Artist Information:
Sampo Kaikkonen
Oulu,
Finland
Member Since: Jan 2009
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Artist Statement:
I am not a painter nor an
artist - I am a storyteller.
My paintings are like secret
doors of childhood through
which one can step into an
eternal place forgotten in a
hurry of our time.
I tell stories with my brush.
Slowly, layer by layer I blow
the spirit into the painting.
Eventually something pure
seems to breathe below the
layers, something that touches
and moves us inside.
Each one of my oil paintings
is like a small frozen moment.
How did the story begin? Where
does it lead? The symbolism
and occasional surrealism feed
the imagination. The spirit of
Baroque in forms of color and
chiaroscuro remove the works
from our time. Yet there is
something fresh that moves the
people of today. My figurative
works are easily approachable.
Art World's grammar is not
needed - the paintings are
here and now.
Narrativeness and
sentimentality separate my
paintings from mainstream
contemporary art. After all,
they are the features of
kitsch rather than art. I'm a
representative of the
international Kitsch movement
that provides alternative to
the institutionalized art.
I've also worked as a student
and assistant of the
movement's lead character the
Norwegian Odd Nerdrum.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
* Paintings, Gallery
Valve, Oulu, Finland 2011
* Paintings, Gallery 5,
Oulu, Finland 2011
* Paintings, Gallery
Saskia, Tampere, Finland 2010
* Paintings, Gallery
Myotatuuli, Raahe, Finland
2008
* Moment and Eternity,
Jauhiainen art museum,
Kiiminki, Finland 2007
* Moment and Eternity,
Gallery Kilo, Rovaniemi,
Finland 2007
* Prologus II, Oulu,
Finland 2005
* Artist of ...
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Sampo Kaikkonen's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Sampo Kaikkonen's Portfolio.
I am not a painter nor an artist - I am a storyteller. My paintings are like secret doors of childhood through which one can step into an eternal place forgotten in a hurry of our time.
I tell stories with my brush. Slowly, layer by layer I blow the spirit into the painting. Eventually something pure seems to breathe below the layers, something that touches and moves us inside.
Each one of my oil paintings is like a small frozen moment. How did the story begin? Where does it lead? The symbolism and occasional surrealism feed the imagination. The spirit of Baroque in forms of color and chiaroscuro remove the works from our time. Yet there is something fresh that moves the people of today. My figurative works are easily approachable. Art World's grammar is not needed - the paintings are here and now.
Narrativeness and sentimentality separate my paintings from mainstream contemporary art. After all, they are the features of kitsch rather than art. I'm a representative of the international Kitsch movement that provides alternative to the institutionalized art. I've also worked as a student and assistant of the movement's lead character the Norwegian Odd Nerdrum.
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Three Fates, 2005
Oil Painting,
130 x 130 cm
Availability: Sold
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Nocturne, 2009
Oil Painting,
140 x 140 cm
Availability: Sold
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