Pasi Autio (b.1974) works with photography, moving image and installation. He has a MA in Fine Art Photography from Aalto University, and his works often deal with the inner world of thoughts and its relation to external reality. We discussed… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Reija Meriläinen
The latest AVEK Award laureate, Reija Meriläinen (b.1987), works with moving image, sculpture and installation. She is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, and her work often explores social dynamics and power. We discuss her work Survivor, and… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Sara Pathirane
Sara Pathirane (born in 1985) works with video, installation and painting. She is agraduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, and her works often engage with the tradition of landscape painting. We discussed future projects, fictions of places, and the… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Marikki Hakola
Marikki Hakola (born in 1960) is a Finnish media artist who has worked with video for over 30 years, and is considered a pioneer of the field. We met at her studio in Hakaniemi where she was working on post-production… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Martta Tuomaala
Martta Tuomaala (born in 1983) is a media artist based in Helsinki. Tuomaala graduated from Aalto University School of Art and Design in 2014, and her body of work includes mostly installations and short films. Her initial plan, however, was… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Marika Orenius
Reflecting the female bodily experience and perspective has always been the starting point in Marika Orenius‘s video art and photography. During the past few years, however, she has consciously elaborated her style and methods towards revisiting the pre-existing and fragmented… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Marko Lampisuo
Landscape is not just a background but a protagonist in Marko Lampisuo‘s (born in 1970) video works. He does not portray nature per se but as repeated and revisited via an old television set over and over again. Lampisuo’s most… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Heidi Tikka
Heidi Tikka (born in 1959) is a Finnish visual artist who lives and works in Helsinki. Her installations and participatory projects are the result of what she calls a curiosity-driven practice. “I’m really interested in experimenting with technology and different… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Rita Jokiranta
Rita Jokiranta is known for her installations that use water as a symbol – but essentially, her art focuses on the dynamic between the image and the viewer’s interpretation of it. Her new, puzzle-like installation In the Minds of Others deals… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Minna Långström
Minna Långström (b. 1974) is a Finnish media artist and filmmaker, whose works include 3D animations, short films and participatory installations. “I cannot help thinking spatially, but there are some things that can be expressed better in the linear form… Read more »