Sami Parkkinen (b. 1974) is a photographer who is investigating the need for a redefinition of society and humanity. Environmental and social themes are featured strongly in his art, trying to imagine a more natural relationship between humankind and nature.In the words of a Finnish poet Pentti Saarikoski: “To see the world, one must first get rid of…
Karoliina Paappa (b. 1983) is a photographer whose works are filled with glossy picture characters who lure the viewer to enter the world of memories and stories. Paappa plays with colours and proportions making everyday life intertwine with illusions. Paappa is interested in similarities of basic human feelings and yearnings. For New Narrative and Reader she…
Janne Nabb (b. 1984) and Maria Teeri (b. 1985) are artists who examine in their often temporary works and projects the levels of artistic labour in the relationship with everyday society. They use methods of discovering, collecting and rediscovering, and experimenting with objects in their daily artistic practice. The physical matter they work with is…
Niina Mantsinen (b. 1986) is a textile artist who combines conventional craftsmen methods with urban city culture influences. Her hand-tufted rugs break the traditions of textile art and at the same time challenge the viewer to interpret the graffiti in a new way. Mantsinen’s works are made in collaboration with famous graffiti artists such as EGS…
Sampo Malin (b. 1977) is a sculptor who is interested in small gestures, storytelling and improbabilities. The materials are determined according to each idea, of which one can always detect a tad of playfulness and impossibility. Conveying Dreams, the work for New Narrative and Reader, is based on the idea of selling illusions to people. “Commercial and…
Tiina Pyykkinen (b. 1983) is an artist who works mainly with painting. Her ever-changing situational works live by the different conditions of light and shadow, place and time. Pyykkinen’s works are often planned according to the space in which they are to be displayed. Her engagingly multilayered paintings bring the viewers themselves into a uniquely…