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Full name
Minna Louhelainen
Title
Visual Artist, Printmaker
Location
Lahti, Finland
Blurb
I examine, illustrate and map out how the world at large works. This is no small task.
Biography
I am a former bachelor of medicine who – after quite a lot of sour soul-searching – decided to ditch the medical stuff in favor of art. Luckily, I’ve not come to regret my decision: art still continues to make me intensely happy, and I graduated as a bachelor of fine arts from the Lahti Institute of Fine Arts in 2016, with a focus on printmaking.
My art borrows a lot from the different fields of science and culture I'm interested in: you can easily spot influences of video games, pixel art, medicine, mineralogy and mathematics.
My goal is to illustrate, examine and map out the balance (or imbalance) between chaos and order in the world. I’m interested in these concepts in the graphical but also in a sort of a silly metaphysical sense. What is the interaction between chaos and order like? Which side should mankind strive for? Does perfection lie on either side? Is the search of perfection even a good idea?
I also try to keep both myself and my work both unstable and unserious.
For my privacy policy / tietosuojaseloste, see the first link in the "Links" section at the bottom.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Lahti Institute of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Medicine
University of Kuopio
IB diploma program graduate
Kuopion Lyseo Highschool
Exhibitions
| 2023 | Kivinen, Laine & Louhelainen (Solo), Museum FARB, Borken, Germany |
| 2023 | Kivinen, Laine & Louhelainen (Solo), Museum Kloster Bentlage, Bentlage, Germany |
| 2023 | Haloo, Haloo, täällä Lahti (Group), Taidekeskus Ahjo, Joensuu |
| 2022 | Identity (Group), Lapinlahden Lähde |
| 2021 | Muistin artefakteja (Solo), Grafoteekki, Helsinki, Finland
(Artist of the Month, July) |
| 2021 | Parasta juhlaa (Group), Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 2021 | Kuvan jälkeen kuva (Group), Promenadigalleria, Hyvinkää |
| 2019 | Sadeatlas (Solo), Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, Finland |
| 2019 | Hämeen nuorten biennaali / Vapaus (Group), Galleria ARX, Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 2018 | Mieli kuvina (Group), Kulttuurikeskus Sähinä, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2018 | PRINTTI VI (Group), Nokian Taidetalo, Nokia |
| 2018 | M-Art-Espoo (Group), Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland |
| 2017 | Worldcon 75 (Group), Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2017 | Näkyvä ääni (Group), Iitin kirkonkylän kylätalo, Iitti, Finland |
| 2017 | Vuosikertomus (Group), Uusi kipinä, Lahti, Finland |
| 2017 | Tuottavin jatko (Group), Galleria Saima, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2016 | Tuottavin yksikkö (Group), Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland |
| 2015 | Tähtijoukko-oppia / Starfield Set Theory (Solo), Galleria Oyoy, Lahti, Finland |
| 2015 | Kaikki sanat on jo sanottu (Group), Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää, Finland |
| 2014 | Reflections (Group), Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää, Finland |
| 2014 | Maksa velat (Group), Oheistaidekoti, Vinkkilä, Finland |
| 2014 | Ei hajuakaan (Group), TaideTupa PikkuSelma, Kuusankoski, Finland |
| 2013 | Prospekti (Group), Galleria Oyoy, Lahti, Finland |
| 2013 | Muuntujat (Group), Stockfors Art Fair, Pyhtää, Finland |
Clients
Helsingin ja Uudenmaan sairaanhoitopiiri Works in private collections around the world
Specialties
Printmaking, Painting, Collage, Poetry