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Artist Statement:
I am not a painter nor an
artist - I am a storyteller.
My paintings are like secret
doors of childhood through
which one can step into an
eternal place forgotten in a
hurry of our time.
I tell stories with my brush.
Slowly, layer by layer I blow
the spirit into the painting.
Eventually something pure
seems to breathe below the
layers, something that touches
and moves us inside.
Each one of my oil paintings
is like a small frozen moment.
How did the story begin? Where
does it lead? The symbolism
and occasional surrealism feed
the imagination. The spirit of
Baroque in forms of color and
chiaroscuro remove the works
from our time. Yet there is
something fresh that moves the
people of today. My figurative
works are easily approachable.
Art World's grammar is not
needed - the paintings are
here and now.
Narrativeness and
sentimentality separate my
paintings from mainstream
contemporary art. After all,
they are the features of
kitsch rather than art. I'm a
representative of the
international Kitsch movement
that provides alternative to
the institutionalized art.
I've also worked as a student
and assistant of the
movement's lead character the
Norwegian Odd Nerdrum.
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Exhibitions for Sampo Kaikkonen:
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Solo Exhibitions
* Paintings, Gallery Valve, Oulu, Finland 2011
* Paintings, Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland 2011
* Paintings, Gallery Saskia, Tampere, Finland 2010
* Paintings, Gallery Myotatuuli, Raahe, Finland 2008
* Moment and Eternity, Jauhiainen art museum, Kiiminki, Finland 2007
* Moment and Eternity, Gallery Kilo, Rovaniemi, Finland 2007
* Prologus II, Oulu, Finland 2005
* Artist of the Month, Gallery 5, Oulu, Finland 2005 and 2007
* Prologus, Haapavesi, Finland 2004
Group Exhibitions
* Otos, Gallery Ahjo, Joensuu, Finland 2011
* Kitsch Biennale, Venice, Italy Palazzo Cini 2010
* International Exhibition 2010 Surrealism Now, Coimbra, Portugal 2010
* Kitsch - mer enn kunst, Telemarksgalleriet, Norway 2009
* Nature Morte, O. Jauhiainen art museum, Kiiminki, Finland 2009
* Nerdrum And Students, Stavern, Norway 2009
* Nerdrum's Students, Tønsberg, Norway 2009
* Kitsch Biennale, München, Germany 2008
* Self Portrait, O. Jauhiainen art museum, Kiiminki, Finland 2008
* European Masters of Modern Art, Burgau, Austria 2007
* Libriars, city library, Oulu, Finland 2007
* Tabloid, O. Jauhiainen art museum, Kiiminki, Finland 2007
* Kitsch Annual 2006, Stavern, Norway
* New members of Oulu Artists' Association, Galleria 5/NUKU, Oulu 2006
* ART 2005, Rovaniemi, Kemi, Kokkola, Kajaani and Oulu, Finland 2005
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