Kirsti Irmeli Kaunisto — a path to color
Official Portfolio
Paintings are windows. They make the world of invisible visible, to be observed at one's leisure, with one's perception. Like a gift unwrapped over and over again.
I do not impose limits of shape or color to my creation; the viewer can feel free to observe what he/she wants to see through the window I paint.
I live surrounded by music. Music feeds me, it is the balloon that lifts me so that I can observe the view from a distance. What I witness is an unpredictable pathway. Only passion an love toward my work is constant.
I both weep and rejoice on my explorations, and I can pass on my findings on paper, canvas or wood. I can only exclaim: what a chance that this work chose me!
I choose you to explore with me.
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The path
Diploma: art teacher 1971, Finland
Orivesi School of art
Kankaanpää School of art
Painter, professor Nandor Mikola
Painter, professor Liisa Juhantalo
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Exhibitions in
Finland
Sweden
Luxembourg
France
Portugal
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Awards
Osuuspankki Bank: III price, National Money Design Concours
1. Price, design contest, Ylöjärvi parrish altar piece
Salon d'Art, Les Aix d'Angillon, 1. prize, 1995, 1998, 2000
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Design collaborations (silk and linen prints design)
David Evans Co. of Kent, England
Cédric Brochier, Lyon, France
Unica Fashion, Tampere, Finland
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Illustrations
An Idylle and a Bouquet of Sorrows-
book of illustrations and poetry
1. edition 2009
2. edition 2016
Reseptien aarteet - cook book (Gummerus publishing) 2014
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Artwork permanently exposed, among others, at
Aito Savings Bank, Tampere, Finland
Ylöjärvi City Hall, Ylöjärvi, Finland
Mehiläinen Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Finnish embassy, Lissabon, Portugal
Ylöjärven Uutiset News Group private collection, Finland
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Present
AT DAWN, Mixed media on wooden panel.
JOY, Mixed media on wooden panel.
CHILDREN OF THE SUN, Mixed media on wooden panel.
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DAYDREAMER, cardboard work, Mixed media
A PARADISE BIRD, Mixed media on wooden panel
HARPSICHORD, Mixed media on wooden panel.
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The beauty of life runs through everything.
Irmeli Kaunisto
