Katja Luoto

Katja Luoto
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Suoraan taiteilijaltaArs Häme ry:n taidelainaamo

Basic information

b. 1978
Visual artist
Residence: Tervakoski

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Artist’s Statement

ART is political act. I make my statement about society and culture with art. In my art I often work with femininity and human relationship with nature. We are part of nature, everything comes out of it. How long we will exploit it?

My soul is seeking northern shamanism to calm down and to see through all this shit.

I’m using ecological and recycled materials to make art, using new and old techniques. I cannot restrict myself to use only one media, I need new/therapeutic challenge for my artisan hands and brains, but performance brings art brut out of me.
Being outsider gives me the strength to break down the unwritten rules of contemporary.
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Current information

You can  see my works in the following places

Pinsiö: my glass work, most recently Puupistiäinen, is on display at the museum card destination Art Hotel Urkin Piilopirtti: http://www.urkinpiilopirtti.fi

Photography portfolio: https://katjaluoto70ec.myportfolio.com/work

Works from the artist

Name of the work: Puupistiäinen
Name of the work: Maagisia olentoja osa 1: Peikko
Name of the work: Tuntematon muuttuja
Name of the work: Personae Non Gratae
Name of the work: Tableaux vivants
Name of the work: Aikakaudet
Name of the work: Kuningatar
Name of the work: Ulpu
Name of the work: Photos of burlesque artists
Name of the work: I LOVE KISSA
Name of the work: Metsänhuomaan
Name of the work: Kätköissä majani
Name of the work: Noin seitsemän morsianta 2014
Name of the work: Kuteeks vaan
Name of the work: Noin seitsemän morsianta 2014
Name of the work: Paavitar: Muutos
Name of the work: Noin seitsemän morsianta 2013
Name of the work: Prinsessapeli
Name of the work: Hannu Ja Kerttu -vaellus
Name of the work: Hillitön soossi
Name of the work: Paavitar: Muutos
Name of the work: Pajuteoksia
Name of the work: Arkiriitti
Name of the work: Sadonkorjuukalenteri
Name of the work: Missä yks?
Name of the work: Mana, Suojattu ja Kirotut kukkakuviot
Name of the work: Unen ABC
Name of the work: My Eyes Have Seen You
Name of the work: Valossa 1

Bio

Visual artist and art educator Katja Luoto deals with themes of power, corporeality and critical posthumanism in her works. 

Luoto’s artistic work is diverse - for example video works, textile sculptures and installations. 

Luoto is interested in place-bound and communality. Her art often reflects on identity, societal and social status.

She has graduated as a visual arts educator from Aalto University in the fall of 2023 (Master of Arts). Luoto graduated as a visual artist in 2002 (Tampere University of Applied Sciences) and studied postgraduate studies in visual arts (Lahti University of Applied Sciences) and textile design (Häme University of Applied Sciences). 

She has been making performances and participating in invited and group exhibitions since 2006. Luoto has extensive media and art teaching experience. She is also a long-time board member of Ars Häme ry, a founding member of Tawast Tease ry, and a member of Muu ry.