Annika Lahti

As the saying goes, maybe it is the journey that matters. My recent artworks are captured moments of life and the environment in which I live. Starting points for my works are very general, the city where I live, everyday situations, pondering the aging, nice moments, etc.

Through my artworks I wonder how much a person can influence the attitude towards the life and how you relate to environment you live in for example. What aspects you choose and do you have the power to choose how you feel, for example, while walking in the dark in November in the evening. Is this the situation which you would rather to avoid, or the opportunity to see the city lights more beautiful than ever against the natural darkness.

Sometimes, I try to look at ordinary everyday situations consciously from unusual point of view. Lately I have tried to describe the city I live in through my art from my point of view. I have concentrated to look at this city exactly how I experience it.

I work mainly in painting with acrylics on canvas and photography. My portfolio includes the old works I have made. I want to keep them in my portfolio, because I hope I can see and learn by looking at them if there has been happened any development in my working as a...

Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Pekka Halonen Academy - Visual and Media Arts

Featured in Saatchi Art Collections:

Originals for $ 1000 and Under. Curated by: Rebecca Wilson (November 2013)
Originals for $ 500 and Under.Curated by: Rebecca Wilson (March 2014)
Originals for $ 1000 and Under. Curated by: Rebecca Wilson (April 2014)
Originals for $ 1000 and Under. Curated by: Rebecca Wilson (May 2014)
Original Works for Under $ 1000. Curated by: Bridget Carron (June 2014)


Group exhibitions:
Paintings. Pihalla!- exhibition, Jätkäsaaren makasiini L3, Helsinki 2012
The Dress shortfilm animation ( Filmmakers: Annika Lahti ja Susanna Alanne ) Kuvis Movies gala 2012, Ateneum, Helsinki 2012
The Dress shorfilm animation ( Filmmakers: Annika Lahti ja Susanna Alanne ) Art Goes Kapakka- festival, Bar Socis, Helsinki 2012
Paintings. Art and Labour- exhibition, gallery Atski, Helsinki 2012
Paintings. Art and Comic course - exhibition , Haapaniemi Work - and Economic Development Office 2011
Photographs. Ahne 2007, Tallinn, Estonia 2007
Paintings. Pekka Halonen Academy graduation exhibition, Cable factory, puristamo, 2004


Other things:
One of the three winners in Talenthouse's Creative Invite:Design for Gary Russell Art.2013 The winner photograph has been exhibited at Craft Coffee, in London