Kaarina Kaikkonen studied at the Academy of Fine Arts between 1978 and 1983. She has become one of the leading artists of Finnish art thanks to her work in sculpture and installations. 

represented by Galerie Forsblom www.galerieforsblom.com

M77 Gallery https://www.m77gallery.com

Z2O Sara Zanin Gallery http://www.z2ogalleria.it

Alongside the monumental features of her works – always strongly imbued with the environmental and architectural elements surrounding them – there is also a core linked to the impermanence and frailty of materials somewhat pointing back to the frailty of human beings.

The movement of “coming and going” from something is a recurrent formal element in the artist’s work – as we can also see in the works' titles – thus contributing to create a time bridge between past memories and their tension towards the future.

Marina Dacci

Director, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Kaarina Kaikkonen

Kaarina Kaikkonen's artistic practice has been documented in numerous books, monographs and exhibition catalogues published in Finland and internationally.

These publications offer insights into her artistic development, large-scale installations and sculptures, as well as recurring themes of memory, humanity, connection and the relationship between individuals and their surroundings.

BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

Works in Space (1995)

Text by Marja-Terttu Kiviranta.
Publisher: Yliopistopaino, 1995.
ISBN: 952-90-6656-2.

Mothers' Dancing Shoes – Kaarina Kaikkonen's Art (2005)

Contributions by Marja-Terttu Kiviranta, Nelson Herrera Ysla, Helena Sederholm, Torsti Lehtinen and Julia P. Herzberg.
Publisher: Maahenki Oy, 2005.
ISBN: 952-5328-54-6.

Kaarina Kaikkonen (2014)

Authors/Contributors: Marina Dacci, Marja-Terttu Kivirinta and Julia P. Herzberg.
Edited by Kiira Miesmaa.
Publisher: Parvs, Helsinki, 2014.
175 pages, illustrated.
ISBN: 978-952-5654-61-5.

Kaarina Kaikkonen: You Remain in Me (2018)

Exhibition catalogue published in connection with Kaarina Kaikkonen's exhibition at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg.
Texts by Gitte Ørskou and Stinna Toft.
Publisher: Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark, 2018.
232 pages.
ISBN (print): 978-87-88307-88-7.

Kaarina Kaikkonen – Tied Together (2023)

Text by Francesca Alfano Miglietti.
Publisher: M77 Editions, Italy, 2023.
122 pages.
Languages: Italian and English.
Dimensions: 28 × 21 cm.

INTERNATIONAL ART PUBLICATIONS

Installation Art Now (2013)

Publisher: Sandu Publishing.
Distributed by: Gingko Press.
Copyright: © Sandu Publishing, 2013.
Language: English.
240 pages.
ISBN-13: 978-1584235149.

Extraordinary: From Everyday Objects to Art (2014)

Edited by Sylvie Estrada, Federica Sala and Francesca Coppola.
Publisher: Index Books S.L., Barcelona, 2014.
Hardcover, 203 pages.
ISBN-13: 978-8415308669.

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