ABOUT ME
FRANK
ART COLLECTIVE
BIOGRAPHY
I AM A VISUAL ARTIST FROM KERAVA, BORN IN 1995. AFTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I GRATUATED WITH AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN HORTICULTURE, AFTER WHICH I RETURNED TO MY DEAR OLD HOBBY, ART. I STUDIED FOR FOUR YEARS, DURING WHICH I FOUND MY HAND AND PASSION IN SCULPTURE AND PAINTING. SINCE THE FALL OF 2019 I HAVE BEEN A PART OF FRANK ART COLLECTIVE. IN THE SPRING OF 2020 I WILL GRADUATE FROM KANKAANPÄÄ ARTSCHOOL.
ARTIST STATEMENT
EMOTION. OF THAT I DO. OFCOURSE ABOUT OTHER THINGS, BUT MOSTLY OF THAT. WATER FEELS NICE, EVEN IF IT SCARES ME. IT WAKES THE IMAGINATION AND ON ITS SELF CREATES LOADS OF CONTENTS. MAYBE THAT IS WHY I CREATE PLENTY OF WATER-RELATED THEMES. EMOTIONS ARE LIKE WATER. WONDERFUL AND HORRIBLE. YOU WANT NOT TO THINK ABOUT THEM, AND YET HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO SINK IN THEM. UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE. AMONG THE BEAUTIFUL AND HORRIBLE THINGS. LAKES, RIVERS AND OCEANS HAVE A SORT OF ETERNITY ABOUT THEM THAT FASCINATES ME. NO START OR END, WATERS JUST ARE. WATER FRIGHTENS ME, AND IN THE SAME TIME I WANT TO DIP MY HEAD UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE, AND HAVE A CURIOUS PEEK OF WHAT LIES BENEATH.
I WORK FLUENTLY WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS, EXCEPT MAYBE WITH COMPUTERS. WITH THEM I FIGHT. I SCULPT, MOLD, CAST, CUT, PATCH, PAINT AND DRAW WHAT EVER EACH PIECE DEMANDS. MOST AT HOME I AM WITH TRADITIONAL SCULPTING AND PAINTING TECHNIQUES. FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END PROPERLY AND WITH NO SHORTCUTS.
CURRICULUM VITAE
AINO MARIA RYTKÖNEN
1995 KERAVA, FINLAND
EDUCATION
VISUAL ARTIST
2020
SATAKUNTA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, KANKAANPÄÄ
BASICS OF FINE ARTS
2015
KANNELJÄRVEN OPISTO, LOHJA
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN HORTICULTURE
2014
HYRIA KOULUTUS, HYVINKÄÄ
EXHIBITIONS
2020
4/5
KANKAANPÄÄ GALLERY, KANKAANPÄÄ, FINLAND
(FRANK- ART COLLECTIVE)
2019
ARTSCHOOL CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION
SAMK ARTSCHOOL GALLERY, KANKAANPÄÄ, FINLAND
100% FEMALE
GROTE OF ST. LAURENSKERK, ALKMAAR, NETHERLANDS
(CURATED GROUPEXHIBITION)
FEELINGS
GALLERY KIVIPANKKI, JÄMSÄ, FINLAND
SOINNAHDUS
SAMK ART CORRIDOR, PORI, FINLAND
UPEA EEPPINEN - VEISTÄJIEN TRIUMFI
(SCULPTOR'S TRIUMPH)
SAMK ARTSCHOOL GALLERY, KANKAANPÄÄ, FINLAND
NELJÄ MAATA, NELJÄ VUODENAIKAA
SAMK ARTSCHOOL GALLERY, KANKAANPÄÄ, FINLAND
2018
SADONORJUU FALL EXHIBITION
SAMK ARTSCHOOL GALLERY, KANKAANPÄÄ, FINLAND
OLENKO MINÄ? / AM I?
AULAGALLERIA/LOBBYGALLERY, TUUSULA, FINLAND
(SOLO EXHIBITION)
2017
VALO - ARTSCHOOL CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION
SAMK ARTSCHOOL GALLERY, KANKAANPÄÄ, FINLAND
STOCKFORS ART FAIR
STOCKFORS, PYHTÄÄ, FINLAND
2016
ORANSSI MYRSKY
GALLERY PATINA, JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND
