We are excited to announce that Wales based Jenny Cashmore is taking part in this year’s SHIFT mentoring program. She works across intervention, performance, lens based mediums, and sculptures. Her work is created in response to sites and place, exploring the relationship between the built environment and the people within it. Her recent research and development project “Like…
Finnish Art Agency had a great opportunity to visit all the artists’ studios who are taking part in this year’s SHIFT mentoring program. Our studio tour started with painter Anu Kauhaniemi‘s studio in Vallila, Helsinki, where she is currently working on her latest series of paintings. In the series Carousel she depicts the movement of…
Finnish Art Agency, founded in 2013 has established its status in the Finnish cultural field. Our activities have demonstrated the need and importance of such agency operators partnering with organizations as well as private individuals. Finnish Art Agency’s main focus has previously been in artist collaborations accompanied by consulting, artist mentoring and curating services. From…
As 2017 is upon us so let’s take a look back and see what the past year was all about for Finnish Art Agency. In 2016 FAA worked on various projects with its collaborative artists and pursued making new contacts both in Finland and internationally. Last year started off with the final days of New…
Camilla Vuorenmaa has been shortlisted as one of the candidates for the next Ars Fennica art prize in 2017. The Ars Fennica Award presented by the Henna and Pertti Niemistö Ars Fennica Art Foundation is the biggest Finnish art award that has been awarded since 1991. Chaired by the Leena Niemistö, the award committee consists of…
Finnish Art Agency’s is happy to announce new participants for the SHIFT mentoring program vol. 3! We received several high quality applications from Finland and abroad, that made the decision once again really hard. The aim of the mentoring program is to provide tailored support for developing artists’ careers. SHIFT vol. 3 started today with a…