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Contemporary art
Artist in residence 2016, 2012, 2010, 2006, 2001, Paris, France, Cité des Arts; 2007, Hotel Chevillon, Grez-sur-Loing, France; 2019, 1999 Greece, Koroneos-building, Athens.
My artwork is international, whether in Paris, reflecting art, architecture, urbanism, forests in Finland, Carelian background, Greek democracy, Cretan pilgrims, nature, icons or poetry. Byzantine Orthodox Christian iconography and culture interests me: Tradition and contemporary art. Post-Feminist theory and ecological issues are present in my artwork. As an active member of Finnish Orthodox Church I communicate my orthodox Christian faith through contemporary visual language and conceptual art, installations, media interventions and photography. I am interested in nature and climate change and science as well. I have worked for Helsinki City Hospital as an artist.
Voyage à New York 1994, 1981.
Digital photo, drawings, video, 3-dimensional installations and media projects. Books.
Selected solo and group shows: 2021 galleria Katariina Helsinki, group show, Finland; earlier works: Holy sites, 2000 - Uspenski Cathedral crypte, solo-show, Helsinki; 1993 Studio N, Ateneum art museum, Kunsthalle Helsinki, 1994 Young artists' show, in galleries Titanik, Turku / Åbo, Ladyshave, 1994, 1995, MUU gallery 1993, gallery Vapauden aukio Freedom space, 1993, 1994, Helsinki, Gallery Huuto 2005, Gallery Katariina, 1996, 2003, Kluuvi Gallery 1995 ´Whispers´: sound installation, drawings / pocket book; Gallery Valööri 1998; 2005 group show Rauma art museum, 1990 Kajaani Art Museum, Finland; 2010 Mänttä contemporary art -festival, Mänttä, Finland; Conversations, avec Marie Legros, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki, Finland 2007; Europe Factory, group show, Mairie de Montreuil, France, 1993; Lugano film festival 1992, Switzerland; the Tartu Art Hall, solo show 1998, Estonia; UNESCO -international artists group show, Institut Français d´Athènes, annèxe de Pirée, Pireus, 1999 Greece; Nikolaj Plads Gallery, Copenhagen contemporary art center, group show, Copenhagen, Denmark 1996; ENSB-A 1993, Paris, diploma-show, 1992 ENSB-A open doors, Quai Malaquais, Atelier Wodiczko, France.
Participation to political ecological movements to protect forests and rivers and lakes, water. Artist and activist.
Lived both in Paris and Helsinki, now based in Helsinki. Crete Κρήτη 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 travelling...2023 Les années Crète!
Member of Finnish Artists' Association and Helsinki Artists' Association and Akava / art teacher OAJ / TAKU ry.
Art magazine 'Taide' 1993-2009, writings / articles about international contemporary art and visual arts
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Artist in residence in Athens, Greece, Paris and Grez-sur-Loing, France.
Tourist guide in Ex-Jugoslavia and Venice, 1987.
Solo and international group shows in France, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Estonia and Greece since 1989. Works in public and private collections: Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Pompidou Paris, City of Helsinki, Matti Milius Collection, Estonia, Fondation Grez-sur-Loing, France and private collections.
Archives: slides, press, etc. documentations: Finnish National gallery, interview by Hanna Johansson
©Tuuli Luukas / Kuvasto, 2026
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