Image: Suvi Forssén
Raimo Jaatinen
Sculptor
An artist´s statement by Raimo Jaatinen
My artist´s career has not been any straight line or one path, but rather a linkage of three different paths:
1. teaching of visual arts in different schools,
2. working as a bronze caster, and
3. creating my own art - sculptures, drawings, photos, installations etc.
Contant info:
raimojaatinen@hotmail.com
tel +358 50 511 3625
Aleksis Kiven katu 4-8 B 37
00500 Helsinki
Ateljee
Aittakalliontie 231, 01860 Perttula
An artist’s statement by Raimo Jaatinen
My artist´s career has not been any straight line or one path, but rather a linkage of three different paths:
1. teaching of visual arts in different schools,
2. working as a bronze caster, and
3. creating my own art - sculptures, drawings, photos, installations etc.
I have now more time for the third category, because I already draw a pension (since 2013). Before I was all the time so busy with other tasks that I too seldom had an oppourtunity to concentrate only on my creative work.
But I don´t regret the past and the other activities in my life. Teaching and casting have been an important source of income for me, and also I feel that these activities have improved my capacity as an artist.
While working as a teacher I have adopted a lot of creative attitude and skills from my talented students. Making casts for other artist has improved my technical skills which I have been able to benefit in my own art.
My works of art can also be divided in three categories. The first one includes almost naive, humoristic small sculptures, which can depict for instance happy fat ladies or funny animals.
The second line is totally different, because it includes not only sculptures cast in bronze, but also installations and mixed media works, which can comment the unjust treatment and exploitation of individuals, war, racism and some other hard subjects.
The third one is the section of the public works, including also some religious subjects like statues of angels in cemeteries.
My next exhibition takes place in Kuusamo, Kaamosgalleria in September. The second exhibition is in October, and it will take place at the library of Nurmijärvi. They have a gallery called Galleria Ville.
Raimo Jaatinen
Sculptor
Image: Suvi Forssén
An artist´s statement by Raimo Jaatinen
My artist´s career has not been any straight line or one path, but rather a linkage of three different paths:
1. teaching of visual arts in different schools,
2. working as a bronze caster, and
3. creating my own art - sculptures, drawings, photos, installations etc.
Yhteystiedot:
raimojaatinen@hotmail.com
tel. 050 511 3625
Aittakalliontie 231
01860 Perttula
An artist’s statement by Raimo Jaatinen
My artist´s career has not been any straight line or one path, but rather a linkage of three different paths:
1. teaching of visual arts in different schools,
2. working as a bronze caster, and
3. creating my own art - sculptures, drawings, photos, installations etc.
I have now more time for the third category, because I already draw a pension (since 2013). Before I was all the time so busy with other tasks that I too seldom had an oppourtunity to concentrate only on my creative work.
But I don´t regret the past and the other activities in my life. Teaching and casting have been an important source of income for me, and also I feel that these activities have improved my capacity as an artist.
While working as a teacher I have adopted a lot of creative attitude and skills from my talented students. Making casts for other artist has improved my technical skills which I have been able to benefit in my own art.
My works of art can also be divided in three categories. The first one includes almost naive, humoristic small sculptures, which can depict for instance happy fat ladies or funny animals.
The second line is totally different, because it includes not only sculptures cast in bronze, but also installations and mixed media works, which can comment the unjust treatment and exploitation of individuals, war, racism and some other hard subjects.
The third one is the section of the public works, including also some religious subjects like statues of angels in cemeteries.
My next exhibition takes place in Kuusamo, Kaamosgalleria in September. The second exhibition is in October, and it will take place at the library of Nurmijärvi. They have a gallery called Galleria Ville.
Studies
University of Art and Design, department of art pedagogics, Helsinki
One semester at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (Poland)
Group exhibitions
44 exhibitions since 1973
Works in collections
The Finnish National Museum
Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
The State of Finland
The British Museum
Slovacke Muzeum, Uherské Hradiste, Czech Republic
The most recent in Finland
Exhibition of art teachers group, Gallery Bremer, 2013
The Black Sun, sculptures of Raimo Jaatinen, Natalia Pozdniak and Alex Suomi
Gallery Laterna Magica, Helsinki, 2013
Aquarelles and sculptures of Aulikki Nukala, Marjatta Pänttäjä and Raimo Jaatinen
Culture House Poleeni, Pieksämäki, 2012
Vantaa Sculpture Park, Vantaa, 2011
The annual exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations
Mikkeli Art Museum, 2008
The most important international exhibitions
Exhibitions of Féderation Internationale de la Médaille d’Art (FIDEM)
London 1992
Budapest 1994
Neuchatel (Switzerland) 1996
The Hague 1998
Weimar (Germany) 2000
Paris 2002
Seixal (Portugal)2004
Colorado Spring s(USA) 2007
Tampere (Finland) 2010
Ghent 2016
Gallery
Medals
Naivism
Church art and public artworks
Editorialising artworks
Others
Atelier and foundry
Aittakalliontie 321
01860 Perttula