Hilkka Asukas

Working life: in healthcare and guidance work. Play and drama group guidance for people with dementia 2005-2011 Guidance of arts and expression groups for people with intellectual disabilities 2011-2019. Art for me is a journey where everything is possible. You never know where your journey will take you, or how long it will be. Reflecting on something can bing new dimensions, whit means you have to keep going. I have written and illustrated 4 storybooks and worte the lyricis for 26 songs. Things can be expressed in many ways and with it you can find a new inspiring world. I can be reflective, profound , or joyfully carefree.
What is certain is that I am happiest when I get to make art.
Throughout my life various experiences, including bifficult things at work, have possible to make visible through art. For example, how does a person with dementia experience themselves and the world around them?
What is essential in this world? How can one live in this moment without the burden of the past? How to de grateful for what you experience? How a person is the sum of their experiences and that is why we are so different.
After the children's book projects, painting pictures has felt inspiring again.Through children's books, I seek the jo...

Handicraft Kankaanpää Collece 1992 year.
Textile artisan Oulu Institute of Culture and Techonology 2002-2004.
Basic studies in psychology Open University of Oulu 1998. Creative activities and drama. Diakonia University of Applied Sciences 2008.
Applied theatre Oulu Collece 2009

Private exhibition: Oil paintings Oulunsalo Varjakka Manor 2001.
Private exhibition: Textile art from natural materials. Alatemmes Vassuska workshop. 2003
Private exhibition: Oil paintings, art textiles, clay works. Muhos Birch and Star - Coltural Center 2017
Painting in public space: Winter Games. Metsola Manor, Oulu Finland.
Presentations Drama group: 4x Oulu health and sosial care students.