UrbanArt
Curated by Lauratimantti, also known by her real name Laura Lehtinen, a spectacular Urban Art entity will be spread across the Flow area again this year. Works by 19 artists will be on display throughout the festival weekend.
Read more about Lauratimantti here.
Get to know the Urban Art artists:
Akseli Aro
Akseli Aro is a Helsinki-based tattooist and artist.
Instagram: @akseliaro
Graffiti Professors
Graffiti Professors is a futuristic, infantile, structure-breaking duo that is creating a new direction in graffiti art. Grids, change, visual rhythm and its disruption, and electronic music are the artists’ essential influences.
Instagram:
@help_golden_pentagon
@graffitiprofessors
Fedja Hämäläinen
Fedja Hämäläinen is an artist interested in materiality, society, and different mediums.
Instagram: @fedjahamalainen
Paju Kai
Paju Kai is a multidisciplinary artist who loves stories, drama, and colours. She has studied graphic design and music making at university and has a passion for combining music and visual storytelling.
Instagram: @pajukai
Aarni Kapanen
Aarni Kapanen dives deep into the intersection of art and content working with material sourced from the wild, both physical and online.
Instagram: @aarni.kapanen
Veera Kesänen
Veera Kesänen is an art director and illustrator who likes pretty things with a meaning and obsesses over all things shiny. Lately, Kesänen has been daydreaming about doing illustrations for Nike Basketball and a visual identity for the cosiest restaurant in town.
Instagram: @vwkesanen
Piia Keto
In Piia Keto’s art, nature spreads over all surfaces.
www.piiaketo.fi
Instagram: @piiaketo
Konsta Koivisto
Konsta Koivisto is a multidisciplinary artist living in Helsinki who mainly works with painting and textiles. Koivisto’s works are diary-like documents of the moment of time and nature where imagination colours the reality.
Instagram: @konsta400
Milja Komulainen
Milja Komulainen is an illustrator and graphic designer who works with liquid ink and a risograph machine. She is interested in future imagery, comics, plant aesthetics, and humanity.
miljakomulainen.com
Instagram: @milja_koo
Malaika Mollel
Malaika Mollel is a Finnish-Tanzanian visual artist and fashion designer known for her colourful paintings and the unique clothing collections based on them.
www.malaikamollel.com
Instagram: @malaikamollelofficial
Touko Miikkulainen
Touko Miikkulainen is an illustrator interested in humour, crooked shapes, and society.
Instagram: @toukotyot
Noitakallio
Noitakallio is an artist, illustrator, and activist whose art deals with current issues, personal thoughts, and experiences at the edge of reality.
noitakallio.com/art
Instagram: @noitakallio
Pinja Oja
Pinja Oja is a designer and artist full of playful, colourful, and even slightly strange ideas, which are magically conveyed in her visual storytelling.
Instagram: @pinemikaela
Valtteri Parikka
Valtteri Parikka is a Helsinki-based illustrator and tattoo artist whose naive and colourful illustrations draw influence from traditional tattooing, classic book illustration, folk art, and contemporary design.
Instagram: @illustratedbyvaltteri
Anna Pekkala
Anna Pekkala is a visual artist who loves swimming. Her art explores the tensions, movement, and destruction beneath the surface.
www.annapekkala.com
Instagram: @annapekkala.art
Kristo Saarikoski
Kristo Saarikoski is a Helsinki-based painter. From spray paint to frescos, Saarikoski’s art navigates in different spaces and periods of art history.
www.kristosaarikoski.com
Instagram: ___kristo____
Aino Salonen
Aino Salonen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Helsinki. The biggest inspiration for her works is nature, which she portrays in a colourful and peculiar way.
Sanna Vakkilainen
Sanna Vakkilainen is an Helsinki-based artist who specialises in fine art painting. Her paintings are expressive and vibrant, and she draws her inspiration from colours, music, and life itself with all its sensations.
www.sannavakkilainen.com
Instagram: @sanna_vakkilainen
Sanni Wessman
Sanni Wessman is an illustrator and graphic designer who’s all about vibrant colours, playful vibes, and bringing joy with her work. She finds inspiration in the people she meets, blooming flowers, and the little moments and details of everyday life.
sanniwessman.com
Instagram: @wessmansanni