Niina Hiltunen
Basic information
fiber artist, textile artist, visual artist
Contact information
Email: info(at)niinahiltunen.com
Artist’s Statement
My artistry is profoundly multidisciplinary and combines different kinds of art forms. Music, languages and textile unite seamlessly in my thinking and working processes. Due to my background, languages widely understood have become my main focus and the metaphor of my artistic work.
I strongly feel that the elements of my work, i.e. yarns, languages and strings of string instruments, have a lot in common: they all have intertwined parts and fragments which form the structure, form and meaning. Yet, one can disrupt and distort the entity, separate the parts and form and construct new unities and meanings. Hence, my abstract, three-dimensional, textile-based artworks reveal their true nature and fine and delicate, almost fragile details only when looked at very closely.
However, the ancient method, weaving, which I use for the creation of my artworks mainly, keeps me rooted in the continuum: The language of weaving is universal.
I strongly feel that the elements of my work, i.e. yarns, languages and strings of string instruments, have a lot in common: they all have intertwined parts and fragments which form the structure, form and meaning. Yet, one can disrupt and distort the entity, separate the parts and form and construct new unities and meanings. Hence, my abstract, three-dimensional, textile-based artworks reveal their true nature and fine and delicate, almost fragile details only when looked at very closely.
However, the ancient method, weaving, which I use for the creation of my artworks mainly, keeps me rooted in the continuum: The language of weaving is universal.
Current information
Kaavaton, textile art exhibitionRaisio Museum Harkko
May 16 - Oct 31, 2025
Valo, Pirkanmaa muotoilee IX
Gallery Saskia, Tampere
Apr 25 – May 14, 2025
On Senses
Artists O group exhibition
Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä
Jan 11 - Apr 27, 2025
Väritarinoita
Tekstiilitaiteilijat TEXO group exhibition
Gallery Ronga, Tampere
Sept 28 - Oct 17, 2024
Touch
Contextile 2024 Contemporary Textile Art Biennial
Guimarães, Portugal
Sept 9 - Dec 15, 2024
UUTE, Finnish Association of New Textile Art, 10-Year Anniversary Exhibition
July 6 - 28, 2024
Talli, Haihara Art Centre, Tampere
Tolerance Limit
VIII International Triennial of Textile Arts 2024
Savaria Museum, Hungary
June 21 – Aug 31, 2024
Verba Creant
International Contemporary Art Exhibition
Florence, Italy
June 15 – July 13, 2024
Pieces of Reality
Solo exhibition
Tampere Hall, Winter garden, Finland
May 17 - June 4, 2024
