Meet Kreetta Järvenpää SHIFT 2022 participant
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Meet Kreetta Järvenpää SHIFT 2022 participant

Tell me about your background? How did you end up making art?I have always loved creating things. When I was a teenager my dream occupation was clothing designer, I made lots of clothing during those years but when the time came I could not get into designer school. Instead of that, I got a studying…

Meet SHIFT 2022 member artist Regitze Engelsborg Karlsen (DK)
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Meet SHIFT 2022 member artist Regitze Engelsborg Karlsen (DK)

Tell me about your background? How did you end up making art?I always knew that I wanted to make art, but saying it out loud and choosing that way of living took some time and courage. Only after I had a bachelor’s in Pedagogy and Museology from the university, and where I was at the…

Strong and sensitive. Re-cover studies the limits of Finnish glass. Interview with Saara Renvall.
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Strong and sensitive. Re-cover studies the limits of Finnish glass. Interview with Saara Renvall.

Saara Renvall, Tell a bit about your newest project? what inspired you to make it? Re-cover is a collection of glass objects that are placed within or  hanging from one another. Each piece consists of an element that  serves as a socket or a pod to other elements attached to it. Contrary  to the conventional glass design, the…

Finnish photographer Kati Leinonen brings sweat and bruises to Vogue Italia
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Finnish photographer Kati Leinonen brings sweat and bruises to Vogue Italia

Photographer Kati Leinonen reveals the everyday beauty of horse stable in her photographs. In the interview she tells more about the project. Tell a bit about your project Äimärautio: The series is about a community of people who share a common passion for horses. It shows the atmosphere around the stables and projects the way of…

Interview with artists Mark Niskanen and Jani-Matti Salo
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Interview with artists Mark Niskanen and Jani-Matti Salo

Mark Niskanen and Jani-Matti Salo, an artist duo Niskanen Salo, have been actively presenting their works during the past year in the US and Helsinki, Finland. In this interview, they share their thoughts about their mutual practice and their upcoming work before starting their year in NYC as artists-in-residence at Mana Contemporary. What’s your background?…

Uusi vuosi 2019
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Uusi vuosi 2019

Uusi vuosi 2019. Niin paljon odotuksia, mahdollisuuksia ja toiveita. Tuleva vuosi piirtyy kalenteriini jo päivämäärinä ja deadline-merkintöinä. Kalenterini ei ole täynnä, se ei ole tavoitteeni. Haluan pitää aikatauluni ilmavana ja mahdollisena muutoksiin, päähänpistoihin ja ehdotuksiin. Finnish Art Agency:n tehtävissä tulen jatkamaan tänä vuonna yhteistyötä Seinäjoen kaupungin/Seinäjoen Taidehallin, Hyvinkään Taidemuseon ja Kuopion, Joensuun ja Mikkelin taidemuseoiden…