Lot 41: AINO KANNISTO (b.1973 Finnish)

AINO KANNISTO (b.1973 Finnish)
Untitled (Door 501), 2004
chromogenic print
signed, titled, dated and numbered '6/6' in ink on label on backing board
35½ x 45¼in. (90 x 115cm.)

Aino Kannisto, Transit Art Space, Skansekaien, 2006, p.10 (fig.1).

I am influenced by the surrounding world, literature, cinema and photography, as well as by images more difficult to locate, such as memories, daydreams and nightmares.

AINO KANNISTO, 2004

DISTINCTIVELY NORDIC
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This work is number 6 from the sold-out edition of 6.

Of her suggestive narratives, Kannisto comments: 'I make constructed pictures. I build fictional scenes, which I record with the camera. I myself play the individuals in my pictures. However, my pictures are not self-portraits in the traditional sense. The person in the picture is a fictional narrator in the same way as there are narrators in literature. My pictures are fantasies -- I represent an atmosphere or a mood through fictional scenes. Fantasy is a means to speak about emotions.' (Artist statement, 2004)

Kannisto earned her MA from the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Her works have been included in dozens of group and solo shows in the US and Europe, including the Helsinki School travelling exhibitions and, most recently, Nordic Moods -- Landscape Photography of Our Time at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a five-year state grant from the Arts Council of Finland. She lives and works in Helsinki.