Ville Laaksonen

Ville Laaksonen (born 1978) is a visual artist, curator and critic working in Turku and Helsinki, Finland. He’s contemporary esoteric works open gates, doors and windows to visualise heaven and hell on earth - and an aesthetic view on life through the vision of an idealist in beauty. Embracing spirituality life reveals its significance in its unique and delicate ways.

Laaksonen was stipendiate for the Union of Finnish Art Associations 2012 and exhibited in Varkaus Art Museum. At the same time Laaksonen had also been invited to exhibit in Artchapel, Turku and nominated as the curator for the Paulo Foundation Annual 2012. Laaksonen works actively on Finnish art scene and he has worked on several trusted positions. He is a member of Helsinki and Turku artists associations, Arte organisation and SKY, The Finnish Society for Curators. Laaksonen has exhibited in several solo and museum exhibitions.

2014- MA, Praxis - Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2009 MA, Art & Curating - Aalto University School of Arts, Helsinki
2002 BA, Art History - University of Turku, Turku

Solo exhibitions:
2013 Ville Väri: Dead (Art) - Gallery G12, Helsinki
2013 Living Art Trilogy: Belief - Gallery Å, Turku
2013 Living Art Trilogy: Live - Black Wall Gallery, Vaasa
2013 Living Art Trilogy: Life - Gallery Napa/Studio Mustanapa, Rovanniemi
2012 Fourth Dimention - (invited), Artchapel, Turku
2012 Third Eye - Stipendiate of Union of Finnish Art Associations, Museum of Varkaus, Varkaus
2011 The Other - Kapriisi Gallery, Tampere
2011 One - Katariina Gallery, Helsinki
2011 Idealist Trilogy: Love - Maaret Finnberg Gallery, Turku
2010 Idealist Trilogy: Hope - Poriginal Gallery, Pori
2010 Idealist Trilogy: Faith - Saskia Gallery, Tampere
2009 Time - Nefret Gallery, Turku
2006 Googles - Klubi Gallery, Turku

Group Exhibitions (selected)
2014 Anthems Of Reality Principle - Gallery Rajatila, Tampere (± Henna Aho)
2013 Waiting for the Expo 2015 - group exhibition, Gallery ArtMeet, Milan, Italy
2013 Pataphysische Topologien - Pataphysisches Institut Basel (PIB), Basel, Swizerland (± Henna Aho)
2013 Turu Väri: Love, I’m 24 hours Open for you - Gallery Pihatto, Lappeenranta. (± Henna Aho)
2013 Greatest of All is Love? - Wainö Aaltonen Museum (WAM), Turku. (± Henna Aho)
2012 Turu Väri: The Bigger Picture - LOG...