The works of painter, printmaker, photographer and professor Kuutti Lavonen (b. 1960) fills the Aine Art Museum for the summer. Lavonen’s exhibition Sailing into Silence presents the artist’s production over several decades as well as the latest works completed for this exhibition.
Kuutti Lavonen has worked as a visual artist since 1978 and has held numerous solo exhibitions in Finland and abroad. Lavonen’s best-known works include the decoration and painting works of St. Olav’s Church in Tyrvää together with Osmo Rauhala (2006–2009) and the altar painting of St. Paul’s Church in Tartu (2015). Lavonen has been a professor of graphic arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1999–2003 and the founder of Helsingin Kivipaino.
In 2021, Lavonen was awarded the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s grand prize for his life’s work as a reformer of Finnish graphic art and as an inspirer of new generations of artists. Lavonen’s works often contain references to old European art such as Italian Renaissance and Baroque art. The exhibition at the Aine Art Museum presents the artist’s work from several different collections as well as new works.
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Kuutti Lavonen – Sailing into Silence
24.5.–29.9.2024
Torikatu 2, 95400 Tornio