Sakari Kannosto (Finnish, b. 1973) is a multi-media artist working in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa, Finland with a primary focus on ceramics sculptures and large-scale installations. He creates fantastical figurative works inspired by Finnish folklore and fairytales, that explore the relationship between humankind and nature. While at first glance Kannosto’s brightly glazed creatures may seem whimsical and lighthearted, they are, in fact, based on an ancient Finnish myth that animals act as intermediators able to move between worlds and modulate form. Driven by contemporary environmental issues and their potentially disastrous outcomes, Kannosto reimagines these animals’ ability to adapt to the environment damaged by the industrial developed world.
Kannosto graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki in 2005. He was a visiting artist in residence at the Arabia Art Department in Helsinki, and thereafter became a permanent member of the department beginning in January 2020. He is a Lecturer of Fine Arts, Omnia, Espoo, and has excited his work widely.
SAKARI KANNOSTO
b. 1973, Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
2009-2011 Haaga-Helia, University of Applied Sciences
2000-2005 Academy of Fine arts, Department of Sculpture, Helsinki
1995-1998 UIAH, Open University of Art and Design, Helsinki
1990-1994 Visual Arts School of Helsinki
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Ark I, Library of Sello
2018 Media Igloo , Omnia, Espoo
2018 Galleria Mältinranta, Tampere
2017 Ceramic art, Restaurant Silvoplee, Helsinki
2017 Ark I, Omnia, Espoo
2017 Galleria Sculptor, May, Helsinki
2014 Africhicken, Gran Popo, Benin
2013 Border, Corridor of Omnia, Espoo
2007 Dream Speed, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki
2003 Beach Gallery, Järvenpää
Tieto- Enator, Gallen Kallela Museo, Espoo
2002 Perho Perhe, Butterfly family Sörnäisten rantatie, Helsinki
1999 Sculpture, Kulttuuriareena Gloria, Opening exhibition, Helsinki
1998 Sculptures, Restaurant Cantina West, Helsinki
TURN-ON, Sculptures, Sörnäisten taitotalo, Helsinki
TURN-ON Sculptures, Stoa-galleria, Helsinki
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Forest Primeval, Hostler & Burrows Gallery, Inaugural Group Exhibition,
Los Angeles, CA
TEOS 2020, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2019 Finlayson, Art Area, Himmelblau. Tampere
Mänttä Art festival, Curator: Marja Helander
Littala, Arabia Design Center
2018 Bela Biennal
Karhulan hovi, Kotka
Haihatus, Joutsa
Gallery Old Smoke, Merikarvia
About Clay- Fiskars
2016 Galleria Pirkko-Liisa Topelius: Kari Hakli, Kukka Paavilainen,
Sakari Kannosto
2015 Sculptures, Art goes kapakka, Tsiigaa! Goes graffiti, Cafe Engel
The news play of the week, Haihatus, Joutsa
2014 Ceramic on space, Desing museo, December 2014
Border, Objekti , Espoo
2013 Border, Hyvinkään asuntomessut, Hyvinkää
Artist chain-group exhibition, Blaue Fraue-group, Diana Teather, Helsinki
2012 Artists 2012, Art Hall of Helsinki
Art Forum, Exhibition Hall of Helsinki
Ceramega, Voipaala art center, Valkeakoski
2011 Art forum, Exhibition Hall of Helsinki
Ars Auttoinen, Ovi Rivoon
2010 FIDEM, Tampere Art museum
2009 Dream Speed, Honkahovi, Mänttä
2008 Suomen Taiteilijaseuran vuosinäyttely, Kuntsin nykytaiteen museo, Vaasa
Behind the Mustache, Cable factory, Helsinki
Ihme taidetta, Taidekeskus Ihana
2007 Tsiigaa, sculpture in Restaurant Bank, Art Goes Kapakka, Helsinki
V.I.P, 25 –Best artist in the Finland, Curator Jani Leinonen, Mänttä
2006 Art Supermarket, Gallerry Pikasso, Helsinki, Curator: Jani Leinonen
2005 Home, Vanha Kappalaisentalo, Porvoo
Academy of fine arts, Graduate exhibition, Helsinki Art Museum,
Tennispalatsi
Finnish medail guilt, Tampere Art museum
2004 FIDEM –Medail biennal, Lissabon
V.I.P – Academy of fine art, Corridor, Helsinki
Iron casting symposium, Tallinna
White. V.I.P Ruukki, Fiskars
Ceramic, Voipaala Art center, Valkeakoski
Hehku! – Ceramic happening, Kankaanpää
Art symposium, Itämerikeskus, Kellokoski
2003 Academy of Fine arts, Group exhibition
Art symposium, Itämerikeskus, Kellokoski
2002 FIDEM, Paris, France
Medallic art on Purnu, Orivesi
2001 Forces of light, MEMORY, Esplanaadi, Helsinki
Exhibition of young artists, Taidehalli/ Art hall of Helsinki
2000 FIDEM 2000, Weimar, Germany
TERROR 2000, ROR –Group, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Island
TERROR 2000, ROR –Group, INTO gallery, Helsinki
MEMBERSHIPS
2019 Arabian Art Department Society
2008 Medallic guild of Finland
2006 Association of Finnish sculptors
2006 Helsinki Artist Association
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The guild of medallic Art of Finland
National Museum of Finland
Art Museum of Tampere
State Art Collection
Private collections
