Art Show - Gallery Golden Point

Here are a few pics from the august exhibition. I was at the gallery yesterday and got really nice feedback from people :) There was a news article about the exhibition: link

Slutwalk Helsinki 2011

I participated in the slutwalk Helsinki today. Below are a few pics. For most pics I asked permission first but obviously I could'nt ask everybody.

Helsingin Sanomat: link
Wikipedia: link

Upcoming exhibition in august 2011

I have a group exhibition in august :) Below is the flyer with all information. I promise to take some photos of the gallery once everything is ready. The gallery is not the average gallery with white painted walls. It's a very unique bohemian place that is worth visiting! :) Pictures say more than words... I'll take the pics soon ;)

New drawing: old clown

I did this drawing today. I felt like drawing something else than halfnaked girls.

torso drawing

 

























I did this small drawing today. I wanted to exaggerate the body on purpose, and I did not finish this on purpose either...drawings look better when they have still a sketchy feel to them....or at least that's my opinion. The surface was nice to draw on...it was some leftover board that I got at my local art gallery. After painting a lot I don't like drawing anymore on white paper. I like to use something colorful...a grey or a brownish paper and then use some white highlight in the drawing. Size is about A4

New paintings "By the lake" and "Rust II"

By the lake (50cm x 65cm, acrylic paint on canvas, year created: 2011)























 





















Rust II (45cm x 65cm, acrylic paint on canvas, year created: 2011)

Everyday is a special day

Did you know today is the Flip a coin day or Dare Day? I know these things by checking out the site www.webcal.fi. The site contains all kind of calendar information from moon calendar to bank holidays. You can download calendar applications for your mobile phone or PC. I recommend checking out the site :)

Photos from the Chicago gallery

Last autumn I participated in a gallery show in Chicago. Along myself there were 14 other artists link presenting their work in the show. I was very happy to be able to present my work outside my homecountry. In the future I would like display my work more outside Finland :) Of course that is not so easy because having a gallery show isn't all that cheap. Framing paintings costs a lot of money and so does shipping etc. But I'll try investing money in these things anyway :)

Gallery Provocateur website link

Here are some photos from the show:

Gallery Provocateur is located in the historical landmark building , the Chicago Congress Theatre.

Gallery Provocateur was founded by Veronika Kotlajic. She is also the head curator of the gallery

Birthday in Hamburg

I recently had birthday and I celebrated it in my former hometown Hamburg. Here are some photos from Hamburg.

New drawing "Das Model"

A drawing I did recently:

New painting Ulla

Another portrait of my best buddy Ulla. This time I painted her a bit art nouveau.Size is 30cm x 40cm

jewelry

 




































I ordered a custom made brooch for myself with my painting "horns". The brooch is made by finnish jewelry designer "Helmipöllö".

Chicago gallery flyer

Halloween themed gallery show in Chicago! So cool to be part of this!

New painting Captain

New painting Captain (60 x 50cm, mixed media ). I painted this a few months ago and added some last strokes yesterday. Painting is based on a photo of model mosh . I'm myself pretty happy how the painting turned out. It's quite different from my usual style since it looks so much like some comic book character. Why this is only painted in tones of white is that I thought myself of some captain of a ghost ship

Group Show in Chicago

I'll have a group show in Chicago at Gallery Provocateur.
The Exhibition will run October 30th, 2010 through January, 2011

14 Artist will be displaying their dark artwork. Apart from myself the artists are:Christopher Shy, Donald White, Charles Moesch, Charlie Immer, Chris Guarino, Bethalynne Bajema, Myke Amend, Benoit Polveche, Clayton Chandler, Chad Savage, Aunia Kahn, David Normal and Kalli Haun.
Gallery Provocateur was founded 2008 by Veronika Kotlajic who is also head curator of the gallery. Veronika was co-founder and curator for Echo Gallery, Chicago from 2001 through 2005. Gallery Provocateur holds 4 rotating exhibitions per year showing the works of both local and international artists.
Links:
http://www.galleryprovocateur.org/
http://www.galleryprovocateur.org/upcomingexhibition_october2010.html
http://www.galleryprovocateur.org/Mountings/Oct10/Nadja_Mikkila.htm