Kallio, Päivikki | Artist Register – Artists’ Association of Finland

Bio

Kallio’s works spring from material experiments that are combined with themes of history, melancholy and existence. Since the late 1980s, her working process has focussed on graphic art, i.e. investigating the spatial, material and conceptual possibilities of printed art. These issues were focal when Kallio was Professor of Printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki in 2010–2015, and are also addressed in the book she edited, Siirtämisen ja välittymisen taide (Art of Transfer and Transmission, The University of Arts Helsinki/ Academy of Fine Arts 2017) Kallio has been showing in exhibitions since 1978. In 1980, she received a recognition award at the Vaasa International Print Biennial for young artists and, in 2017, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Finnish Art Society.