Kaarina Kuusisto-Lukkari
Basic information
b. 1956, Lohja
artist and ceramist
Residence: Sotkamon Paakin kylä
Contact information
Phone number: +358440241992
Email: kuusisto-lukkari@sotkamo.net
Artist’s Statement
I am a visual artist living and working in Sotkamo, Finland. I work with a variety of materials along with clay. Also recycled and unconventional materials are often used in my works. Everything is allowed and everything must be experienced with.
Two years ago I discovered a completely new way of making pictures. Clay monoprinting is a technique developed by American ceramist and graphic artist Mitch Lyons.
3D pen as a tool is part of my skills. When you’re drawing with a 3D-pen, you’re kind of drawing in the air. That’s what makes it so fascinating.
Watercolor painting is one of my techniques. In the series of “Fuck Your Beauty Standards” (2018) the faces of different people illuminate the viewer with little regard for the beauty of the traditional portrait.
I want to take a stand on humanistic and current issues like violence against women, forgetting about the elderly and describing the sorrows caused by excessive use of alcohol in their environment are topics that she has dealt with in her works. Finnish self-destructive national character has also been involved in the topics of her works.
I have participated in many juried and curated exhibitions and held dozens of exhibitions throughout the Finland from far end of the 1990s.
Two years ago I discovered a completely new way of making pictures. Clay monoprinting is a technique developed by American ceramist and graphic artist Mitch Lyons.
3D pen as a tool is part of my skills. When you’re drawing with a 3D-pen, you’re kind of drawing in the air. That’s what makes it so fascinating.
Watercolor painting is one of my techniques. In the series of “Fuck Your Beauty Standards” (2018) the faces of different people illuminate the viewer with little regard for the beauty of the traditional portrait.
I want to take a stand on humanistic and current issues like violence against women, forgetting about the elderly and describing the sorrows caused by excessive use of alcohol in their environment are topics that she has dealt with in her works. Finnish self-destructive national character has also been involved in the topics of her works.
I have participated in many juried and curated exhibitions and held dozens of exhibitions throughout the Finland from far end of the 1990s.
Current information
2026 ”Round”, 1.-31.3.2026 art exhibition at Sallin Kulma gallery, Sotkamo2026 14.3.-3.5., Rannaton yhteisnäyttely, Meän Periferia, Kemi https://meanperiferia.com/
2026 26.7.-16.8., Hirvitalo, Tampere
2027 13.June.–29.Aug.2027 Städtische Galerie im Espantor Isny - galleria, Isny im Allgäu, Saksa
https://www.isny.de/kultur-kunst/kultur-erleben/kunst/espantor.html
