21.03. - 12.05.2024
Daniel
Hahta “Itäharju”
Daniel
Hahta (born in 1994) comes from Turku. In 2001, he moved to the
Itäharju district and immediately this area became the main subject
of his artworks. Hahta creates imaginary views of Itäharju, based on
his personal perception. His work combines precision and fantasy.
Hahta depicts Itäharju as an undeveloped and open landscape, where
the wide flowing surfaces are enriched by small eye-catching details.
When working, he uses a liquid calligraphy marker, often also a
wooden stick and a fine brush.
Daniel Hahta is a member of the association Art Centre Into and works at ArtPompo, the art centre of the association, in Turku. Hahta is a member of the community’s art group Into ArtNotes and a group of youth art workshops. Since 2016, sculptor Sinikka Mäki-Lertola and visual artist Eija Ruoho have been his mentors.
Hahta has participated in exhibitions since 2018, and his first solo exhibition took place in 2023 at Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova gallery Into.
Every year since 2004, an artist has been chosen to be the Kettuki Artist of the Year. This year, the Head of Kondas Centre, Mari Vallikivi had the honor to choose the best artist among many excellent candidates. On her decision, Daniel Hahta from Turku became the artist of 2024. “His art is impressive in its perfection. The great variability is surprising: sometimes he fills the picture from edge to edge, other times he leaves a lot of empty space in his works. Although Daniel Hahta depicts specific places and landscapes in great detail, the works leave an abstract impression of a non-specific landscape," wrote Mari Vallikivi explaining her choice.
His works from the last few years will be on display at the solo exhibition at the Kondas Centre.
The exhibition will include a video that introduces Daniel Hahta's working method. The video is produced by Taidekeskus Into ry 2023
©Daniel Hahta, Eija Ruoho, Sinikka Mäki-Lertola, Taidekeskus Into ry. Filming, cut, montage: Joel Karlsson
Curator
of the exhibition: Mari Vallikivi
We
thank: Daniel Hahta, Kettuki ry, Art Center Into ry, Mare Hunt, Mari
Meister, Eva Laantee Reintamm
21.03. - 05.05.2024
Exhibition "You can never know unless you are sure". Kettuki Artists of the Year.
This
exhibition is a guest exhibition of Kettuki, a long-time cooperation
partner of Kondas Center.
Kettuki is a nationwide network of studios in Finland for artists who work outside the mainstream. The association was founded in 2002 and since the beginning their aim has been to achieve equality in the arts and to improve the opportunities for people in need of additional support to learn and practice art in both professional and recreational contexts.
The association includes both professional and outsider artists along with art experts, as well as over 20 art, culture and social organisations. Kettuki is the founder and coordinator of the NOA Nordic Outsider Art network. Since 2004, the Kettuki Artist of the Year has been selected every year, where the artist is chosen from among many candidates, and one of the criterias is the artist’s unique personal style.
The exhibition "You can never know unless you are sure" has a collection of works from various Kettuki Artists of the Year in the range of 20 years. The title of this exhibition is borrowed from the artwork of Kettuki Artist of the Year 2010 Matti Rauhaniemi. Exhibited are the works of the following artists: Harri Blomberg, Joannis Clementides, Paul Gustafsson, Hanna Keynäs, Kalevi Helvetti, Antero Laine, Kirsi Mikkonen, Riina Noro, Tiina Elina Nurminen, Aleksi Pietikäinen, Tuula Rantanen, Matti Rauhaniemi, Kenneth Rasmussen, Miia Ruohonen, Pasi Soukkala.
In addition to the aforementioned, a personal exhibition of Daniel Hahta, who was chosen as Kettuki Artist of the Year 2024, is also open in Kondas.
Both exhibitions are pilot projects for the exhibition series "Hidden Worlds Expanding”, which is part of the main program of European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024.
The Kondas Center thanks Kettuki ry for the honor of organising the exhibition of the Kettuki Artist of the Year 2024 and for the opportunity to present to the Estonian audience the fruits of Kettuki's 20 years of work.
Curator
of the exhibition: Mari Vallikivi
We thank: Daniel Hahta, Kettuki ry, Art Center Into ry, Mare Hunt, Mari Meister, Eva Laantee Reintamm
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20.03. - 28.04.2024
Paintings by Valev Sein
I AM UP
I’ve
been many times to Viljandi to „get“, but this is the first time
I’ve come to bring something.
Without sinking into the deep lake of explanations – these are solemnly formalized thoughts in their own juice.
If anyone here interacts with you, you can say that we have met.
See you at Kondas, up...