The starting point for the Under the Sun exhibition has been life’s small miracles, moments of happiness and hope. “While working, the passage of time, memories of colours, light, summer flowers, greenery, fading and transience have carried me through the moments of my life, of colours, of light, of summer flowers, of greenery, of fading and transience. Techniques and materials familiar to me, such as linen fibre, paper, silk, plant parts, yarn and parts of my old works are included in the exhibition’s works. The material is meaningful to me. The materials I collect from nature, the place of discovery or origin, the traces of time, the feel and sensitivity of the creation of a work and its content”.
Helena Kaikkonen is a textile and visual artist from Oulu. She graduated as a textile artist in Bergen, Norway in 1992. Since then, she has participated in national and international exhibitions, has created commissioned public works, environmental art, community art projects and video works. Her works are included in collections such as the Finland’s State Art Deposit Collection, the Oulu Art Museum and also private collections. Kaikkonen works at the Old Woolen Factory (Villatehdas) in Pikisaari, Oulu. She is a member of Muu ry and the Oulu Artists’s Association. This year she was awarded with an additional artist’s pension.
