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Anu Lehto

Anu Lehto
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b. 1977, Heinola
Visual Artist, Media Artist
Residence: Helsinki

Contact information

Phone number: 0407786783
Email: anuteresa@gmail.com

Artist's Statement

I work with image, sound, text, video, and installation, often through site-specific and participatory approaches. My practice explores the relationship between private and public, as well as mental and physical space, and how these dimensions shape meaning, atmosphere, and narrative.

I am particularly interested in how space and place influence a work—and what happens when part of the authorship is shared with the environment. By working in and with specific contexts, I allow the surrounding space, its structures, and its users to become active contributors to the work.

Public space is a central context for my practice. I approach it as a site of encounter, negotiation, and possibility. Through artistic interventions and participatory methods, I seek to create situations where different perspectives, experiences, and presences can coexist and interact.

Empathy is a guiding principle in my work. I am interested in how art can contribute to more inclusive and responsive environments for both humans and more-than-human species. My practice moves between artistic work and design, opening up ways to rethink how we share space and how we relate to our surroundings.

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Name of the work: Ääret
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Visual artist &
public art specialist


Anu Lehto is a visual artist and public art specialist working with image, sound, text, video, and installation. Her practice is often shaped by site-specificity and participatory methods. Lehto’s work explores the relationship between private and public, as well as mental and physical space. She is particularly interested in how space and place influence the meaning, atmosphere, and narrative of a work—and what happens when part of the authorship is shared with the environment. Empathy, the design of better urban environments for both humans and more-than-human species, and public space as a context for artistic practice are central to her work.


Alongside her artistic practice, Lehto has strong expertise in multidisciplinary design projects. She has worked as a digital designer for over 12 years in long-term collaboration with the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, developing digital services and visual storytelling.


Lehto holds a Master of Arts degree from Turku Arts Academy (Visual Artist, Contemporary Contexts of Art) and a Master of Arts degree from Aalto University Media Lab (New Media). She is currently completing a two-year Specialisation Programme in Urban Art at the University of the Arts Helsinki and is a member of MUU Artists’ Association, Ornamo, and Grafia.

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