212. Anni Huttu - Grafiikka- ja valokuvakeskus Ratamo
Veturitallinkatu 6, Jyväskylä
I am a printmaker, and I work at Ratamo Printmaking Workshop mainly with drypoint and woodcut. My works are poetic outbursts through which I free myself and wander into a spacious space. My images are narrative and representational. They often feature human or animal figures in their own comic-tragic worlds. I am also involved in several collaborative projects, such as Project Babel. I study visual arts and art history at the Universities of Lapland and Jyväskylä.
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213. Anitta Asunta-Plane
Lietniemen tie 315, Muurame
My raku eramics style is influenced by my 22 years of Finnish culture, and later by my 35 years of living in France.
In 2018 I returned to Finland, but France will always be my second home: my art and my life are a colourful mix of Scandinavian and Latin styles.
The harshness of the rock clay, the black and white of the bladder burn, the colourful, geometric, patterned, relief, fretwork or glossy lustre.
Details, embroideries, fabric-like effects, sometimes smooth terra-sigillata, seasoned with the iron-sulphate red clay of Lake Muuratjärvi.
The clear simplicity of the North combined with Latin pomposity.
This is what my bladder ceramics artwork is made of.
Always a unique piece, for walls, pedestals, functional art, eye-catchers and interior decoration.
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214. Panu Koskimies - Savitaivas
Tikkutehtaantie 2, Jyväskylä
Panu Koskimies : sculptor and ceramic artist working under his own name Pa-Ko Art and partner in a new company Savitaivas Oy. The company organises courses in ceramics, allows individual art enthusiasts to rent work space and sells its own products, vessels, lamps ... and what the future holds.
Mikko Varvemaa: electrician and ceramic artist with a special interest in woodturning and kiln firing techniques. Co-owner of Savitaivas Ltd, a company that organises courses in ceramics, allows individual art enthusiasts to rent work space and sells its own products, vessels, lamps ... and what the future holds.
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215. Juulia Kääriä
Hovilantie 4, Jyväskylä
As a multi-disciplinary visual artist and composer, with an educational background in animation, I often blend traditional fine art techniques with immersive, interactive technology. I draw inspiration from nature, light, emotions, colour, movement, and moments of interaction, as well as from motherhood and my Karelian roots. A gentle, uplifting strength underpins my art. I make my own inks and paints from natural materials.
In my studio, I find peace and freedom to develop my skills, deepen my relationship with art, and experiment with new ideas, while also having the opportunity to be part of a creative collective. Community is important to me, and my aim is to use my expertise for purposes that serve people beyond the individual level.
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216. Sari Mansala
Lehtokatu 10, Jyväskylä
Hi,
I'm a painter from Central Finland. I like being outdoors, like so many people who live in these regions. So landscapes and details from them continually end up in my works, and especially the feelings they evoked. I call my style abstract landscape because it contains both representational and non-representational components. I am also very fond of bringing a visible three-dimensionality, a certain sculpturesquesness to my paintings, this is a feature that is best viewed on site.
The studio is located at my home, on the old veranda of a wooden house that turns 80 this year.
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217. Kirsi Neuvonen - Pajagalleria
Puutarhakatu 10 B, Jyväskylä
I'm a printmaker from Jyväskylä and I've had a studio/Pajagalleria open to the public since 2007. This year the Pajagalleria turns 17 and I'm celebrating it in connection with Konstrundan. The workshop gallery is open on Fridays from 12:00 to 17:00. I graduated from Lahti Art School in 1984 and have worked as a full-time visual artist since then. The technique I used was mainly metal graphics, but since 2016 I have been making unique monotypes. I hold exhibitions all over Finland and this year they are in Helsinki, Sastamala, Mikkeli and Turku. I am especially known as a developer of colored metal graphics and costume-themed works. Suits belong to my childhood because my mother was a seamstress. I made my first costume piece in 1987 and I received a State prize for them.
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218. Anu Rinkinen
Kilpisenkatu 9, Jyväskylä
Hello, I am Anu Rinkinen, textileartist from Jyväskylä. I draw and paint unique textiles for interior and gifts. Colorful textiles are made to everybody feel good and smile in everyday life.
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219. Päivi Hintsanen
Keskustie 21 LH 2 (katutaso), Jyväskylä
I'm a fulltime visual artist. I make art, because I need to. Ideas for images and stories just come in my mind, and I'm creating these in multiple forms: as pictures, text and installations. From technical point of view the most important thing is to be on a continuous journey of exploration. Content-wise the thematic approach to my art is important. Studying topics and themes and writing process go hand in hand with making the visual art pieces.
