Johanna Pöykkö

Basic information

b. 1977, Rovaniemi
Visual Artist
Residence: Oulu

Contact information

Phone number: 0505379978

Artist’s Statement

I am a visual artist / textile artist wrapped in sheet fabric. It has been used as material for a long time, sometimes playing a supporting role and in recent years playing the main role again. Sheet fabrics form a tapestry of memories, where hidden messages are intertwined with the lightness of spatial experience.

In my works, attention is often drawn to repeated incision and working with the material, doing the work. As an artist, working with my hands means interacting with material and thoughts. Manual work conveys important information. Repetition, the rhythm of the work, moves the thought and the whole work forward. As an artist, I am present in the work.
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Current information

Corresbonding Shores (groupexhibition)

30.1.-11.4.2026

Kemi Artmuseum

 

From a Roll, From a Pile

6.-30.5.2026

Aatos, Sotkamo

 

 

 

Bio

Johanna Pöykkö (b.1977 Rovaniemi) is a visual artist / textile artist who lives and works in Oulu. She explores the individual as part of a larger whole and the passage of time. In her art making, bedsheet fabric has long been a material of choice, as well as the technique of serigraphy. Pöykkö creates textile-based installations and sculptures, where overlays of colors, lights, and shadows create a spatial totality.