Aino Louhi

	13.2.2013


	Some painting process going on
	Naturally yours I had forgotten to update some exhibition photos from last summer to ART. The artwork in Haihatus summer show was unfortunately mostly destroyed by birds and spiders during the summer. Not cool!

	8.11.2012


	Constellation (2012) on porcelain plate
	November, my favourite time of the year. After gardening the whole summer (check out ART), I decided to dedicate this Fall to comic art and illustration. And what do you know, of course I started to feel like painting some as well. At the moment I'm in a state where I'm doing and doing and nothing ever seems to get me anywhere. I'll let you know when it does.

	1.10.2012


	Ryytimaa in Salo Art Museum
	Damn Fine Art in Salo Art Museum! The exhibition Metsien miehet (Men of the Forest) is open until January 6th, 2013. Bold sculpture and paintings by such contemporary hotties as Jasmin Anoschkin, Paavo Halonen, Eeva-Leena Eklund, Maria Stereo, Krister Gråhn and some ITE-dudes like Viljo Luokkanen and Aune Kinnunen, whose bear made out of pine cones visits my Forest Garden. Go to Salo! ps. A special thanks to my uncle Ilkka Louhi who gave me some material for trees. Forever grateful poor artist!

	4.6.2012


	Sneak peek from Haihatus Summer Exhibition "Ei millään pahalla"
	Summing up the Summer ahead Haihatus Summer Exhibition opens for audience next Sunday the 10th of June in Joutsa, Finland. My piece of work can be seen in an old sports commentator's booth dragged in to the Haihatus yard. Taidelaitos Haihatus (Jousitie 68-70, Joutsa) open 10th of June- 19th of August every day 11am-6pm. Tickets for adults 8€.

	The wildest place for an installation, in my opinion.
	Cabinet on Art I've updated the Art Cabinet pictures to ART-section. The quality of the pictures is a disappointment to myself, but I hope You'll get the idea and add some brightness to the colours. And if You're interested in buying the Cabinet, go to the lovely Paloni-store in Eerikinkatu 7, Helsinki.


	The Cabinet's preview in Kierrätystehdas -happening in May 2012
	2.5.2012


	This ABC-poster is in Finnish!
	I'm a poster girl I had the nicest illustration job for my good friend Riikka's shop RK Design. Go on and shop 'til you drop it like it's hot. The ABC posters are in three different color options. And also a little Reminder that The Mysterious Cabinet Project is over and the piece of art itself will be introduced to the audience in Recycling Factory -event in Helsinki on May 5th to 6th. I'll be there part of the day on Saturday, come and tell me a tale!

	7.3.2012
	Upcoming and ongoing I've left the computer at home and sat tightly at the studio for a few months now. Here's some upcoming events I'll be part of. Recycling Factory Kierrätystehdas, Recycling Factory, will take place in Cable Factory, Helsinki, in the beginning of May 2012. I'm painting an old cabinet for the design concept store Paloni (Eerikinkatu 7, Helsinki). This cabinet can be seen for the first time in Recycling Factory. I'll be reporting the painting process in Paloni's blog couple of times during these two months. Haihatus I'm one of the artists of Haihatus summer exhibition in Joutsa. The exhibition opens on June 10th 2012 and goes on til 19th of August. I'm super excited about the space where I get to exhibit my work! Let it be a secret for a little while. Men of the Forest I will build a garden installation to the exhibition Metsien miehet, Men of the Forest, in the Art Museum of Salo. The show will open on 22nd of September, 2012. More info later on!



	Click here to read a little article about me in Framer magazine #2, 2011
	13.10.2011


	Hasardimaantiede in Kulttuurikahvila Hertta, Fall 2011
	One day in Helsinki I'll be in our capital next week, experimenting with water colors in an exhibition Akvarellitila in Galleria Tila, Kalevankatu 40. Come see me in action on Thursday the 20th of October from 12-18. You can see the list of attending artists here in Facebook.

	9.9.2011


	Chandelier from the exhibition Linna-tilanne in Gallery Tilanne, Tampere, April 2011
	Surprise for Tampereans! Go check out Hasardimaantiede, this time built in Kulttuurikahvila Hertta, Näsilinnankatu 22. From today 'til 8th of October.

	23.3.2011


	Someone's watching
	"I've got this Linna-situation" Dear folks, I'm having an exhibition opening Friday the 1st of April! Gallery Tilanne is quite a new place in my neighborhood here in Manse and I'm super-happy to be one of the first artists to exhibit work there. My press release is again only in Finnish, voilà: Linna-Tilanne Valkoisen huoneen haltuunotto antaa joka kerta huimaavan vallan tunteen. Mitä tällä kertaa tekisin? Miten muokkaan tilasta omani? Saako seinät maalata? Ja patterin... Entä jos tila ei olekaan valkoinen huone, vaan paikka jossa on jo valmis tunnelma, värikkäitä kirppistuoleja ja limsakaappi? Silmänkääntötemppua odotellessa! Paikan päällä tehtävät installaatiot ovat vasta ajatuksia päässäni, muotoa muuttavia möykkyjä ja väriläiskiä. Teen työhuoneella rakennuspalikoita maalauksista, tarroista, vanhoista lampunvarjostimista ja ajatuksista päässäni. Kaikki tuntuu ensin epämääräiseltä ja häilyvältä ja sitten jännittävältä ja hauskalta. Yksi asia on kuitenkin varma: huhtikuussa Tilanne on linnani. Aino Louhen näyttely Tilanne-Galleriassa 1.-21.4.2011. Auki ma-la klo 10-18/ Open on mon-tue 10-18. Tilanne-Galleria Itsenäisyydenkatu 23 33500 Tampere tilannegalleria(at)gmail.com Oh yeah and party hats on on the first of April 18--->! Cake, music and castles at the gallery.

	2.3.2011


	Local Group (2011)
	Local Group Done! I made this wall painting for the Congregation of Tampere, it is in a small children's club room Kapernaum in Seurakuntien talo (Näsilinnankatu 26, Tampere). Check out more pictures in ART! I'm also having an exhibition here in Tampere in A MONTH! So bye for now, gotta work some. Exhibition info coming here later!

	24.2.2011


	Day 16 in front of the Blue Wall
	14.2.2011


	Day 11 in front of the Blue Wall
	7.2.2011


	Day 7 in front of the Blue Wall
	27.1.2011


	Day 4 in front of the Blue Wall
	20.1.2011


	Day 2 in front of the Blue Wall
	Big Blue I'm working on this mystery wall for the next month or so. I will be posting a few pictures of the process here to enlighten you visitors! Besides that, check out my updates in ART and ILLUSTRATIONS AND COMICS! And visit Tampere-talo (Yliopistonkatu 55, Tampere) to see my painting The Most Beautiful End of the World (should I limit the use of superlatives? NO!!). It's situated on the ground floor, next to the escalator and will be there 'til the end of February 2011.

	3.12.2010
	On the 5th day of Christmas... ...I made a christmas tree out of paper and blu-tack! Come and see it in Desing on Tampere's lovely Christmas Design Market in Pakkahuone, Tampere, this Sunday the 5th of December, 11am-6pm!



	22.9.2010

	This tornado loves you My exhibition in Gallery Alkovi, Helsinki, opens on the 6th of October and goes on 'til 31st of October, 2010. It's a window gallery, so you can check it out any time of the day in Helsinginkatu 19. Any questions about the space to alkovigalleria(at)gmail.com and about the show to me, aino(at)kaino-kustanne.com. Here's the press release, in Finnish only! Aino Louhi: Hasardimaantiede Hasardimaantiede oli lempikurssini lukiossa. Neljännen kerroksen hapettomassa luokkahuoneessa, paksujen verhojen pölyntuoksussa, uurteiseen pulpetinkanteen nojaten oli turvallista kuulla ihmistä suuremmasta tuhovoimasta. Pelko oli abstraktia ja jännittävää, kärsimykset kaukaisia ja epätodellisia. On mahdotonta edes yrittää toistaa sitä tuhoa, mitä luonto voi saada aikaan. Siksi oma maantiedon oppituntini on leikkisä ja kaunis; purkaukset ovat onnellisia roiskeita seinillä, vuoret pieniä ja vyöryt pehmeitä. Tornado on pysähtynyt huokaisemaan vihaisella matkallaan kylästä toiseen. Aino Louhi (s.1981) on tamperelainen kuvataiteilija, joka kävi lukionsa Torkkelinmäellä. Hän palaa tuttuihin maisemiin ja koulumuistoihin ensimmäisellä Helsingin-näyttelyllään Hasardimaantiede Galleria Alkovissa 7.-31.10.2010. Avajaiset keskiviikkona 6.10.2010 klo 16-18 Tervetuloa! Virtual Comic Sensation During my vacation from updating any websites, somebody else did their job and put up a great virtual exhibition of Finnish comic artists. Visit Culture Gallery to explore comic among other arty parts of Finland. ..And a Really Nice Link!

	9.9.2010


	A Spot Quickie in a Czech Train, August 2010
	I'm Having a Ball! So many things going on that it's hard to even think about updating this site.. let's try anyways! And let's use the good old en dash! -Last month I spent two weeks in Czech Republic, taking part in an exhibition/workshop called Planting Ideas Symposium. Symposium took place in D.I.V.O. Institute, Kolín and there were artists from England, Australia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Finland.. I made two pieces that you can check out in ART.

