Helsinki Contemporary (FI)

Helsinki Contemporary shows distinguished contemporary art by emerging and established artists from Finland and abroad. Spanning all artistic media, the core of the gallery's programme are artists who take an ambitious, in-depth approach to their work. The gallery focuses on creating international networks between artists, curators and galleries.

Aki Turunen (FI)

Aki Turunen’s paintings are based on a combination of intuitive, subconscious imagery and a knowledge of art history. He is a profoundly material-conscious artist. Mastering and developing different methods and switching media plays a major role in his creative process.

Aki Turunen (b. 1983) lives and works in Helsinki. He graduated with an MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, in 2011. Turunen has also studied painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. His works have been shown in several solo and group exhibitions in Finland and Denmark. His works are, among others, in the collections of Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Saastamoinen Foundation, and the Finnish State Art Commission.

Attention, Step Away from the Yellow Line

Tempera on wood
2021

Photo by Jussi Tiainen

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The Dragon Tamer

Tempera on wood
2021

Photo by Jussi Tiainen

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The Diabolical Pandemonium

Tempera on wood
2021

Photo by Jussi Tiainen

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Regina, Scrovegni

Silverpoint, beeswax and oil on icon board
2020

Photo by Jussi Tiainen

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Fever

Soft pastel on pastel card
2022

Photo by Jussi Tiainen

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Aki Turunen at his exhibition 'The Dragon Tamer', Helsinki Contemporary, 2022