As a part of the #100artinhelsinki project Irene Suosalo will interview 6 interesting contemporary artists. The interviews will be published during spring 2018 on our website. Irene met the artist Aino Aksenja at the Winter Garden in Helsinki, which was picked as a location because it is one of Aino’s favourite places in Helsinki and…
Dear friend of Finnish Art Agency, Greetings from Århus! I’m the founder of Finnish Art Agency Laura Köönikkä. Currently I’m enjoying a curatorial residency for May and June of 2018 here in Aarhus Denmark. The idea of this diary-like text is to open what do I do here in Denmark during my stay and to…
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…
As a part of the #100artinhelsinki project Irene Suosalo will interview 6 interesting contemporary artists. The interviews will be published during spring 2018 on our website. Irene met the painter Matilda Enegren at her studio in Helsinki. Matilda’s next exhibition will be held at the POM Gallery in Mariefred, Sweden. Tell us about your background and…
As a part of the #100artinhelsinki project Irene Suosalo will interview 6 interesting contemporary artists. The interviews will be published during spring 2018 on our website. As the second artist, Irene met Aya Brace at the Mat restaurant at Punavuori, near some of Aya’s favourite photography locations. They got to discuss about her work as…
Saija Koponen is the second artist to exhibit works at Restaurant Sunn next to the Senate Square in Helsinki city centre. Her large paintings are monumental and embrace the viewer with powerful colours. She thinks her works fit perfectly with the architecture and decor of the restaurant. Art is not meant to be exhibited only…