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Karin Toyoda (Mba)

Karin Toyoda (Mba)

Basic information

Photographer

Contact information

Phone number: 050 33 98 058
Email: karin.toyoda@kolumbus.fi

Artist's Statement

As a loner at heart and lover of life I seek to keep a balance between the every day and the colorful life I lead with my adventurous husband. A rootless and nomadic lifestyle is imprinted in my way of thinking and my view on life.

Every image is influenced to some degree by my international life. Every view – be it a landscape or seascape – is a place where I once had a home. Some are of places I have left my heart in and I long to return to those places once more.
Details, light and reflections are glimpses into my childhood or something in the past.
Some topics – like “The Taste of Power” are based on an idea that I need to work on and are visual journeys.
- Some are just short stories with sudden endings - departures and arrivals – just like my life has been – full of abrupt endings and escapes. -

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RETURNING

To capture a moment.
To relive things past.
To go back in time.
To breath the air you once did.
To build a bridge between now and then.

Works from the artist

Name of the work: Returning
Returning
Name of the work: DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE I, 2012
DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE I, 2012
Name of the work: THE BRIDGE TO THE SUN, 2009, NORDEA Headquarters
THE BRIDGE TO THE SUN, 2009, NORDEA Headquarters
Name of the work: THE LAST WARRIOR, THE BRIDGE TO THE SUN, 2009, NORDEA Headquarters
THE LAST WARRIOR, THE BRIDGE TO THE SUN, 2009, NORDEA Headquarters
Name of the work: THE BRIDGE TO THE SUN, 2009, NORDEA Headquarters
THE BRIDGE TO THE SUN, 2009, NORDEA Headquarters
Name of the work: THE TASTE OF POWER, 2010, Espoo Culturalcentre
THE TASTE OF POWER, 2010, Espoo Culturalcentre
Name of the work: THE TASTE OF POWER, 2010, Espoo Culturacentre
THE TASTE OF POWER, 2010, Espoo Culturacentre
Name of the work: ENCOUNTERS, Helsingin Kaupunginmuseo, 2010
ENCOUNTERS, Helsingin Kaupunginmuseo, 2010
Name of the work: ENCOUNTERS, Helsingin Kaupunginmuseo, 2010
ENCOUNTERS, Helsingin Kaupunginmuseo, 2010
Name of the work: ENCOUNTERS, Helsingin Kaupinginmuseo, 2010
ENCOUNTERS, Helsingin Kaupinginmuseo, 2010
Name of the work: THE SOUND OF WAVES, 2011, Galleriet G18
THE SOUND OF WAVES, 2011, Galleriet G18
Name of the work: THE SOUND OF WAVES, 2011, Galleriet G18
THE SOUND OF WAVES, 2011, Galleriet G18
Name of the work: A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME, 2012, Espoo Culturalcentre
A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME, 2012, Espoo Culturalcentre
Name of the work: DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE III, 2012
DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE III, 2012
Name of the work: DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE, II 2012
DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE, II 2012
Name of the work: A HEART OF DARKNESS, 2012, Art Fair Suomi 2012
A HEART OF DARKNESS, 2012, Art Fair Suomi 2012
Name of the work: Art Fair Suomi 2012
Art Fair Suomi 2012
Name of the work: A MATTER OF UPBRINGING, 2012, Art Fair Suomi 2012
A MATTER OF UPBRINGING, 2012, Art Fair Suomi 2012
Name of the work: EARLY ONE MORNING, 2012, Art Fair Suomi 2012
EARLY ONE MORNING, 2012, Art Fair Suomi 2012
Name of the work: Architecture
Architecture
Name of the work: Architecture
Architecture
Name of the work: Architecture
Architecture
Name of the work: Architecture
Architecture
Name of the work: Au Revoir
Au Revoir
Name of the work: You
You
Name of the work: In My Own Image
In My Own Image
Name of the work: EL GRECO, 2012
EL GRECO, 2012
Name of the work: Portrait
Portrait
Name of the work: Portrait
Portrait
Name of the work: Portrait
Portrait
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Bio

Karin Toyoda was born in Helsinki.

Having lived an international life for over 30 years, Karin Toyoda returns to her roots.

Today she is working on several projects in Finland. She works with traditional film and old 35mm cameras to achieve the look she wants in her projects.

Today she enjoys exploring her native land.
She divides her time between Helsinki and London, where her daughter lives and works. Japanese culture and Tokyo is near her heart as it is her husband 's hometown and his brothers and relatives live there. Her work is in several private collections in the places she has lived in. Public work includes Japan Food&Liquor Alliance, JFLA, Defence Ministry and Svenska Folkskolans Vänner.
Karin Toyoda is a member of The Union of Artist Photographers.
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