Finnish artist Sami Korkiakoski, b. 1978 works with large scale paintings in which he explores line, rhythm and feeling, taking the line to a whole new level.
The main role in Korkiakoski ’s works is played by energy and movement, with everything else positioned around them. The physicality of the process and the way he paints with his whole body can be seen in his fast-paced Instagram videos, as he goes from canvas to canvas, painting with both spray and brush simultaneously.
In Korkiakoski ’s latest works colour has emerged more strongly than before, to take its place alongside the rhythm and the line. The colours have been chosen for their feel and visual impact, creating contrasts against the canvas background, while accentuating the black gestures and markings. The black marks are like the artist’s thoughts scribbled on canvas and add their own, new dimension.
The deliberate, time-consuming painting process, applying and removing paint in turn, seeks to create the illusion of a rapid, uncomplicated artwork that combines ferocity and beauty. The quick splashes and lines trace out a precisely considered colour composition. The three-dimensional surface is made of paint that has been squeezed out, spread with a spatula, or daubed onto the canvas. The playful process of letting go generates stratified line paintings where surface and materiality occupy an important position.
Korkiakoski received his MA from the University of Art and Design Helsinki (2007) and his MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (2013). Korkiakoski has had tens of solo exhibitions all around Finland (including e.g. Jyväskylä and Salo Art Museum), and several shows abroad e.g. New York, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale (USA); Tel Aviv (Israel) and Brisbane (Australia). His works are, for instance, in the Sara Hildén Art Museum, Finnish State, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art and Kuopio Art Museum collections, and in numerous private collections.
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Sami Korkiakoski
Born 1978, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Lives and works in Kuopio
2013 M.A. Fine Art, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (FI)
2007 M.A. School of Arts, Design and Architecture of Aalto University, Helsinki (FI)
Solo Exhibition
2022 Check This Out, Gallery Ama, Helsinki (FI)
2022 Painting performance (with Mikko Hallikainen), Kuopio Art Museum (FI)
2021 My Life with Stuffed Animals, The Platform gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2020 Party Animal, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku (FI)
2019 The Fourth Wall, Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles (USA)
2018 Line Paintings, Peter Makebish gallery, New York (USA)
2018 15 Minutes to Happiness, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku (FI)
2017 Silicone Valley vol. 2, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku (FI)
2017 Silicone Valley vol. 1, tm•gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2016 Lust for Line, Jyväskylä Art Museum Holvi (FI)
2016 Empty Head, ARTag gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2015 The Final Countdown, Gallery G12, Kuopio (FI)
2015 Lust for Line, MUU Cable, Helsinki (FI)
2014 Elossa- Jees I Like It, Gallery Titanik, Turku (FI)
2013 Painting Miles Davis, painting performance, Viapori Jazz, Suomenlinna (FI)
2013 Piilo, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki (FI)
2011 Gallery G12, Kuopio (FI)
2011 Gallery Katariina, Helsinki (FI)
2010 Academy of Fine Arts’ gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2010 Gallery Maaret Finnberg, Turku (FI)
2009 Salo Art Museum Veturitalli, Salo (FI)
2008 Gallery Rajatila, Tampere (FI)
2008 Gallery Nefret, Turku
2007 tm•gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2005 Gallery Huuto, exhibition and painting performance, Helsinki (FI)
2005 Gallery Jangva, Helsinki (FI)
Group Exhibitions
2021 Reckless Contemporary, Fort Lauderdale, FL (USA)
2020 Wish You Were Here, Monica King Contemporary, New York (USA)
2020 Summer Gathering, GR gallery, New York (USA)
2020 Mika gallery, Tel Aviv (Israel)
2019 Unlearn, Relearn…Repeat, TW Fineart, Brisbane (Australia)
2018 Fresh Paint in Lahti, Lahti art Museum, Lahti (FI)
2018 Kuva Elää, Salo Art Museum Veturitalli, Salo (FI)
2017 We Are The Ones vol. 1, Carlsberg Byens Galleri & Kunstsalon, Copenhagen (DK)
2017 Art Goes Logomo, Logomo, Turku (FI)
2016 Seven Giants, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio (FI)
2015 Draw Now!, Lahti Art Museum and Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi (FI)
2015 Under the Rainbow, Kerava Art Museum Sinkka, Kerava (FI)
2013 Miles Davis Drawings and Sami Korkiakoski Paintings, Tenalji Von Fersen, Suomenlinna, Helsinki (FI)
2013 Pinnan alla, Salo Art Museum Veturitalli, Salo (FI)
2013 Gallery Mältinranta, with Antti Immonen, Tampere (FI)
2012 Love, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio (FI)
2011 New Thoughts, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio (FI)
2010 Kuvan Kevät, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (FI)
2010 Rajoilla, Aine Art Museum, Tornio (FI)
2009 Gallery Rantakasarmi, Helsinki (FI)
2008 International Artist Symposium, Finnish Painters’ Union, Vanhan Raatihuoneen galleria, Turku (FI)
2008 Gallery AARNI, Espoo (FI)
2007 Syvää Purppuraa, Lapinlahti Art Museum, Lapinlahti (FI)
2007 MOA07, painting performance, Media Center Lume, Helsinki (FI)
2006 Artist and Spectator, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere (FI)
2006 Boyden oy 60 Years, Cable Factory, Helsinki (FI)
2006 Poriginal gallery, Pori (FI)
2005 Union of Finnish Art Associations’ 67th Annual Show, Art Factory, Porvoo (FI)
2005 ARTISTS 2005, Kunsthalle, Helsinki (FI)
2003 Union of Finnish Art Associations’ 65th Annual Show, Varkaus Art Museum, Varkaus (FI)
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 The Art of Analyste/ The Art of BasWare, Sanomatalo, Helsinki (FI)
2003 Youth 2003, Kunsthalle, Helsinki (FI)
Awards
2012 Juho Rissanen Award, Kuopio (FI)
2006 Salo Art Museum, SSO Award (FI)
Works in Collections
Ateneum Art Museum, Portrait of President Sauli Niinistö (100 artists), Helsinki (FI) Basware oyj Art Collection, Helsinki (FI)
Boyden oy, Helsinki (FI)
Eq Bank, Helsinki (FI)
Finnish State Art Collection, Helsinki (FI)
Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä (FI)
Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio (FI)
Kuopio City/ Puijonsarvi Preliminary School, Kuopio (FI)
Lars Swanljung Collection, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa (FI)
Salo Art Museum, Salo (FI)
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere (FI)
Titanium oyj, Helsinki (FI)
University of Art and Design, Helsinki (FI)
Viljo Hurme Foundation, Salo (FI)
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku (FI)
Åbo Akademi, Turku (FI)
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