Timo Tyynismaa is an architect and artist from Oulu, and he brings a fresh breeze of Finnish “hickness” and a direct attitude towards artwork. Tyynismaa has painted in many locations, different scales. At the moment, Tyynismaa feels that organic themes are the most natural subjects for him.Instagram: @tyynismaa“The topic of the painting came from a […]
Taneli Stenberg is a visual artist from Helsinki. He works mainly in the mediums of oil paint and large-scale mural. Stenberg’s style could be described as contemporary magical realism, with elements of graffiti and street art. His pieces are timeless, always with philosophical meanings in the background.“The idea for the piece came to my mind […]
Saara Mahbouba is an artist living in Helsinki. Her work revolves around taking a flat two-dimensional space and breaking it down into a complex, rabbit hole of fragmented things, creatures, and designs. Her visual art is a construction of semi-abstracted, fragmented, and hyper-detailed paintings and drawings.“This wall painting is a continuation of my visual artmaking […]
Plan B creates political art, that often criticise societal issues and consumerism. Plan B’s artworks have taken a stand on for example Brexit and Juha Sipilä’s governmental issues. The artworks’ sizes vary, and one might stumble across a small piece on traffic signs or electrical boxes.Instagram:@planbstreetart
Pallo and Osek are graffiti artists who have painted together before. Their work is graffiti, with a lot of action, colors, and lines. “Fiddle room.” We wanted to fill the space as effectively as possible, and we did it the best way we know, which is fiddling. In the middle of the mess, we dug out […]
Nade is a self-taught graffiti artist and started painting as a teenager in the ‘90s. Nade’s style combines sharp, clean, and perhaps aggressive shapes with a softer new school and European nuances. Nade has kept some of the elements from the ‘90s, and you can find some flavor of retro and classical graffiti in Nades […]
Kuutti Udelius is a multimedia artist from Helsinki, and they combine different ways to make art. Their style is influenced by different historical eras, aesthetics of the early ‘00s, and horror movies. In their art, Udelius combines these elements with one another. Instagram: @snoorau
Kiss KISS is a long-line graffiti artist with 30 years of experience and is loyal to the graffiti art form. KISS won the Finnish graffiti championship in 2016. “My piece represents the brutal graffiti of the 90s’. You can find New York-style and Scandinavian blocking in it. What graffiti is to me is visible in […]
Kati Leskinen is an artist and a student of art education from Vantaa, and for the past four years, Leskinen has exhibited all over Finland. One can find elements of street art, graphic novels, and primary art in her work, like the Inca’s early art. Along with ink painting, Leskinen has found plants and their […]