Reassembling materials with Maija Närhinen in #100artinhelsinki interview
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Reassembling materials with Maija Närhinen in #100artinhelsinki interview

ByLaura

As a part of the #100artinhelsinki project for Finnish Art Agency Irene Suosalo will interview 6 interesting contemporary artists. The interviews will be published during spring 2018 on our website. Irene met the artist Maija Närhinen at the Gallery Sculptor where her exhibition More is More is currently on. Gallery Sculptor is a contemporary art…

Interview with curator Ellen Klintenberg Gedda from Magasin III
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Interview with curator Ellen Klintenberg Gedda from Magasin III

ByLaura

“I did not feel qualified to even study art history because I was afraid all the other students would know a lot more about art than I did, so I started studying philosophy instead.”   Swedish curator Ellen Klintenberg Gedda joined Finnish Art Agency’s director Laura Köönikkä, artist and researcher Jyrki Siukonen, curator Paula Hyvönen…

Haussa visuaalisen kulttuurin asiantuntija projektiin
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Haussa visuaalisen kulttuurin asiantuntija projektiin

ByLaura

Haemme asiantuntijatehtävään visuaalisen kerronnan asiantuntijaa, joka seuraa Suomen taidekentän uusia tekijöitä ja kiinnostavia teoksia avaralla katseella. Hakijalta toivotaan asiantuntijuutta taidekentän tekijöistä, teoksista ja projekteista. Perehtyneisyys valokuvaan, graffitiin, sarjakuvaan, maalaustaiteeseen, taidejournalismiin tai johonkin muuhun tiettyyn mediaan sekä laaja-alainen käsitys eri taidealoista on positiivista. Toivomme motivoitunutta asennetta, itsenäistä työotetta ja halua nähdä taiteen vaikuttavuuskeinot sekä potentiaali myös…

Interview with sculptor Nick Ervinck: “I am a futurist who is dreaming about the future.”
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Interview with sculptor Nick Ervinck: “I am a futurist who is dreaming about the future.”

ByLaura

Sculptor Nick Ervinck (b. 1981, Belgium) explores the boundaries between various media from sculpture and 3D print installations to architecture and design. Ervinck does not only focus on the autonomous sculptural object but also questions its spatial positioning pointing to phenomenological experience and embodiment of space. He creates huge installations, sculptures, prints, work drawings and…

Artists taking over FAA’s Instagram
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Artists taking over FAA’s Instagram

ByInfo Finnish Art Agency

Finnish Art Agency is privileged to work with so many talented artists, who are also active in social media. Now it’s time to our SHIFT mentoring program participants and our very own photographer take over our Instagram account for summer. We will start with painter Anu Kauhaniemi (@anukauhaniemi) whose exhibition Carousel is currently on display…

Finnish Art Agency on Artsy!
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Finnish Art Agency on Artsy!

ByInfo Finnish Art Agency

Finnish Art Agency is glad to announce that we have joined Artsy. We are happy to represent artists such as Teemu Korpela, Mateas Pares, Kirsi Kaulanen, Jouni Toni and Saara Ekström. Stay tuned for more artist announcements and FAA’s exhibitions and projects all over the world. Click the Artsy link on the right and remember to…