Annukka Mikkola

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Basic information

b. 1960, Raahe

Visual & Textile Artist, Community Artist, Designer & Visual Arts Teacher

Residence: Espoo

Contact information

Phone number: +358 40 740 8404

Email: anmikkol@gmail.com

Artist’s Statement

As a textile artist and designer, I am interested in drawing parallels between art, craft, and industrial products, and in the dialogue that emerges between them.
I find inspiration in juxtaposing the new and the old, the broken and the whole — also in an immaterial sense. Art and design feed one another; art liberates, design structures.

Through fragmentation, I aim to express something deeper, to speak of contradictions as well. I construct a kind of inner landscape from the relationships and fragments between parts of a piece — one that opens up meanings and moods.
Arte Povera ("poor art") has long been a guiding light for me, and I also relate “rough art” to my design practice.

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Works from the artist

Name of the work: Mustavalkoinen maailma – Black-and-white world

Name of the work: Talven taika – The magic of winter

Name of the work: Aomame – Within the Aomame installation

Name of the work: Puolinainen & Vesipiika

Name of the work: Viaje azul (Sininen matka)

Name of the work: Leikinloppu ( End of the game )

Name of the work: Etsuko ( Artist’s book )

Name of the work: Lasihelmipeli / Ajan virtaa – The glass bead game / The Flow of Time

Name of the work: Luostarin puutarhassa ( In the monastery garden )

Name of the work: Hellapoliisit-installaatio

Name of the work: Tilkkutoteemi ( Narrative Textile Selfie )

Name of the work: Lintuhiihtäjät ( The bird skiers )

Name of the work: Lintuhiihtäjät ( The bird skiers ): Lintutorni ( The Bird Tower), Kruikka & Pengui

Name of the work: Lintumummo, lasten ja lintujen suojelija (Lintumummo, protector of children and birds)

Name of the work: Lintumummo, lasten ja lintujen suojelija – Lintumummo, the protector of children and birds) detail

Name of the work: Lintumummo & Jathornia Oitbackan Navettagalleriassa 2023

Bio

In Golden Frames, in a Black-and-White World

AS AN ARTIST AND DESIGNER

Through re-evaluating my own art—even to the extent of physically dismantling a piece—I question the meaning of images and the act of making art. I believe that no creation is so valuable that it couldn’t be deconstructed, both metaphorically and literally, and viewed from a new perspective.

As an artist and designer, I have recognized Arte Povera as a guiding influence since the 1990s. I draw inspiration from recycled objects, textiles, and discoveries found along nature trails. The broken and rough interest me both visually and philosophically. I also incorporate this kind of “rough art” into my own design work, particularly in my installations.

As an Art Pedagogue

"Annukka Mikkola, a versatile artist with a long career, has specialized in site-specific art pedagogy—focusing on discovering both external and internal places as starting points for artistic expression."

– Karoliina Vilander, socially engaged designer, MA (Art and Design)