Samuli Alonen
Samuli (b.1977) was allowed to grow up in a family where making art has always been present and where he was encouraged to realize his own strengths. Samuli, who is inclined to do by hand, studied design at the Kuopio Academy of Design.
During his studies, bronze aroused strong interest and immediately after graduating (2000) he realized his dreams and built his own studio in the Pykälistö guardhouse area in Jyväskylä. To support the creation of art, he acquired old train carriages and refurbished them for the tracks in the courtyard of the carriage gallery.
Citybird
At the beginning of the staging years, the making focused on wrought iron works and utensils. The relationship with bronze warmed sharply and the focus shifted from blacksmithing to bronze and steel works. Samuli’s business card has been sympathetic Citybird sculptures (2003 -), which have also flown abroad and are developing alongside their creators. At the other extreme of its size are large public works.
The latest exhibitions
Art Center Salmela Mäntyharju 2022
Galleria Contempo 2022, Helsinki
Sipoo, Gumbostrand Konst & Form, 2021
Lumo Light Festival, Oulu 2021
City of Light Jyväskylä 2021
Visual Festival Botania, Joensuu 2020
Galleria Contempo 2020, Helsinki
Art Center Salmela’s 30th anniversary exhibition, 2019
Kolner Liste fair for contemporary art 2018, Cologne Germany
Samuli Alonen
Samuli (b.1977) was allowed to grow up in a family where making art has always been present and where he was encouraged to realize his own strengths. Samuli, who is inclined to do by hand, studied design at the Kuopio Academy of Design.
During his studies, bronze aroused strong interest and immediately after graduating (2000) he realized his dreams and built his own studio in the Pykälistö guardhouse area in Jyväskylä. To support the creation of art, he acquired old train carriages and refurbished them for the tracks in the courtyard of the carriage gallery.
Citybird
At the beginning of the staging years, the making focused on wrought iron works and utensils. The relationship with bronze warmed sharply and the focus shifted from blacksmithing to bronze and steel works. Samuli’s business card has been sympathetic Citybird sculptures (2003 -), which have also flown abroad and are developing alongside their creators. At the other extreme of its size are large public works.
The latest exhibitions
Art Center Salmela Mäntyharju 2022
Galleria Contempo 2022, Helsinki
Sipoo, Gumbostrand Konst & Form, 2021
Lumo Light Festival, Oulu 2021
City of Light Jyväskylä 2021
Visual Festival Botania, Joensuu 2020
Galleria Contempo 2020, Helsinki
Art Center Salmela’s 30th anniversary exhibition, 2019
Kolner Liste fair for contemporary art 2018, Cologne Germany