DUO GundW
DUO GundW – Annika Granlund on the tuba and kantele and Hannah Winsperger on flute – have improvised together since 2018. Duo GundW started their journey during their music studies in Lucerne and have performed in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria. This duo is curious. They are interested in searching for new sounds and techniques to […]
Dream Lakes
Dream Lakes aka Mira Oja began creating electronic music back in 2002 with the Fruity Loops software. Around 2016, Dream Lakes started making ambient soundscapes. In 2019, Dream Lakes released a collection of the works so far, called Songs from the Lake, which you can listen to on Bandcamp. In 2020, Dream Lakes released a […]
Salla Karppanen
Salla Karppanen is a young visual artist whose chosen technique is colored pencils. In Karppanen’s artworks, the artist draws own thoughts on paper as self-expression. Karppanen is skilled in drawing and works with intense colors. The outlines do not fumble and the proportions are right in place. The artist gets inspiration from horror films and […]
Päivi Plyhm
Päivi Plyhm (b.1987) is a Helsinki-based artist and craftsman who has worked at Lyhty ry’s Art and Textile Workshop Luovilla since 2012. The year 2022 is the 10th anniversary of Plyhm’s artistic work. Plyhm’s chordial character becomes evident in the artworks and they repeatedly show girl characters and hearts. “Tytön elämää” (“A Girl’s Life”; 2020-2022) […]
Nikke Liinamaa
Nikke Liinamaa is an illustrator in their thirties from Äänekoski who has been productive in art from childhood on. Liinamaa draws cartoon-like, absurd characters and texts with a ballpoint pen. According to Liinamaa, the drawings come to the artist without being planned. The drawings express a pungent humor, serious reflection and strong emotions. Liinamaa has […]
Nick Alfred
Nick Alfred is a young visual artist who is self-taught through the internet and literature. Landscape paintings in museums and art documentaries have inspired Alfred to also become active as an artist. Alfred has been a member of the Studio Viis team in Lahti since 2020. Alfred’s works are a combination of a realistic painting […]
Maarit Hedman
Maarit Hedman (b.1967) is a visual artist and art teacher from Espoo with a visual impairment. Hedman graduated from the Applied University of Art and Design in 1994 with a Master’s degree in art. Since becoming blind in 1998, Maarit Hedman has painted mainly using fingers. The central parts of Hedman’s working practice are touching, […]
Katya Troi
Katya Troi is an artist of Russian origin from Helsinki. Katya Troi is interested in cosmic, complex intellectual movement that blends Orthodox theology with scientific forecasting. In art, Katya Troi loves to connect Earthy characters to faraway realities, galaxies and fantasy. Katya Troi uses acrylics and original Swarovski crystals to give the artworks liveness and […]
Juhana Lehikoinen
Juhana Lehikoinen is a versatile artist who works in a handicraft-focused group at the city of Helsinki’s office in Töölö. Lehikoinen’s iron wire work has been included in the Rikhardinkatu library exhibition in 2015, in the lobby of Sofianlehto day activities and at the Disability Day Art and Action festival in 2019. Lehikoinen has focused […]
Joannis Clementides
Joannis Clementides (b.1971) has created art and attended fine art courses in both Greece and Finland. Clementides has been involved in the Autism Foundation’s Vallila’s art activities since 2010, but only in recent years has art become Clementides’ employment. In the art studio, Clementides draws, paints, creates ceramics, comics, participates in the activities of the […]