Artist Stig Baumgartner (born 1969 in Järvenpää, lives and works in Helsinki) works with painting, drawing and video art. In his works he refers to the tradition of modern abstract painting opening up new perspectives and personal interpretations. Baaumgartner has been exhibited since 1995, and his works feature in several major Finnish public collections, as well as in private collections in Finland and abroad. From the Autumn of 2010, Baumgartner has been a Lecturer in Drawing and Perception at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts.