Ines Laukkanen
Visual Artist
1993, Helsinki (FI)
Lives and works in Antwerp (BE)
The human figure is central in Ines Laukkanen’s work. Her paintings reflect on the human experience on a personal level through recurring themes such as belonging, vulnerability, nostalgia, intimacy and alienation. The figures in her paintings, who are people from her life, are always depicted as if they’re seen through the eyes of an outsider as their gaze is never fully directed to the viewer. This creates an uncanny tension between the spectator and the work. She works with oil paint on canvas and aquarelle on paper, following classical ways of figurative painting with a contemporary approach. Inspired by the language of film, she aims to create film-still like images where the spectator has a nearly voyeuristic view of the subject. With great passion for the craft and a sensitivity to the materiality of paint, she experiments with the paint as a metaphor for the themes in her work.
Education
2018 - 2019
Advanced Master of Research in Art & Design, St Lucas School of Arts Antwerp
2016 - 2017
Master of Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2013 - 2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Exhibitions
Solo
Upcoming 2023
00270, Galerie Pleiku, Berlin
2018
Beneath the Surface, K41, Brussels
2018
Detached, Loodwit Pop up, TOKO139, Antwerp
2017
To Be 2017: Ines Laukkanen, Maagdenhuismuseum, Antwerp
2016
Paintings by Ines Laukkanen, Kavka, Antwerp
Group
2022
The NordiK Government - D-raw-ing, K41, Brussels
2021
The NordiK Government: Af-ter-ing, Studio 68 Antwerp
2020
WeArtXL - The NordiK Government: Dis-Dancing, Vermeulen, Brussels
2020
De Blik / Le Regard / Der Blick / The Gaze, Morbee Gallery, curated by Daan Rau
2019
Deep Time, WARP Sint-Niklaas, curated by Stef Van Bellingen
2019
The Shape Shifts, Gallery Gallery, Antwerp
2019
Sample(s), Sint Lucas Antwerpen
2019
Velvet Ropes, Showhouse JayJay, Antwerp
2018
Copycats, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2017
Identity, K41, Brussels, curated by Krista Autio
2017
Located, Monty Kultuurfaktorij, Antwerp
2017
Masters2017 , Campus Paardenmarkt, Antwerp
2017
SAP - Sculpture and Painting, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2017
Boogie Woogie Wonderland, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2017
Plus één, Sint Lucas Antwerp
2016
Group exhibition, Martin van Blerk Gallery, Antwerp
2016
3! - Bachelor exhibition, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2016
The Vitrine Project, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2016
I don't really have time for that, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2016
Onderbroken Stad/Interrupted City, Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp
2014
Deuce, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Grants
2020
Exhibition grant for The NordiK Government, Finnish Institute Benelux
2020
Working grant - The Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Residencies
2019
WARP Sint-Niklaas
Publications
2021
KunstCahier #2, Zelfportretten van 22 kunstenaars, The ArtCouch, ed. Annelies Vanbelle & Frederic De Meyer
2019
The Likeness is Uncanny, a publication made on the occasion of MaNaMa, Sint Lucas
2019
The Shape Shifts, a collective publication of the participants of MaNaMa, Sint Lucas
2017
To Be 2017, catalogue
Artist Talks
2018
Artist talk with Krista Autio, K41, Brussels
Artist Collective
2020 -
The NordiK Government with Krista Autio, Elina Salminen, Maya Heiskanen and Laura Puska
Press
2019
De mysterieuze portretten van Ines Laukkanen, The Art Couch
2019
DEEP TIME, De Standaard
2019
Expo Deep Time bij WARP: met Roemeense en Finse EU-voorzitterschap als aanleiding, Het Laatste Nieuws
2017
To Be 2017 Catalogue
2017
Afgestudeerde kunstenaars exposeren op toplocaties, Het Laatste Nieuws