I
love art! These past few years I've been into abstract art and you'll
see a lot of that in my gallery but lately I've also done my first love
again, which is illustration. The technique for these two styles is
extremely different. For illustration and realistic art you need
absolute focus on the lines and disciplined concentration, and for
abstract art you need to let all that go and just feel the colors and
empty your head. Kind of like doing a puzzle and forming an image piece
by piece and like watching clouds and catching a shape in it. So that's
what goes on in my head!
Apart from doing art I do a
lot of things. I live in a small town near Helsinki together with my
partner and our daughter and our dogs. We love the nature here on the
countryside and I get most of my inspiration from Finlands beautiful
nature, but what I also do is that I love coffee places! You know how
some authors go with their laptops to a nearby coffee place and write
their books? Well, I can't go to a coffee place with all my paints, but I
love to sip my coffee in some lovely coffee place and think of new
projects. After a strong espresso I go home and start to paint!
EXHIBITIONS
2017: Galleria Fogga: Sinivalkoisia sointuja (Helsinki, Finland)
2016: Hagelstam&Co: Art charity auction in benefit of the Syria/Finland Foundation (Helsinki, Finland)
2016: Galleria Fogga: Elämä voittaa, group exhibition (Helsinki, Finland)
2015: Pirate sf exhibition at the Nordic SF Convention (Mariehamn, Åland island, Finland)
2014: Mbar gallery (Helsinki, Finland)
2012/2013: Library gallery (Vihti, Finland)
2011: Gallery Golden Point, group show (Nummela, Finland)
2011: Tata Gala, Breast Cancer Benefit Art Show, interactive show (USA tour)
2010: Gallery Provocateur, group show (Chicago, USA)
2006: Worlds biggest Erotic Art Exhibition "Dirty Show 7" (Detroit, USA)
2004: HTK Exhibition, group show, Große Bleichen, (Hamburg, Germany)
PUBLICATIONS
2013: Eight Arms of Inspiration: The Octopus Art Project (USA publisher: Out of Step Books)
EDUCATION
2009: Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences: Bachelor degree in business information technology, Helsinki
2004: HTK Academy of Design: Bachelor degree in graphic design and illustration, Hamburg
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EXHIBITIONS
2017: Galleria Fogga: Sinivalkoisia sointuja (Helsinki, Finland)
2016: Hagelstam&Co: Art charity auction in benefit of the Syria/Finland Foundation (Helsinki, Finland)
2016: Galleria Fogga: Elämä voittaa, group exhibition (Helsinki, Finland)
2015: Pirate sf exhibition at the Nordic SF Convention (Mariehamn, Åland island, Finland)
2014: Mbar gallery (Helsinki, Finland)
2012/2013: Library gallery (Vihti, Finland)
2011: Gallery Golden Point, group show (Nummela, Finland)
2011: Tata Gala, Breast Cancer Benefit Art Show, interactive show (USA tour)
2010: Gallery Provocateur, group show (Chicago, USA)
2006: Worlds biggest Erotic Art Exhibition "Dirty Show 7" (Detroit, USA)
2004: HTK Exhibition, group show, Große Bleichen, (Hamburg, Germany)
PUBLICATIONS
2013: Eight Arms of Inspiration: The Octopus Art Project (USA publisher: Out of Step Books)
EDUCATION
2009: Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences: Bachelor degree in business information technology, Helsinki
2004: HTK Academy of Design: Bachelor degree in graphic design and illustration, Hamburg