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…
Even though it’s almost April, Finnish Art Agency wants to look back to our amazing collaborations and projects of the past year 2015. Finnish Art Agency started the year 2015 by welcoming the new assistant curator Darja Zaitsev to the team. In February Hanna Haaslahti won the HISTORIC category of Sculpture Shock 2015 award resulting…
Some photos from New Narrative and Reader exhibition, curated by Laura Köönikkä for Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre. The exhibition features Finnish contemporary art in many forms. You can get to know the artists and read more about the exhibition from here. New Narrative and Reader 6.6.–29.8.2015 Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre Moss…
Taneli Rautiainen (b. 1983) is a sculptor who uses space, sound and light as his materials. His architectural and sculptural site-specific installations challenge and play with the viewer’s perception. For New Narrative and Reader Rautiainen is creating a new site-specific installation that has been inspired by city lights and movement. A photograph taken of moving lights with long…
Camilla Vuorenmaa (b. 1979) is an artist who works with painting and wood carving. In her works she depicts people in still moments where holiness and everyday life encounter. In most of her works one can detect human figures but she would not describe them as portraits per se: “They are kind of portraits of humanity….
Bita Razavi (b. 1983) in a artist who works with photography, video art and performance. Razavi’s works deal with communication, collective memory and dialectics of private and public in different political and social situations. Her works are often based on a text, and video and photography are just different ways of narrating. She describes her works…