Juha Sääski

Juha Sääski
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b. 1952, Helsinki
Visual Artist
Residence: Åminnefors

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Artist’s Statement

A common feature of my works dealing with relationships between an individual, the society and the main culture is the paradoxal nature of human life, a paradox in the powerstructures of individual and social demands. Tragicomicality is often the basic setting. According to Charlie Chaplin: "Life is tragic in the close up but comedy from the distance". Through satire and relating naivety and simplification as a part of the whole picture I try to avoid being too solemn. Also using those alienating elements I try to make the viewer think how the matter is linked with reality. With serious issues I bring together joyful and humorous elements as an expression of the complexity of life.
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Current information

Forthcoming solo shows:

Berlin 2026, Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX, with Henrik Jacob (Germany) April

Group exhibitions:

Brussells 2026, Gallery K41, "Safe space", May

Amsterdam 2026, Kunstruimte/Art Space 411," Tomorrow is Today", April

More information:

homepage: www.juha-saaski.fi

Works from the artist

Name of the work: Arkipäivä jossain
Name of the work: Neljän kohdan ohjelma
Name of the work: Keskeneräinen rakennustyömaa
Name of the work: Elämän hallintaa
Name of the work: Aikatasoja / Time levels
Name of the work: Häpeällistä 5 /Shameful 5
Name of the work: Häpeällistä 4
Name of the work: Miehen häpeä
Name of the work: Yksityiskohta 1, 1/3 Miehen häpeä
Name of the work: Yksityiskohta 2, 1/3 Miehen häpeä
Name of the work: Miehen häpeä, yksityiskohta
Name of the work: Häpeällistä 3
Name of the work: Häpeällistä
Name of the work: Häpeällistä 2
Name of the work: Artist´s (and anybody´s) dilemma
Name of the work: Speechless heads spoke too much
Name of the work: Electoral victory
Name of the work: Automatic operation
Name of the work: Unseen content
Name of the work: All the fantastic TV-channels available just for you, be entertained !
Name of the work: Selecting three dimensional TV-programs for children
Name of the work: Ole onnellinen ja huolestunut
Name of the work: Kesäpäivä 2
Name of the work: Symbolista elämää
Name of the work: Melankolia
Name of the work: Kesäpäivä
Name of the work: Pako / Escape
Name of the work: Rauhanomainen mielenosoitus
Name of the work: Valo yössä / Light in the night
Name of the work: Eväsretki jatkuu paitsi sateella
Name of the work: Tanssi jatkuu
Name of the work: Katse eteenpäin
Name of the work: Aurinkoisella puolella
Name of the work: Herkkuhetki
Name of the work: Love is all around
Name of the work: Kaupunkikuva
Name of the work: Katutaidetta
Name of the work: Sacrifice in the name of competitiveness and savings
Name of the work: Kotona turvassa / Safe at home
Name of the work: Feeling safe with life
Name of the work: Observer of realities
Name of the work: I want you to paint the city
Name of the work: Home entertainment
Name of the work: Monitoring the realities
Name of the work: A hard day´s hard night
Name of the work: Memory traces of the 60´s (don´t contentwise look different from those of the 2010´s)
Name of the work: An evening at home without television
Name of the work: Childrens´ colouring book

Bio

Juha Sääski has arranged more than 50 one-man shows in several finnish galleries ( mostly in Helsinki) and art museums and abroad, in Estonia (Tallinn) in Germany ( Ulm, Nuremberg, Berlin), he has participated more than 250 group exhibitions in Finland and several abroad: Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, DDR, Poland, Hungary. He has made many public monumental paintings, working as an art-teacher for instance in the University of Art and Design, Helsinki and Aalto-University . He has been the chairman of the Finnish Painters´Union, chairman of the Representative Body of the Artists´ Association of Finland, vice chairman of the Artists´ Association of Finland and so on... He is represented in several publications and works in several collections. Sääski has worked as a curator for several exhibitions. He is the founding member and still member of the board of Artist Cooperative TOOLBOX, which is running Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX in Berlin from 2012, the chairman of the TOOLBOX-board 2016-2020.