WILMA HURSKAINEN

Wilma Hurskainen
(b. 1979, Vantaa)
Currently based: Helsinki

Wilma Hurskaisen taiteen keskeisiä teemoja ovat muistiin ja henkilöhistoriaan sekä ihmisen ja muiden lajien yhteiseloon liittyvät kysymykset. Hurskainen on opiskellut valokuvausta Lahden Muotoiluinstituutissa ja Aalto-yliopistossa. Hän on pitänyt useita yksityisnäyttelyitä Euroopassa sekä osallistunut lukuisiin yhteisnäyttelyihin Euroopassa ja Aasiassa. Hurskainen on julkaissut kolme valokuvakirjaa: Kasvu/Growth, 2008, Heiress, 2012, ja The Woman Who Married a Horse, 2016. Hänen teoksiaan on useissa julkisissa ja yksityisissä taidekokoelmissa.


 

Wilma Hurskainen draws the central themes of her art from questions related to memory, personal history and the coexistence of humans and other species. Hurskainen studied photography in Lahti University of Applied Sciences Institute of Design and in the Aalto University. She has held several solo exhibitions in Europe and participated in a number of collective exhibitions in Europe and Asia. Hurskainen has published three photographic books: Kasvu/Growth, 2008, Heiress, 2012 and The Woman Who Married a Horse. Her works are featured in several public and private collections.

 

 


Mist (The Woman Who Married a Horse)

Puzzle (The Woman Who Married a Horse)

If We Ever Meet (The Woman Who Married a Horse)

Echo (The Woman Who Married a Horse)

Whiskers (The Woman Who Married a Horse)

How Much Longer (The Man Comes Around)

Order (The Man Comes Around)

The Road (The Man Comes Around)

There Are Over 300 Golf Courses in Arizona (The Man Comes Around)

You Can Keep the Change (The Man Comes Around)