About the artist

I'm a visual artist from Finland, and in my work, I explore different emotions and the connection between people and nature, often using strong colors. In my paintings, I play with illusions of color, shape, and impression. When I paint, something unconscious breaks out on the canvas as a firework of colors. I see the world mostly through colors, and I hope my art brings a touch of that magic into the world.

- Anna Mikaela Jaanti

Photo © Sanna Helena Photography

Curriculum Vitae

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS & TRADE FAIRS

2024 Tras los Pasos de Dalí y Picasso, CAC Mijas (Centro de Arte Contemporáneo), Mijas Pueblo, Spain (group exhibition)

2024 Finland in Tokyo, Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (group exhibition)

2023 SALON INTERNATIONAL D'ART CONTEMPORAINE, Art Shopping Paris, Le Carrousel du Louvre,
Paris, France (group exhibition)

2023 Tras los Pasos de Dalí y Picasso, CAC Mijas (Centro de Arte Contemporáneo), Mijas Pueblo,
Spain (group exhibition)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND

2024 Toinen Iho / Homebody, Young Artist of the Month, Gumbostrand Konst & Form, Söderkulla (solo)

2024 AURINKO, EVA International Art Gallery, Helsinki (group exhibition)

2024 ART for Peace! EVA International Art Gallery, Helsinki (group exhibition)

2023 Fogga's Christmas, Galleria Fogga, Helsinki (group exhibition)

2023 Designkaveria ei jätetä! (group exhibition), Helsinki, joint work with textile artist Minna
Paasu (Muotoiset)

2023 PINK, EVA International Art Gallery, Helsinki (group exhibition)

2023 SUMMER, EVA International Art Gallery, Helsinki (group exhibition)

2023 LUX-US La Fiaba gallery, Jyväskylä (group exhibition)

2022 Order of 13 acrylic paintings for the Ukraine Help Center in Espoo

2017 Art exhibition JUURET Café Fleuriste, Helsinki, metal graphics and acrylic paintings (solo)

COLLABORATION

2023 Design collaboration with the Finnish jewelry company MAMAkoru : two
earrings for the MAMAkoru summer collection 2023

MEDIA & EVENTS

  • MIJAS COMUNICACIÓN SA, 'Tras los Pasos de Dalí y Picasso', en el CAC Mijas (newspaper article + television), 2023
  • Art'n Soul, Live painting, Skyroom, Clarion Hotel Helsinki, 2023
  • Growth Day & Kasvuryhmä Community's summer party, Live painting, Pikku-Finlandia, Helsinki 2024

MEMBERSHIPS

Helsingin Taideyhdistys HTY ry / Helsinki Art Association

STUDIES

2013–2018 Studies in metal graphics at the Joint Authority of Education in the Espoo region (Omnia)
2012 Studies in color theory and oil painting at Helsinki Finnish Adult Education Centre