Tag Archives: sculpture

Soft Threat at Gallery Huuto

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.

Nobody Is an Island

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.

Works in the Finnish National Gallery collection

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.

Art Lending Office’s Christmas Exhibition

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