Antti Laitinen
Antti Laitinen’s extensive installation will blend with the woodland of Kiiminki, encouraging viewers to pause and see the water and wildlife in a new way. Inspired by his work with botanist Jouko Rikkinen (Professor, University of Helsinki), two large-scale kinetic installations incorporate moss and lichen – a bioindicator of air quality – exploring the impact of local pollution on their growth.
Bio
Antti Laitinen (born in Raahe 1975 and grew up in Oulu, Laitinen lives and works in Somerniemi, Finland) is a multidisciplinary artist transcending the mediums of sculpture, performance, installation, photography, and video. His work is characterized by a human intervention in nature, often with unpredictable results, as the central motif in his work. Often with humour, his manipulations of the Earth’s materials reveal nature in new and surprising ways.
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2004. Laitinen most recent solo exhibitions include WAM Turku City Art Museum, Finland; GSA Gallery, Stockholm; and La Patinoire Royale/Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels. He has participated in several important international group exhibitions, including at Borås Art Museum, Sweden; Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul; Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; Riverside Museum, Beijing; and The Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada, among others.
In 2013, Antti Laitinen represented Finland at the Venice Biennale. His works are included in numerous private and public collections, including the Saatchi Collection, the Zabludowicz Collection, the Saastamoinen Foundation Collection, ArtCenter/Istanbul, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art. He is represented in Finland by Galerie Anhava, Helsinki.
The exact locations of the artworks will be announced later. Climate Clock public art trail will launch in June 2026.