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220. Milla Kyllönen – Grafiikka- ja valokuvakeskus Ratamo
Veturitallinkatu 6, Jyväskylä
I first encountered printmaking over 20 years ago during a printmaking course that was part of my studies in product design. It immediately felt like my kind of technique; its craftsmanship fascinated me! I continued studying printmaking at a community college wherever I happened to live in Finland. Now, I've been working independently at Ratamo for a few years. My main techniques include etching, aquatint, and photo-etching. I also enjoy photography, and when I delved into the world of photo-etching, I began incorporating photographs into my work. In my prints, I capture small, everyday moments—they're like condensed versions of the whole. I'm inspired by the seasons, shadows and light, as well as lines, whether they're in architecture, nature, or even power lines. I also do cyanotype.
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220. Naoji Ishiyama - Grafiikka ja valokuvakeskus Ratamo
Veturitallinkatu 6, Jyväskylä
I am a Japanese printmaker. I got an MFA in 1991 from Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Art in Japan and started my career as a professional printmaker. I have been living and working in Jyväskylä since 2003. My working place is at my own studio and also at the printmaking studio in Grafiikka- ja valokuvakeskus Ratamo. These years, I have been developing drypoint method to expand the possibilities of expression in my works.
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220. Tuula Haverinen - Grafiikka-ja valokuvakeskus Ratamo
Veturitallinkatu 6, Jyväskylä
I work in a graphics workshop and a creative photo center. I am particularly interested in exposure techniques, e.g. polymer engraving, cyanotype, pinhole, solar graphic, silver gelatin. I myself make the digital negative needed in most techniques. So learning image processing and digital printing has also become necessary. From time to time I also try more traditional graphic methods, e.g. watercolor woodcuts.
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221. Asta Huutonen
Kivääritehtaankatu 6, Jyväskylä
I am a Finnish American artist, and since 2020 I have been working in Jyväskylä. At this moment I work with Tourula Artists Association. I obtained a Doctorate in Arts in 2014. I have published the following dissertation; ‘Art and the Unconscious. A Semiotic Case Study of the Painting Process’. I trust my intuition and the goal is to remove any resistances of mental blockage that are affecting the painting process, which can be compared to a jazz musician improvising. Meditation is also part of my painting process. Emptiness and silence give a possibility to become creative. Nature is important to me and I seek to become one with nature, trying to immerse myself into it. I have participated in art exhibitions in Finland and abroad. My artworks can be found in several private collections.
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222. Kristine Nordling
Kivääritehtaankatu 6 A II krs, Jyväskylä
My art consists of plaster- and broncesculptures, or series of plaster sculptures of different sizes, portraying humans. Some sculptures are left as plain-surfaced casts, and some are
patinated and pigmented. Plaster has an inspiring sketch-like style
that I develop further in my work.
My series of sculptures are transforming and searching for new forms inspired by thought- and work processes. My work is inspired by exploration, in which a human is the center of the interpretation. The human I portray interweaves themself into the present and the depiction from art history and their confluence. The influence from fine art blends and emerges as maidens, youth, and a woman figure based on and springing up from femaleimage themes.
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222. Maarit Siltamäki
Kivääritehtaankatu 6 A, Jyväskylä
I wander in the gardens of the forests. On light trails, I feel like I belong on the trail. Belonging to nature, the wind, the smells. Nature smells like past times on the skin.
Time doesn't matter, moments do. Everything vibrates in the wind.
Encountered moments, places, landscapes, animals, people leave traces on us. Paintings are created from traces. Stories are born.
I seize small moments in my paintings. I engrave memories and feelings on fabrics with acrylic paints. In my paintings, color is a feeling, a state of mind. I work in Jyväskylä at the Rifle Factory as part of the community of visual artists in Tourula. Nature and emotions are my biggest inspirations.
The picture of me in my studio was taken by Maija Keskinen.
Maarit Siltamäki
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222. Nina Huisman
Kivääritehtaankatu 6 A, Jyväskylä
Hi! I am Nina Huisman, an illustrator, graphic designer, photographer and visual artist from Jyväskylä. I work on a variety of commissions, in many different media and styles.
I am an observer. In my work, small things open up to address bigger phenomena. Worlds are flattened into surfaces, sliding into one another. Often my work touches upon the themes of outsiderness, belonging, otherness, the right to exist. Surfaces, reflections and levels create a feeling that what one sees is not necessarily what one is looking at. Different levels ask different questions.
