Artists

Timo Kokko studies materiality, immateriality, space, light and observation through installations and sculptures. His works are a multi-sensorial experiences. He produces art through the observation and research of the environment, approaching the arts from scientific perspectives, often relying on experimentation, psychology, biology, chemistry and visual anthropology. Kokko’s work deals with ecological values and questions about humanity. Human, nature, time, moment and ephemerality are reoccurring themes in his work. Timo Kokko is a visual artist based in Kuopio. He has graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts at University of the Arts in Helsinki.

http://www.timokokko.com/

Tomi Paijo is a light artist who integrates technology and art. His installations explore human interaction dynamics. With a background in media technology, his works blend innovation with visual storytelling.

www.tomipaijo.com

VALOA design (est. 1997) is a design office that provides public light art installations as a seamless part of the built environment. Long experience in the field of architectural and urban lighting has created a strong understanding and faded the fine line between light art and architecture. Our aim is that our installations are both visually and technically sustainable.

https://valoa.com

Vappu Rossi is a visual and media artist. She is often inspired by shadows and reflections, and lights and shadows are one of the main features in her art.

www.vappurossi.fi

Vilma Vantola is an artist and lighting designer based in Helsinki, Finland. In her work she often has an interest in the cycle of nature and the theoretical and human meanings of things in life. The insightful use of colors is one of her great strengths as a lighting designer. Vantola has graduated from the vocational school Pekka Halonen Academy (photography) and holds a degree of Master of Arts (Theater and Drama) in lighting design from the University of the Arts Helsinki (2020). She did her Erasmus exchange in the Cross-Disciplinary Strategies program at the University of Applied Arts Vienna during the winter of 2019-2020.

http://vilmavantola.com