{"id":11649,"date":"2020-03-26T10:50:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T09:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finncult.asiakkaat.sigmatic.fi\/?p=11649"},"modified":"2022-03-24T10:53:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T09:53:56","slug":"5-finnish-illustrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finncult.be\/fi\/5-finnish-illustrators\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Finnish Illustrators"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a cultural institute, the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak have a direct influence on everything we do. Many organisations and artists we work with are directly affected and face uncertain times. Exhibitions, festivals, fairs and all sorts of events and jobs have been cancelled and the cultural agenda will be disrupted for quite a while, putting a financial and operational strain on a lot of players in the broad cultural field.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

With all calendars emptied and plans changed, we want to help our community in a different way. Over the coming weeks, we\u2019ll use our social media and website as a platform for culture, sharing and highlighting things we think you should know of. Artists we have worked with, interesting reads, organisations or venues we have collaborated with, our cultural favourites and tips, etc.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

We encourage you to click, discover, enjoy, support and stick together in these unreal times.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nFirst up: 5 Finnish illustrators at the top of their game, selected by Hanna.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lotta Nieminen<\/a>\u00a0is a Finnish illustrator and graphic designer working from New York, where she stayed after an exchange to the Rhode Island School of Design while studying at Aalto University. Her colourful yet sleek style quickly made her gain notoriety as a designer ander art director, finetuning her recognisable, simple-yet-elegant aesthetic through branding and advertising briefs for brands such as Google, Hermes, Matter Made and Samuji. In her illustration, her style is a bit more quirky while maintaining the same sense of colours and patterns.<\/p>\n

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Lotta Maija<\/a>\u00a0is a pattern designer and illustrator based in Helsinki. Her playful drawings often feature fruity or floral patterns in vivid hues of green, purple and orange. Patterns\u00a0Palsta<\/i>,\u00a0Kasvio<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Apilainen<\/i>\u00a0grace the current Spring collection of Marimekko. The throw she designed for\u00a0Slowdown Studio<\/a>\u00a0features pears and oranges, and is based on a sketch she made at the summer house during Finland\u2019s warmest Summer to date.<\/p>\n

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Even though\u00a0Antti Kalevi<\/a>\u2019s drawings might look like they are made with paper cut-out\u2019s are hand-drawn, they are all created digitally. From behind his tablet, Antti uses humour, colour and striking shapes as a base for his drawings. Often colour-blocking, the pieces seem simple at first but actually hide quite a few subtle details.<\/p>\n

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Matti Pikkuj\u00e4ms\u00e4<\/a>\u2019s illustrations can be found both in children\u2019s books as on kitchen towels. His quirky depictions of animals have made him a beloved artist in many categories. In his atelier in Helsinki he draws weekly illustrations for a newspaper, paints hundreds of portraits, illustrates books, etc. In the\u00a0Cup of Therapy<\/i><\/a>\u00a0project, Pikkuj\u00e4ms\u00e4 illustrated mental health problems and wellbeing to make them visible. He also works on pattern design for Samuji, Lapuan Kankurit and Marimekko. Amongst other awards, he was the first Finnish Illustrator of the Year in 2019.<\/p>\n

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Living and working in Helsinki,\u00a0Janine Rewell<\/a>\u2019s work combines geometry and nature in a gleeful, imaginative style. Abstraction of forms and the fantastical animal kingdom inspire her work, which mixes vector-based designs and analog materials for illustrations and installations, from images in magazines or ad campaigns to window displays, packaging, textile and much more. Janine likes to mix and explore different materials, not sticking to any categorisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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