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223. Studio Susanna Maria Kivistö
Järvilinnantie 213, LAUKAA
For me art is a spiritual process of my soul in which I describe the history of my soul and its transformations.
The way I feel many eras, places and levels within myself.
The personal is also the universal.
Human awareness and its evolution interest me.
The way different events initiate our beliefs and views and the way we create ourselves a protecting shell that covers our true essence until we realize that it is possible to let go of this shell. We dare to see and show our true light and strength.
I use tempera, acrylic, oil and watercolour in my work.
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224. Anne Saarinen - Laukaan taideateljeet
Kantolantie 442, Laukaa
I am a painter from Jyväskylä. My studio is in Laukaa art studios in Kuhankoski. In my expression, I am a maximalist colorist. My paintings are full of color and energy. I am particularly inspired by the garden's light, contrasts and structure, as well as the shapes and colors of the useful plants. Gardening is important to me, which is why useful plants, which are undervalued in painting, often feature prominently in my works. I see beauty in the modesty of useful plants and strive to bring it out expressively. My way of painting is physical and intuitive. I paint my works with acrylic paints, which best support my strong use of line. I am an art teacher FM for education. I work as a visual arts teacher and creative designer in a marketing office.
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224. Mikko Auerniitty - Laukaan Taideateljeet
Kantolantie 442, Laukaa
My work is all about making the invisible visible and commenting on the structures of society. For the last year I have been experimenting with triangulating a photograph and breaking its surface. Photography is a way of life for me. I had my debut exhibition at Gallery Hippolyte in 1997 while studying at TAIK. Since then I have participated in numerous group exhibitions both at home and abroad and have held numerous solo exhibitions. I have been the author of numerous photographic publications, the most important of which are Footbaal Landscabes 2011 Finnish Sports Museum Foundation and Villa Lante Al Gianicolo Institutum Romanum Finlandiae 2018.
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224. Mirva Perälä - Downsour Art
Kantolantie 442, Laukaa
I am a craftsman from Laukaa and one of my workspaces is located at home, the other in the premises of the artist community of the Laukaa art studio (Laukaan taideateljeet). I implement various works with mixed techniques, both on order and from my own need for implementation. At home, I focus on working with wood and metal, and in the studio I implement more projects related to sewing and painting. My passion is especially the circular economy, creating the old into new and giving extension of time to various consumables in different forms. I also cooperate with theaters regarding staging, props, costumes and masking. I love modding and personalizing accessories and consumer goods to make them more suitable for the user, problem solving and visualization are my strengths.
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225. Kristiina Lempiäinen-Trzaska - Laukaan taideateljeet
Tyttökodinkuja 3-4, Laukaa
I am a visual artist. At the moment I am focusing on painting and drawing. Over the years, the work has been emphasized in different ways: drawings, paintings, woodcuts, spatial works, performances, mosaics and stagings.
I have held several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group and joint exhibitions in Finland and abroad. In addition, I have worked as a scenographer for performances by choirs and theater and dance groups. I work in the art field in positions of trust as well as jurying and teaching positions in my field.
I am a member of MUU ry, Jyväskylä Artists' Society, Kotka Artists' Society and Kuvasto.
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225. Minja Revonkorpi - Laukaan Taideateljeet
Tyttökodinkuja 3, Laukaa
Art has been with me since I was a child. I grew into an artist as I grew up. Every time I start a new job, I also start a new world. It is such a fascinating idea that it carries through a wide variety of life situations and creates meaning for doing things. Animals, plants and children often appear in my works. Color seasons vary, but as a rule my color palette is fresh and rich. The basis of my artistic work is observing the everyday environment. In my works, small experiences and images of a fleeting moment become part of something larger and thus acquire deeper meanings when they meet the viewer. It is important for me to work in the field of art freely, diversely and looking for something new.
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225. Päivi Meriläinen - Laukaan taideateljeet
Tyttökodinkuja 3, Laukaa
I am a visual artist from Central Finland and I have been working as an artist for forty years. My main technique is oil painting on canvas. I also do ink drawings and I have a performance figure - Pope Päivi 1.
I am a member of the Finnish Painters' Association.
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227. Sirpa Hasa - Hasa design
Pyhälahdentie 485, Konnevesi
I am a batik artist, I work with colors and dyeing. I make unique art-textiles, clothing and decoration fabrics. Batik found me and we have been together for more than 30 years. My workspace is also a course space, where I hold colorful courses in the summer. My other passions are Pysanka Easter eggs and eco-printed fabrics.
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