SHIFT seminar 29.–30.10.2015!
More information coming up soon, go and visit www.finnishartagency.com/shift
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Finnish Art Agency is proud to announce the collaboration with Tiina Pyykkinen
Finnish Art Agency is excited to announce the new collaboration with painter Tiina Pyykkinen (b. 1983). Helsinki-based Pyykkinen takes advantage of a special technique of using alkyd oil on canvas, which allows her to create astonishing shiny surfaces. Thus, the observer needs to experience Pyykkinen’s works by moving past them, acknowledging shifting angles and perspectives. Laying the focus…
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FAA’s recommendations for the Night of the Arts 20.8.
Mixing two cultural contexts as diverse as the Finnish and the Chinese one, is certain to result in an abundant variety of events and performances at this year’s Night of the Arts in Helsinki. Located all over Helsinki centre and more remote areas, visitors are guaranteed to be well-entertained and fed by artists, musicians, dancers,…
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Camilla Vuorenmaa chosen for SÍM residency Reykjavik
Great news for Finnish Art Agency’s artist Camilla Vuorenmaa (b. 1979), who has been accepted to participate in the SÍM Residency programme and will be spending September and October in Reykjavik. The SÍM residency is run by The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, and was founded in 2002. It has been able to expand its capacities…
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Laura Konttinen joins Finnish Art Agency
Finnish Art Agency is thrilled to announce the collaboration with young visual artist Laura Konttinen (b. 1987). Laura Konttinen is known for her photographic collages and installations. The core focus of her work is the materiality of the photograph. Using different craftsmen methods Laura Konttinen creates picturesque settings and landscapes. Konttinen cuts, glues, reshapes and reconstructs…
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Martta Tuomaala’s Cleaner’s Voice at Mänttä Art Festival
“There was no vacations, and I also worked during the weekends. In the morning I worked with him in the shopping mall Sello, from six o’clock until nine. After that we went to the bus depot (…) I worked from early morning until the night. There was no time for rest.” – excerpt from Cleaner’s…
