Aleksi Tolonen (b. 1974) is a visual artist from Helsinki who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2005. He has participated in several exhibitions both in Finland and abroad, most recently in New York. Tolonen’s art is material-driven. He has done two- and three-dimensional works, everything from serigraphy to large installations. The focus of his works is curiosity and playfulness, even though the starting points of the works are often serious.
Veikko Björk (b.1960) carves memories of lived life in wood. Tree is sunlight twisted into a spiral, which supports life on Earth. Veikko Björk lives and works in Helsinki and sometimes also in his birthplace Kitee. He graduated in 1999 from Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki with a Master’s degree in Fine Arts.
The video installation Tuhkimontie 10 depicts the renovation of a 1950’s apartment building in an Eastern suburb of Helsinki. The 10-channel video work follows views from the interior to the exterior in four apartments for the duration of two years. Weather and seasons change outside as the renovation progresses inside. Roihuvuori represents the first wave of building suburbs in Helsinki and, as such, is important in the history of architecture and urban planning in Finland. Tuhkimontie 10, designed by the architects Tarja Salmio-Toiviainen and Esko Toiviainen, is a ‘serpentine house’ curving its way along the street. and comprising of two residential buildings with a total of nine stairways. Myllylä lives opposite the building, therefore the video work depicts also her own living environment.
Salla Myllylä is a Helsinki-based visual artist working in site-specific moving image. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki in 2014 and is currently continuing her studies there as a doctoral student. Her research deals with the relationship between the concepts of place and framing. Myllylä’s works have been presented in exhibitions at e.g. Mänttä Art Festival (2024), Finnish Printmakers’ Gallery (2021), Hietsu Pavilion (2021), Gallery Huuto (2015, 2013), Frankfurter Kunstverein (2014), Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen (2017, 2012) and in festivals such as Tampere Film Festival (2016) and Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo (2016).
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