Reijo Kalevi Kärkkäinen

Reijo Kalevi Kärkkäinen
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Basic information

b. 1964, Pielavesi
Visual Artist
Residence: Kuopio

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Artist’s Statement

Reijo Kärkkäinen studies drawing and painting in his work, both text and image boundaries and the
mutual interaction. Performing take turns an abstract expression, and a drawing line finds the
painting. Kärkkäinen coordinates different points of view, in which the seriousness meets the satire
and popular culture is toying with the traditional expression of art. Associations collide and cruise
with each other, and when the crash generated in the right circumstances, there will be life.
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Current information

2025: upcoming solo show to Gallery 5, Oulu, April


2024: Hot bubbles, Kutikuti ry 20th anniversary exhibition in Poikilo, Kouvola Art museum


2023 - 24: So Far, solo show, Kuopio Art Museum


2023: solo show, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki


2022: solo show, Gallery G, Helsinki


2021: solo show, Gallery Ars Libera, Kuopio

Works from the artist

Name of the work: Klorofyllin seikkailut
Name of the work: My favourite T-shirt
Name of the work: The greenhouse A with two beefs
Name of the work: Tienlaidalla avaruusromua
Name of the work: Robocop of the pissfactory remixed
Name of the work: Songlines and paths
Name of the work: Hamlet of Corona bar
Name of the work: Kourallisesta dollareita
Name of the work: Pennywise
Name of the work: Tutkija
Name of the work: Tutkija
Name of the work: Tutkija
Name of the work: Salaperäinen saari
Name of the work: Nimetön
Name of the work: kansipoika
Name of the work: Nimetön
Name of the work: Donkey Kong
Name of the work: I surrender
Name of the work: yksityisnäyttely galleria Mältinranta 2013
Name of the work: Special offer
Name of the work: Hot Tramp
Name of the work: The highest score
Name of the work: Deja Vu
Name of the work: yksityisnäyttely, Le Grage L. Ranska 2013
Name of the work: Spiderman is tired
Name of the work: Useless information
Name of the work: Thank You – So What?
Name of the work: Tahdon kotiin
Name of the work: Taste of honey
Name of the work: Burp
Name of the work: Do Not
Name of the work: Tunnustus
Name of the work: Camping
Name of the work: Vartija
Name of the work: Reviiri – vuosi elämästäni
Name of the work: Salonkiripustus
Name of the work: Pim
Name of the work: Wrong number
Name of the work: Mad Max
Name of the work: Aikakapselit
Name of the work: Ohne Titel – Ilman titteliä
Name of the work: Lonely planet
Name of the work: Where is erich von Däniken?
Name of the work: Duracel
Name of the work: Game over

Bio

Reijo Kärkkäinen (b.1964) is a Finnish artist who graduated as Bachelor of Arts from University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki.
Kärkkäinen is a multidisciplinary visual artist, whose work ranges from paintings, graphics, installations, photographs to comics and illustrations.
The first solo show 1990 in Turku.
Annual Exhibition of Finnish Artists 1993, 2001 and 2010
He works also together with the French arthouse Le Dernier Cri.
He is a member of The Association of Finnish Printmakers, Muu Artists' Association and Finnish Painters' Union.
Works in many collections ao. The Aine Art Museum, Pori Art Museum, Helsinki Art Museum, Kuopio Art Museum, Oulu Art Museum, Finnish State, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Imatra Art Museum and several private collections.
The Artist lives and works in Kuopio.