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Johanna Suonpää

Johanna Suonpää

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Suoraan taiteilijaltaSuomen Kuvanveistäjäliiton veistoskauppa

Basic information

b. 1969, Helsinki
Visual Artist / sculptor, textileartist
Residence: Helsinki

Contact information

Email: suonpaajoanna@gmail.com

Artist's Statement

My way of working is experimental in nature, approaching different visual forms of expression and materials through instinctive surprises. Important points that drive my work forward are the atmospheres hidden in the materials, the linking of different parts conveyed by light, space, and content.

Works combine different techniques and methods of sculpture, textile art and installation art to form reflections on space and its meanings.

The subjects of my works often interpret different forms of being or elements of nature through my own observations, suck as the essence of plants and flowers, as well as the ambiguous Beaty of the plant kingdom: Intime forms acquire a soulful essence in silence. They flourish, suffer, wither and eventually fall out of use. In silence, however, they wait to be reborn. Everything happens in the endless cycle of life and constant change. The content and its meaning are found unexpectedly, in completely new elements: in forms before permitted forms and in the event after.

As materials for my textile sculptures, I have mainly always used discarded materials, such as various fabrics, threads and metals, as well as natural materials. I freely vary my own mixed technique: I sew together, disassemble and tie. I enjoy combining different materials and techniques that create the expression of the work. In recent years, I have also become a little more familiar with the essence of metal as part of the expression of my works.

Individual works often end up as part of larger projects, from which I build exhibitions and, repeatedly, installations that are time-and place-specific and take nature of the space.

Show biography
 

  • Artists´Island: 08.09.2025-28.09.2025
    Harakka Island https://harakka.fi/taiteilijoiden-saari-2025/

  • Rya rug. Now, Craft Museum of Finland in Jyväskylä from May 10th until August 31st 2025.

  • Solo exhibition: Gallery Moletti, Forssa Museum 15.10.-3.11.2024
    Galleria Moletti | Forssan Museo

Works from the artist

Name of the work: Tarhuri /Gardener
Tarhuri /Gardener
Name of the work: Vihreä sydän | Green heart
Vihreä sydän | Green heart
Name of the work: Asetelma/Still life
Asetelma/Still life
Name of the work: Muuttumispuu / Changing Tree
Muuttumispuu / Changing Tree
Name of the work: Haihattelija | Visionary
Haihattelija | Visionary
Name of the work: Sydän | Heart
Sydän | Heart
Name of the work: Femaile
Femaile
Name of the work: Irti kytketty | Disconnected
Irti kytketty | Disconnected
Name of the work: Nimeämätön | Unnamed
Nimeämätön | Unnamed
Name of the work: Ajan mitta | Over time
Ajan mitta | Over time
Name of the work: Nimeämätön | No named
Nimeämätön | No named
Name of the work: Lumikellot | Snowdrops
Lumikellot | Snowdrops
Name of the work: Samasta puusta | From the same tree
Samasta puusta | From the same tree
Name of the work: Sisarukset | Siblings
Sisarukset | Siblings
Name of the work: Kylvö (Kyinen pelto) / Sowing (field of vipers)
Kylvö (Kyinen pelto) / Sowing (field of vipers)
Name of the work: Teokset: Hope  ja Hahmoton
Teokset: Hope ja Hahmoton
Name of the work: Hope
Hope
Name of the work: Hahmoton | No form
Hahmoton | No form
Name of the work: Nimetön | no name
Nimetön | no name
Name of the work: Urbaani kuu | Urban moon
Urbaani kuu | Urban moon
Name of the work: Kattaus | Table setting
Kattaus | Table setting
Name of the work: Näyttely | Forum Box
Näyttely | Forum Box
Name of the work: Lähtöruutu, detalji
Lähtöruutu, detalji
Name of the work: Lähtöruutu | the Start
Lähtöruutu | the Start
Name of the work: Tilanjakaja
Tilanjakaja
Name of the work: Dialogi
Dialogi
Name of the work: Jointly
Jointly
Name of the work: Valuma | Runoff
Valuma | Runoff
Name of the work: Lörppä
Lörppä
Name of the work: Utelias | Curious
Utelias | Curious

Bio

Johanna Suonpää (born 1969) is a visual artist from Helsinki.

She works extensively in the field of contemporary art as a sculptor and textile artist.

Suonpää graduated from the University of Art and Design (Aalto University) in 2002 with a Master of Arts in Textile Art. Before this, she studied painting and drawing at the Helsinki Free Art School and the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts in Poland, among other subjects.

Her works are characterized by three-dimensional organic forms and surface structures that conceal small spaces.

Essential themes and subjects of her works are both of the landscape forms and the mythology created by the Finnsh consciousness and mind. Themes of being human and eternal transience, such as the continuity and heritage of being, have also been starting points for her work.

Public commissions have been realized, for example, in the wedding hall of the Register Office in Helsinki and the head office of the YH construction company in Rastila Helsinki.

Suonpää´s works include, for example: In the Finnish State Art  Collections and in the collections of the Friends of Finnish Crafts and Hus.

She is a member of the Finnish Sculptors Association, Ornamo, Harakka ry and Kuvasto.
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