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ABOUT :
Jarno Vesala makes installations, which often consist of empathy inducing, human-like sculpture, sound and projected image. His immersive environments are perplexing, mysterious and unsettling. The work pays with the act of perception, memory and illusion. Recurrent themes are often relate to isolation, loneliness, exclusion and loss which are made manifest and palpable through his rendering...
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Jarno Vesala is a Finnish contemporary artist born in Rauma in 1977. He currently lives and works in Nokia, Finland. Vesala graduated as a visual artist at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences' degree program in arts and communication in 2004. She has first exhibited in Tampere in 2003. Vesala's works have been featured in Mänttä's art festivals 2008, Kluuvin galleria 2009, Pirkanmaa triennial 2009 and 2012, Helsinki Art Museum 2011 and Forum Box 2012. He was selected as the Finnish Young Artist of the Year in 2013. In 2014, Vesala won the Turku Biennale Prize with his work with Krister Gråhn. In addition Vesala has featured in numerous exhibitions internationally including 'Out of Our Heads' curated by James Putnam and Vassiliki Tzanakou in 2014, his debut solo exhibition ‘Being There’ at Anima-Mundi in 2016 and the Nordic Delights festival in Soho, London in 2018.
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NEWS
Jarno Vesala's solo exhibition ‘Construction of a Homecoming' at Gallery Himmelblau presents two new works consisting of video projection, sculpture and objects…
Jarno Vesala’s recent solo exhibition ’The Company of Others' at Anima Mundi is now available to view as a 3D immersive tour online. Now that the exhibition is over the works are returning to Finland to be included in ‘The Illusion’ at Tampere Art Museum…
Anima Mundi are delighted to launch ‘Beyond Ourselves’ a major mixed online exhibition featuring 39 international artists.
Jarno Vesala’s multimedia installation ‘My Turn’ will be exhibited in Athens, Greece from 21.11 - 8.12.2018. The initiative has been supported by the Finnish Institute at Athens and curated by Sebastian Boulter
Jarno Vesala’s incredible sculptural installation ‘Raining Behind the Window’ is included in the exhibition ‘Goldilocks and Other Stories from Own Collections’ at Tampere Art Museum, Finland
Jarno Vesala’s ‘Storm’, a video and sound installation is included in the 23rd Mänttä Art Festival, Finland from 17th June until 31st August 2018
'Ordinary Bodies, Ordinary Bones' and 'Far is the False & Deceitful World', opened on 11th May at Anima-Mundi to great enthusiasm. Word has been travelling since with both shows already receiving big audiences.
Jarno Vesala is included in Nordic DeLights an arts festival taking place across Soho, London.
Anima-Mundi curate ‘From Silence’ at Herrick Gallery, Mayfair