The subject of sculptor Sampo Malin’s new installation is about the modified truth in modern society. As a growing phenomenon in all levels of society, this new trend of distorted information has emerged. The peak of this mainly occurs on online forums, but also in other forms of media in surprising number of occasions people…
Finnish Art Agency’s SHIFT mentoring programme comes again! Take a step further in your artistic career and apply by 14th of February. The programme offers personal career coaching and workshops by external experts. Compared to the pilot programme held in 2015, the 2016 mentoring programme is substantially richer and wider. The aim of the programme is…
Finnish Art Agency is happy to announce great news: IC-98’s Abendland has been chosen for Sundance Film Festival 2016. The film will be screened in the New Frontiers Short Film -category. Sundance Institute announced yesterday (08.12.2015) its full lineup of 72 short films that will leave a lasting impact on audiences long after the lights go…
In her new installation, the winner of the Historic category of Sculpture Shock 2015, Hanna Haaslahti will develop a site-specific sculptural intervention for the Ionic Temple in the Gardens of Chiswick House. Haaslahti wants to question the fabric of history and to create strong contrasts between the solidity of the old and the instability of material…
SHIFT mentoring programme participants have been busy recently. Have you already seen photographer Mia Damberg‘s and painter Erika Adamsson‘s new websites? If not, go and check them out. Mia Damberg is mostly known as a textile artist who has always observed the emotional realm of the individual. She is interested in differences and conflicts between…
Finnish Art Agency is proud to announce the collaboration with painter Katri Mononen (b. 1981). Katri Mononen’s paintings have been exhibited all around Finland in various solo and group exhibitions, and also in Germany, Japan, USA and Czech Republic, among others. Mononen’s works were seen last time at Porvoon Taidetehdas in September, and next time…