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.