning of July 2024. The work consists of laser cut of bright annealed stainless steel shapes and hand blown glass objects. It is installed on three walls of the main foyer of the psychiatric hospital. Compass Hospital will open at the end of 2024.
I am excited to show my latest work, commissioned by Wooran Foundation, in Seoul, South Korea, at The Wooran Foundation 10th Anniversary Exhibition.
Time’s Touch: Changing Landscapes, June 26–September 26, 2024. ART SCAPE 1, Wooran Foundation. Opening Hours Monday–Saturday 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Docent Tour: Every Saturday 12 a.m. / 2 p.m. / 4 p.m. Free entry.
Organized by Wooran Foundation, Curated by LEE Boyoung, Exhibition Coordinator SEO Naim. Artists KWON Sejin, KIM Boyong, KIM Changdae, BYEON Gwansik, SUH Ziu, WON Chunho, LEE Geunbok, LEE Sangbeom, LEE Hyeok, JEONG Jaehyo, Pia Männikkö, WHANG Chongnye.
The Finnish National Gallery is a national organisation of visual arts. In addition to its art museums, it maintains the Finnish National Gallery collection. The collection includes almost 42,000 works of art, as well as archival materials and artefacts of art-historical significance. There are five of my works in the art collections in the Finnish National Gallery collection.
Landscape Machine, 2016, is one of my works that belong to the Finnish National Gallery collection. Photos: Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen.
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 