Anton Pitkänen is mixed media artist based in Helsinki, Finland. His artistic style combines craft-like techniques, like weaving fabric or yarn, to painting and drawing. With his works he holds a conversation with himself and the forces influencing his life. Individual processes are often twofold: first meditative and introspective weaving or knitting of the background, secondly depicting the pictures, sentences and words born during the process on top by painting and drawing. Characteristic feature in his work is the story-like essence and colour schemes. Pitkänen gets his inspiration from nature and science as well as stories and video games.
”Most important thing for me is getting quiet and introspective. There's a prayer-esque quality to my working - crafting with care around a thought or an experience and bringing it to life. It feels important to show proper respect and attention to individual works and for them to become something of a standalone piece, jewel of an object, in addition of being on a continuous line of personal works. Very simply put, colours schemes are about emotions, drawings and paintings on top about thoughts. All the harmonies, dynamics and contradictions within those is what captivates me the most.”
Anton Pitkänen
b. 1990 Oulu, Finland
anton.pitkanen@gmail.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS –––––––––––––
Matkapäiväkirja, Virkki kotimuseo, Helsinki (FI) 2024
GROUP EXHIBITIONS –––––––––––
VALINTA, Galleria Toinen Silmä, Helsinki (FI) 2025
SWISSARTEXPO Artboxy booth, Zürich (CHE) 2022
Biennale Artbox Expo, Venezia (IT) 2022
Artboxy exhibition, Thomson Gallery, Zug (CHE) 2022
Artboxy exhibition, Lelie Galerij, Amsterdam (NLD) 2022
Artboxy exhibition, Urbanside Gallery, Zürich (CHE) 2022
THE HOLY ART: UBIQUITY & FLUIDITY, The Holy Art Gallery, London (UK) 2021
AD Art Show 2020 finalist exhibition, NYC (US) 2020
Art of Basware finalist exhibition, Helsinki (FI) 2019
ACHIEVEMENTS –––––––––––
CLIO award in contemporary art (US) 2020
Winner of AD Art Show 2020 (US) 2020
Art of Basware finalist (FI) 2019
FEATURED IN –––––––––––––
NORK Magazine Vol. 5 "Holy Cosmos" 2020
EDUCATION –––––––––––––––
Designer (BA), Lahti University of Applied Sciences (FI) 2016