ABOUT

Tommi Pasanen

b. 1995, Oulu

Lives and works in Helsinki

tommi.pasanen@mail.suomi.net
 

My practice is based on painting’s extensive traditions. Material enquiry is at the center of my work and I approach painting as a three-dimensional object, rather than an illusion of an image on canvas. History of oils, pigments and wood and their use in painting has been in my focus in recent years.

Education

 

2022 – 2024        MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Helsinki

2018 – 2021        BFA, Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Helsinki

Exhibitions


Upcoming


2025                     K17 Space for Art and Ecology, Sipoo (group)

2025                     Aine Art Museum, Tornio (group)

2026                     Forum Box, Helsinki (solo)


Past


2024                     Interstices, Yö Galleria, Helsinki (group)

2024                     Me, Galleria Himmeli, Karstula (group)

2023                     Syyssalonki, tm-gallery, Helsinki (group)

2023                     Kuvan Kevät (MFA exhibition), Kuva/Tila, Helsinki (group)

2022                     Laajasalo Summer Exhibition, Outdoors, Helsinki (duo with 

                              Toivo Heinimäki)

2021                     Kosminen Kevätsalonki, Kosminen gallery, Helsinki (group)

2021                     BFA Exhibition, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki (group)

Memberships


                               Finnish Painter’s Union

Works in Collections

 

                               Finnish State Art Commission (Valtion taideteostoimikunta)

                               Finnish Art Society – Art Lottery 2023 (Suomen Taideyhdistys,

                               teosarpajaiset 2023)

                               Private collections