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 »
Meet the Artist: Saara Ekström
Winner of the AVEK Award 2018, visual artist Saara Ekström, has moved towards more and more cinematic art during her career. Her latest works are inspired by deteriorating buildings with heavy culture-historical heritage – but also moving in time and… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Mox Mäkelä
“We live in the era of indolence, and people want to transfer that spiritual laziness over to art. In this case, I’m on a completely different planet.” Challenging traditional forms of art has defined Mox Mäkelä’s (b. 1958) work throughout her… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Axel Straschnoy
Axel Straschnoy (born in 1978 in Buenos Aires) is a visual artist who lives and works in Helsinki. How he became an artist is a long and winding story, but his artistic career began at a film school in Buenos… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Marja Helander
With her stunning short film Birds in the Earth (Eatnanvuloš lottit, 2018), Marja Helander is the latest winner of the legendary Risto Jarva prize, awarded for the 40th time at Tampere Film Festival in March. Helander’s Sámi background contributes to… Read more »