	-My paper cut -work My Melancholy Piano (originally from the book Kivakurja, 2006) can be seen in a tamperean street art project "Taidetta jakokaapeissa" in the crossing of Verkatehtaankatu and Hatanpään Valtatie. It will be there for a whole year! -My painting No on siin jotain sateenkaari ja tulivuorii/ Some Rainbows and Volcanoes (2010) (you can see it on below) is exhibited at this very moment in Järvenpää-talo, Järvenpää, in a group show called "Meistä tuli maalareita, valokuvaajia, graafikoita..." It's an 30th anniversary show for the Järvenpää Children's Art School. My first art school! The exhibition is on 'til September 22nd, 6pm. (however, it's closed on the w/e 11th-12th, don't go then!) -Helsinki Comics Festival is on the 10th-12th of September, and Kaino-Kustanne is gonna be there in Small Press Heaven (Luckan, Simonkatu 8) with bagful of new stuff! Kuvatus3 is still quite fresh-tasting, but we decided to put out a zine called Kadonneet helmet (freely translated "Lost jewels"). Also some tiny comics from Kaija, and cool new bags! Be there, Sat-Sun 12-18! -My solo exhibition, and a first ever Helsinki show is on in October in Gallery Alkovi (Helsinginkatu 19). More details about that SOON!
	12.3.2010


	Still untitled and in progress (2010)

	Silent but moving I thought I should make a note here -I'm still around, but concentrating on painting new, and there's not much to talk about. I will be active in the exhibition field next fall and before that me and Kaija Papu will publish new Kuvatus3 -comic and take it and all the others to the Summer exhibition of Purnu. We are also taking part of an interesting symposium abroad in the summer, exciting... More about that a bit later!

	04.11.2009


	GEOMAGIKA: Valosaari/ GEOMAGIKA: The World Begins in a Dark Class Room (2009)

	Updating Art and Cutting Out Space If you live too far away from Tampere to visit just for art's sake, you can have a little quickie in my own private gallery in ART. I just put there some pics of my most recent work Valosaari, not to mention me and Kaija Papu's summer romance with knitty Pitsihilli. At the moment I'm working on a group exhibition in Lastenkulttuurikeskus Rulla (Children's Culture Centre) here in Tampere. The theme of this show is Space and I will be cutting my universe out from sticker paper. The exhibition opens on the 8th of December 2009 and is open 'til the beginning of next year.

	21.9.2009

	Sesam opening! I've had some nerve-wrecking yet exciting weeks with preparing and building up my installation "GEOMAGIKA: Valosaari" (which I decided to translate not so literally to "The World Begins in a Dark Class Room") for The Fourth Pirkanmaa Triennial in Art Museum of Tampere. Finally my work is done and you can go and check it out! Knitting team Louhi/Papu also had time to put up a little installation in front of the Museum. Besides the Museum, Triennial is spreading around Tampere from MEDIAtunnel all the way to Pispala Contemporary Art Center.


	A Sketch for GEOMAGIKA: Valosaari (The Day Begins in a Dark Class Room) (2009)
	The schedule and opening hours for all the different parts of this spectacle: Tampere Art Museum 19.9.2009- 3.1.2010 Tue-Sun 10am-6pm Art Center Mältinranta 19.9.- 6.10. 2009 Mon-Thu 12pm-6pm, Fri-Sun 12pm-4pm MEDIAtunnel 18.9.-15.10.2009 You can pass this tunnel ANY time of the day! Hiekka Art Museum 19.9.-21.12.2009 Tue-Thu 3pm- 18pm, Sun 12pm-3pm I Forgot to Recycle! I've had so many things going on that I forgot to inform everybody about an exhibition Kierrätystä ("Recycled") in the Art Museum of Riihimäki, Finland. Kaija Papu and I recycled Woolly Panties of One-legged Queen into a light pole in Riihimäki as part of this fine show. It's on from 11th of September 'til 29th of November, 2009.



	Me and Kaija Papu putting up our work Pitsihilli in the centre of Hyvinkää in June 2009. Statue Hitsaajat is made by Mauno Oittinen in 1960's. Photo by Kristiina Louhi.

