Harold Hejazi
Harold Hejazi, known locally as ‘Harri,’ is a Canadian artist and game designer currently living in Helsinki. In recent years, he has been exploring video games as a medium for playable theatre that examines issues of race, marginalisation, and contemporary multiculturalism in Finland. At the Outsider Art Festival, he will perform the third episode in […]
Madde Matilda
Madde Matilda is a duo from west Finland that makes fresh upbeat pop music. For the last year the duo has been working hard and making new music because their big dream has always been to become artists and make their own songs. Madde Matilda makes songs about their own lives and the things that […]
Timjune Tianjun Li
Timjune Tianjun Li (b. 1999), also known as Timjune, is a Helsinki-based interdisciplinary visual artist and musician who originally comes from China. Timjune is primarily focused on photography, sound, and performance. His work is an exploration of the relationships between humans and nature within our contemporary reality. By reconstructing the elements he captures, he constructs […]
MC Zen & Urbaani Unelma
MC Zen & Urbaani Unelma is an energetic and lyrically diverse Finnish rap group. The band’s music carries the lyrical and cultural heritage of rap, but also boldly deviates from the norms of the genre. The lyrics contain references to oriental philosophies, social grievances and, for example, bohemian artist life. The group, which released their […]
Ondi
Ondi is a Kenyan storyteller based in Pori, Finland, who explores the connection between life and human empathy through music, visual art and interactive installations. Her works aim to invite the audience to explore the characters in the stories and their motivations. Ondi describes her music as Nairobi folk. At this year’s Outsider Art Festival […]
Stella Massa
Stella Massa is a Finnish-Karelian non-binary actress, performance artist, musician and activist. Stella Massa enjoys collective work and honest, surprising coincidences. Her works are always intertwined around or realized through activism. Stella Massa does not believe she is a self-made artist, as her friends have supported and given her numerous opportunities to make art! At […]
Milla Pihlajamäki
Milla Pihlajamäki (b. 2000) is an artist specialising in textile sculptures and paintings, who has been working at Lyhty ry’s art and textile workshop Luovilla since 2022. Pihlajamäki’s signature is a bold use of colour and the large size of her crocheted works. Pihlajamäki’s pace of work and creation is fast and rich. The characters […]
Jussi Ruusulampi
Jussi Ruusulampi (b. 1976) is a Helsinki-based handmaker and art enthusiast. He has mostly made a living in the construction industry, but has been making something with his hands all his life. His works are often created by chance, without any initial plan. But disorder becomes order, and the works create themselves. Ruusulampi’s sculptures have […]
Juhani Rusanen
Juhani Rusanen (b. 1986) is a multidisciplinary visual artist. In addition to paintings, he has made ceramics and large-scale three-dimensional works. Rusanen’s work deals with personal and serious issues such as school bullying, but the presentation is usually humorously off-kilter. Highlights of Rusanen’s career include portraits of President Tarja Halonen for the Vertaistaiteilijoiden Muotokuvakioskoski and […]
Kai-Erik Relanti
Kai-Erik Relanti is a self-taught visual artist. He is a massage therapist by profession. Relanti was born in Turku. Via Helsinki, he came to live and work in Vehmaa, Southwest Finland. Relanti started painting in 1988. Since 2021 he has had more time to focus on art, which has opened up a new kind of […]