Laura Konttinen

Home page

CV

Works available

Suoraan taiteilijalta Postikortteja Galleria Rajatilan Laitapuodissa Helsingin taidelainaamo

Basic information

b. 1987, Säynätsalo

Visual Artist, Photographer

Residence: Helsinki

Contact information

Email: laura.konttinen@gmail.com

Artist’s Statement

As an artist I allow myself to believe in the unbelievable. At times, I even fool myself on purpose. I seek alternative ways for things to exist. "What if" is often a beginning for a delicious thought pattern, which, acting as a compass, leads me to perfectly lifelike scenarios.

I work mainly with photography, collage and conceptual projects. The basis of my artistic process is often the acts of taking apart, reimagining and reconsctructing. I utilise memories, pasts and experiences as my building blocks, which I re-organise into alternative views - a collection of reality's twin sisters.

Show biography

Works from the artist

Name of the work: Vaihdokas hiipii puutarhaan 12 vuotta sitten

Name of the work: Vieraassa kaupungissa ajoin takaa öistä tulipaloa

Name of the work: Joka kesä Vuorenlahdenkatu arpeutui polveeni

Name of the work: Yhdeksän ja puolen kilometrin valo

Name of the work: Koulumatkalla löysin jäältä hukkuneen pojan jäljet

Name of the work: Isoäiti palaa ja katoaa

Name of the work: Eräs odottamani myrsky

Name of the work: Viisi minuuttia kotiin

Name of the work: Järven pohjaan uponnut päivä

Name of the work: Monumentti tavanomaiselle hiljaisuudelle

Bio

Laura Konttinen (b. 1987 in Säynätsalo, Finland) works mainly with photography, collage and installation.

Konttinen graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art from Tampere University of Applied Sciences in 2010, and has also studied Photography at Edinburgh College of Art.

Her work has recently been featured in solo exhibitions in Hippolyte Studio in 2014 and Unknown Cargo, Helsinki in 2013, as well as in group exhibitions at the Finnish Museum for Photography in 2012, Young Artists 2011 at Helsinki Kunsthalle and the Noorderlicht Photofestival in the Netherlands in 2011.

Konttinen currently lives and works in Helsinki.