Greetings from Paris Photo!

Paris Photo is the the world’s largest international art fair dedicated to the photographic medium, will hold its 21st edition November 9th through 12th, 2017 at the historic Grand Palais in Paris.

This is my second year in Paris Photo and I’m here represented by Gallery Taik Persons. Being here and being exhibited next to my heroes means a lot to me. My working process is a little bit lonely sometimes. I travel alone and spend weeks is remote places like in the Finnish Lapland. Being here surrounded by people is a nice opposite to my working. I love how at art fairs you connect with people trough art.

One of the biggest influences to my works has been the art of Jorma Puranen and Ulla Jokisalo, who both I met in an art fair.

Jorma Puranen has become known for his works that arouse considerations spanning the past and the present. In Puranen’s work, the photograph becomes a place for readdressing a fluid past. His photographs are both of the past and the present.

Ulla Jokisalo is a visual artist whose photography-based works are generally collage-like and physical. Her works of art includes photographs, unique paper cutouts, needle punctures and embroidery. Ulla Jokisalo is exhibited during Paris Photo at the Gallery Taik Persons booth.

If you happen to be here, come to say hello!  You can find me at the Gallery Taik Perosons booth C28.