	30.5.2009


	Yksijalkaisen kuningattaren villahousut, 2009, Gallery Huoltamo, Photo by Kaija Papu

	Sense of Reality....what’s that!?!? Taju09 –Todellisuuden taju is the summer show of Hyvinkää's Artist Association and Art Museum in Hyvinkää, and it’s curated by artist Teemu Mäki who was sensible enough to invite me and Kaija Papu to knit something awesome for the exhibition. We’ve had our twosome sweatshop for the past month and after square metres of hard work we’ll be ready to exhibit our piece among others, starting from 11th of June 2009 when the opening takes place in the centre of Hyvinkää. More about Taju09 and our artwork in www.todellisuudentaju.com. Oh yeah, and a million thank’s to Nordia Produkter, HITOMI and all the people who donated a great deal of beautiful, colorful yarn for us! Knitters United You can read about me and Kaija Papu and our knit-o-mania in the June issue of Voima magazine. Thank’s to Jari Tamminen for the enthusiastic interview and Klaus Welp for the amazingly fun photoshoot in the sea of yarn, and ice creams, yummm.. As you can learn from Voima, I'm coming to Pax Festival in Alppipuisto, Helsinki in the end of June and gather people to work on some beautiful knit tags for the urban surroundings. If you are intrested in participating, just show up in the park in 27th-28th of June 09. However, it’d be nice to know that someone is coming, so if you’re up for it, contact me at aino(at)kaino-kustanne.com. If you have no idea how to knit, I’ll teach you, and if you still don't know how, you can always make pom poms for my installation Pom Pom Puu. Triumph of Art Finally I'm allowed to reveal a secret! I was invited to the 4th Triennale of Pirkanmaa, which means I’ll be exhibiting my GEOMAGIKA in Tampere Art Museum in the fall 09. Other artists in the Triennale include Kaija Papu, Sami Sänpäkkilä, Sanni Seppä, Henrietta Lehtonen, Minna Suoniemi, Kati Roover, Tomas Regan, Jan Anderzén, Antti Pussinen, Jarno Vesala, Fanni Niemi-Junkola and Krister Gråhn, just to name a few, so I know it’s gonna be one gorgeous bash of art!

	23.2.2009

	Lovely! Me and Kaija Papu were awarded by the Foundation of Environmental Art of Finland, who chose our “Happiest Tree in the World” as Environmental Artwork of the year 2008 together with Helen Evans’ and Heiko Hansen’s “Green Cloud”. We are very proud of this honour and thank the Foundation of Environmental Art for the nice event and kind words! Hot town summer in Hyvinkää! Me and Kaija Papu were also invited to xzibit our art in Art Museum of Hyvinkää for their summer exhibition TAJU2009. Coolio! One-legged Queen is showing her long-johns in Gallery Huoltamo's 3-year-anniversary exhibition MEGALOMANIA. WHOOT!!? It's me and Kaija's beautiful knit graffiti of course. Go check it out in Suvantokatu 4, Tampere. The exhibition goes on 'til 22nd of March, but maybe queen won't take her panties off so soon...



	...I would like to thank all the people who visited “Planetaario” in Studio Mältinranta, all the critique and analysis, Mältinranta staff, Kaija, Eino, and most of all, all the sweethearts who lent their planets for the exhibition. The show’s over for now, but let’s not be sad! Another one is on its way!


	06.01.2009

	Warm Welcome to my surprise exhibition opening in Artcenter Mältinranta on Fri 23rd of January, 6-8pm! The exhibition is called GEOMAGIKA: Planetaario (Planetarium) and it’s an installation of a scientist’s lab where one is sketching the Universe. The show goes on ‘til 10th of February and is open Mon-Thu 12-18 and Fri-Sun 12-16 in Kuninkaankatu 2, Tampere. Check it out laddies!




	Sketching Milky Way

	Forget New Year’s Resolutions and join us on the dancefloor! Next Kaino Clubs on the 28th of January and 18th of February ’09 in Night Club Doris (Aleksanterinkatu 22, Tampere). Very special “syrup on the dancefloor”-theme in February. I promise to play some of these: 1. Camera Obscura: Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken 2. Nouvelle Vague: Making Plans for Nigel 3. Rättö ja Lehtisalo: Ihanan syyllinen pallokala

	20.11.2008


	Finally my website is open!



	I just found out that I’m having an exhibition next January in Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere, Finland. That will keep me busy for the next two months! More info when I know what I’m doing. But before that we should all party some So come to nightclub Doris (Aleksanterinkatu 22, Tampere) on Wednesdays 26th of Nov and 17th of Dec to see and hear mighty DJ’s Spektri-Petri (yours truly) and Risto Paristo play their favorite tunes. I promise to play at least these songs: 1. Leonard Cohen: So long, Marianne 2. Paavoharju: Tyttö tanssii 3. Joanna Newsom: Peach Plum Pear



	More info about our club from www.ravintoladoris.fi and www.kaino-kustanne.com