Inkeri Makkonen

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Suoraan taiteilijalta Helsingin Taiteilijaseuran taidelainaamo, Rikhardinkatu 3, Helsinki 13

Basic information

b. 1956, Mikkeli

Visual Artist, Installation Artist, Environmental Artist

Residence: Helsinki

Contact information

Email: artist@inkerimakkonen.net

Artist’s Statement

Over 45 years, I have built a varied artistic career. I am a landscape painter of long standing, a full-blooded expressionist. My work naturally combines visual art, architecture and music.
Space and rhythm are important in my works.

I am developer of ecological painting techniques.

I have been involved in documenting and interpreting cultural heritage and teaching art since 1980. In my work I have emphasized traditional working methods and ecological materials. The same values are now reflected in the theme of the series of works I have started, "City of Birds".

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Current information

"Paintings of birds and lanscapes" Hirvitalo, Tampere 5.12.25 – 3.1.26 is the first exhibition on the theme "THE CITY OF BIRDS". I paint the life of birds in the city and in areas occupied by humans.

MY DREAM IS A LIVING CITY, where birds also have space to nest, use structures and find natural food.

I WANT TO RAISE SENSE OF EMPATHY FOR CITY BIRDS.
With my work, I also support designers and decision-makers in their efforts to design a diverse city.

Works from the artist

Name of the work: Vielä tanssii dinosaurit… Dinosaurs still fly…

Name of the work: Kauppatorilla kirsikkavarkaissa – Cherry thieves at the Market square

Name of the work: Muuttopäivä – Day of birdmigration

Name of the work: Sarja mämmillä tehtyjä maalauksia: Koskelokaverit

Name of the work: Linturäppejä – Bird raps

Name of the work: otteita päiväkirjasta “Lintujen kaupunki” – excerpts from the diary, “City of Birds”

Name of the work: Minussa muistaa – In me remembers

Name of the work: Houkan takki – Fool´s coat

Name of the work: Sarja polttamalla tehtyjä teoksia: “Varjonsa alla elättää vielä yhtä unta”

Name of the work: “The wind is playing the tin roof 24m/sec”

Name of the work: Angel of Light (panoraama teos)

Name of the work: Savua ja tulta! Kalasatama I – Smoke and Fire! – Kalasatama I

Name of the work: Katseilta piilossa paljaan ihoni ikävä – Hidden from the eyes, my bare skin’s longing

Name of the work: Vapaa kaikkialle kaipaamaan

Name of the work: Who would need sleep when through the night the light has its arms open

Name of the work: Helsingin rautatieasema 1.helmikuuta 2004 – Helsinki Railwaystation 1. February 2004

Name of the work: Vallassa vallan alaiset

Bio

Inkeri Makkonen previously worked as a violin teacher and architect, urban planner. She has been teaching in the fields of architecture, music and visual arts for 45 years.

Makkonen held her debut exhibition at HTS's Gallery Katariina during the Helsinki Festival in 2004. The following year, her work was selected for the 110th exhibition of Finnish Artists. In 2012, Makkonen's work was exhibited at the Olympic Fine Arts - Creative Cities exhibition at the Barbican Center, London.

Makkonen has held solo exhibitions at, among others, Galleria ORTONISSA (invited), Taidesalong (owned by Christina Bäcksbacka), Galleria Aarni, and TM Gallery.
In 2012, Makkonen worked as a consultant for the City of Espoo on the ideation and coordination of urban art for Espoo City Center, including Suvela´s 40 illuminated elevator machine rooms.
Makkonen's works can be found in foundations, the Finnish State, the Helsinki Art Museum, Espoo city, the Olympic Fine Arts Collection (Beijing) and private collections.

Makkonen paints with oil pastels, which he himself makes from oils, waxes and pigments. The interaction between material and subject plays a strong role in Makkonen's work. As a painter, he is a thoroughbred expressionist.

In his work, he emphasizes ecological materials. The same values are evident in the series of works he is currently starting, “City of Birds”.