Urban ArtUrban Art
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 18 artists will be on display throughout the festival weekend.
Read more about Lauratimantti here.
Get to know the Urban Art artists:
Graffitiprofessors
Graffitiprofessors is a futuristic, child-minded, and boundary-breaking duo that constantly looks for new directions in graffiti art. Grids, change, visual rhythm and it’s destruction, and electronic music with it’s pulse and textures versus the rules of paintings are crucial influencers in their art.
Instagram: @help_golden_pentagon, @graffitiprofessors
Paju Hämäläinen
Paju Hämäläinen is a Helsinki-based visual artist, whose work is based on the respect, upkeep, and familiarity with the materials used in their art.
Instagram: @paju.juu
Noa Joulin
Noa Joulin is a graphic designer who uses design as both a process and a playground. Blending storytelling with bold visuals to create work that’s wonderfully offbeat, she builds colourful, interactive compositions with a touch of the surreal that feel like a vibrant daydream.
Instagram: @noajoulin
www.noajoulin.com/
Paju Kai
Paju Kai is a multifaceted artist, who loves stories, drama, and colours. She has studied graphic design and music in university, and she experiences the combination of sounds and visual storytelling as her deep passion.
Instagram: @pajukai
Eetu Kemppainen
Fashion designer and designer Eetu Kemppainen is interested in researching traditional and modern principles in design, with focus that ranges from fashion, textile art, and scenography to spatial design. His aesthetics, inspired by shapes, colours, and textures, blends old and new ways in an experimental fashion.
Instagram: @eetukemp
Veera Kesänen
Veera Kesänen is an Art Director and Illustrator from Suvikumpu, who’s into creating visual experiences that spark joy in people, be it a sneaker, a poster, a restaurant, or a streetwear collection.
Instagram: @vwkesanen
Anna Korpilinna
Anna Korpilinna is a visual artist, whose work bounce peacefully around land, sea, and air. At Flow, one of her works is dedicated for Doctors Without Borders, a non-political NGO, and it gives the viewers possibility to donate money for the organization through Mobilepay.
Instagram: @annakorpilinna
www.annakorpilinna.com
Marianne Kurki
Marianne Kurki is a Helsinki-based visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice moves between painting, installation, and textile art. Her work is characterized by playfulness, bold use of colour, and a layered, expressive aesthetic.
Niko Kylmälä
Niko Kylmälä is a visual artist, photographer, and graphic designer, whose work combines different techniques. Kylmälä’s works contain both graphic systematicity along with abstract surprises and irregularities.
Instagram: @naig.styles
www.nikokylmala.com
Juha Lahtinen
Visual artist Juha Lahtinen’s roots are in the graffiti art scene of 1990s. Today his expression focuses on lush, colourful, abstract art.
Instagram: @art_lahtinen
Irene Lindberg
Iréne Lindberg is a Helsinki-based visual artist. She is fascinated by the ethereal and mystical and aims to find satisfaction in her work.
Instagram: @i_ren_panik
www.renelindberg.cargo.site
Malaika Mollel
Malaika Mollel is a Finnish-Tanzanian visual artist, who is known for her colourful and empowering paintings and the unique collection of clothes and accessories based on her art.
Instagram: @malaikamollelofficial
www.malaikamollel.com
Maria Myyryläinen
Maria Myyryläinen is an artist, who is fascinated and inspired by her childhood memories, fantasy and dreamworlds, videogames and different soundscapes. Myyryläinen uses different techniques, while enjoying the freedom of not knowing what she will make next.
Instagram: @art.berrry
Pinja Oja
Pinja Oja is a designer and artist full of playful, coloursful, and even peculiar ideas that she magically channels in her visual storytelling.
Instagram: @pinemikaela
Sullydogstar
Sullydogstar creates oil paintings from subconscious imagery, originating from a dedicated drawing practice, reaching in the depths of the subconscious mind. Her interests lie in the shamanistic quality of painting: in understanding the link between visual expression, and how it interacts with our energy fields. Her work also aims to merge paradoxes between sculpture, drawing and painting.
Instagram: @sullydogstar
İrem Şencan
İrem Şencan is a design and media student at Aalto University, working primarily with black ink and minimal color to create detailed portraits and organic forms.
Instagram: @iremn.art
Sanna Vakkilainen
Sanna Vakkilainen is a Helsinki-based visual artist, who works primarily in painting. Vakkilainen’s paintings are expressive and abstract, while they also portray traces of representative elements such as landscapes, characters, and events. Her paintings have been displayed both in Finland and also in the United States, in New York and Miami.
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 to the table with her work.
sanniwessman.com
@wessmansanni