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MIKKO KALLIO
Mikko Kallio´s main artistic practice is detailed work on paper. He collages them like multi-layered puzzles. Rather than using existing fragments of images for his collages, he draws and paints everything during an often long process.
“I think of my artistic process as building, instead of simply applying paint or graphite on paper. There is always a sense of the physical feeling of material, like paper, and a three-dimensional structure, often in the scale of millimetres. To me the figures in my works are “wanderers” in an often very complex world, experiencing the diverse existence in everyday life. They could be humans, other living beings, plants, or something in between”
Mikko Kallio works also with larger scale paintings in which he combines paints with found objects and materials like sand, pieces of wood and found abandoned materials.
Mikko Kallio´s work has been shown widely in Finland and also seen internationally. His work is represented in public collections in Finland such as Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Helsinki, Helsinki Art Museum, Aine Art Museum, Tampere Art Museum and Finnish State Art Collection.
Mikko Kallio´s work has been supported by numerous grants and stipends since 2002. In 2023 Kallio´s work was supportetd by a one year Artist Grant by Arts Promotion Centre Finland, National Council for the Visual Arts.
CV (English)
CV (Finnish)
Artist Statement (Finnish)
Articles:
Pessi Rautio, Taide 1/2024 (Finnish)
Timo Valjakka, Helsingin sanomat, toimittaja suosittelee, 8.8.20 (Finnish)
Maaria Salo 2019 (Finnish)
Jakob Anckarsvärd, Konsten 29.3.2016, article about solo show at Susanne Pettersson Gallery, Stockholm (Swedish)
MIKKO KALLIO
Mikko Kallio´s main artistic practice is detailed work on paper. He collages them like multi-layered puzzles. Rather than using existing fragments of images for his collages, he draws and paints everything during an often long process.
“I think of my artistic process as building, instead of simply applying paint or graphite on paper. There is always a sense of the physical feeling of material, like paper, and a three-dimensional structure, often in the scale of millimetres. To me the figures in my works are “wanderers” in an often very complex world, experiencing the diverse existence in everyday life. They could be humans, other living beings, plants, or something in between”
Mikko Kallio works also with larger scale paintings in which he combines paints with found objects and materials like sand, pieces of wood and found abandoned materials.
Mikko Kallio´s work has been shown widely in Finland and also seen internationally. His work is represented in public collections in Finland such as Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Helsinki, Helsinki Art Museum, Aine Art Museum, Tampere Art Museum and Finnish State Art Collection.
Mikko Kallio´s work has been supported by numerous grants and stipends since 2002. In 2023 Kallio´s work was supportetd by a one year Artist Grant by Arts Promotion Centre Finland, National Council for the Visual Arts.
CV (English)
CV (Finnish)
Artist Statement (Finnish)
Articles:
Pessi Rautio, Taide 1/2024 (Finnish)
Timo Valjakka, Helsingin sanomat, toimittaja suosittelee, 8.8.20 (Finnish)
Maaria Salo 2019 (Finnish)
Jakob Anckarsvärd, Konsten 29.3.2016, article about solo show at Susanne Pettersson Gallery, Stockholm (Swedish)