{"id":1105,"date":"2021-06-29T12:46:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T09:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designalonen.fi\/kari-alonen\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T07:42:37","slug":"kari-alonen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.designalonen.fi\/en\/kari-alonen\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari Alonen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kari Alonen<\/h1>\n

Kari Alonen (b.1953) is a long-standing visual artist from Central Finland who has become known both for his groundbreaking art and for the new combination of stone, glass and light. Social criticality and humor are percussion weapons with which Kari takes a stand on the grievances he sees. \u201cThe guerrilla humor beats the army of facts\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kari began his career as a civil servant, but he soon found that making art was more appealing than creating a career in an agency. The shortcomings of the system also meant that he did not want to be part of that system. On the contrary, these experiences act as a springboard for positional art. Eventually, for Kari, the desire to try overcame the fear of failure, and she ended her career as a civil servant to start making full-time art without any other livelihood. This is how the official became an artist.<\/p>\n

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Stone Glow<\/h1>\n

The first solo exhibition was held in 1984. The main part was cat sculptures made of slate. This was the beginning of Kari’s stone age, when the motto was “use the stone while you were still alive”. While holding an exhibition tour in Nordic prisons in the 1990s with the theme \u201cStone inside a stone\u201d, Kari arose with positive experiences the idea: \u201cThere is light inside a stone\u201d. Since then, he has developed a combination of stone, glass and light.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Light of Reason<\/h1>\n
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In recent years, Kari’s works have combined bronze, glass and light. This has given rise to e.g. book sculptures as the \u201cLight of Reason\u201d. Also to this day are monumental works.<\/p>\n

Bold and determined experimentation with materials has produced fresh and new types of art experiences. The combination of different sculptural materials is an indication that Kari\u2019s forms are evolving and in constant motion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Acknowledgments<\/h1>\n

Taike 2022<\/p>\n

Taike 2021<\/p>\n

Taike 2020<\/p>\n

Finland’s first light sculpture park in Pyk\u00e4listo became part of the “Finland 100 years” celebration program, which has been approved by the Prime Minister’s Office in 2017<\/p>\n

Finalist of the S-art competition, Helsinki 2015<\/p>\n

Invitation to the President of the Republic Independence Day 2015<\/p>\n

Finnish cultural fund 2015<\/p>\n

Taike 2015<\/p>\n

Growth Open Final 2014[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”600px” css=”.vc_custom_1552557526266{background-image: url(https:\/\/designalonen.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/KariAlonen-taiteilija.jpg?id=681) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”600px” css=”.vc_custom_1547627090944{background-image: url(https:\/\/designalonen.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/alonen_kari_jarjen_valo.jpg?id=175) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1681976447066{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 80px !important;padding-left: 80px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Latest exhibitions<\/h1>\n

Kajaani old parsonage summer exhibition \/ Kainuu poetry weeks 2022<\/p>\n

Oulu Lumolight Festival 2021<\/p>\n

Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 City of Light 2003 \u2013 2022<\/p>\n

Joensuu Visual Festival 2020<\/p>\n

Oulu Lumolight Festival 2019<\/p>\n

Helsinki Galleria Contempo 2018<\/p>\n

Helsinki 2018, Reflektor<\/p>\n

Fiskars 2018, Fire Light<\/p>\n

Isokyr\u00f6 2018, Kyr\u00f6 Fest<\/p>\n

Joensuu 2018, Visual Festival[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”top”][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”][vc_empty_space height=”500px” css=”.vc_custom_1681975334981{background-image: url(https:\/\/designalonen.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kari-alonen.png?id=108) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1681975427577{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Kari Alonen<\/h1>\n

Kari Alonen (b.1953) is a long-standing visual artist from Central Finland who has become known both for his groundbreaking art and for the new combination of stone, glass and light. Social criticality and humor are percussion weapons with which Kari takes a stand on the grievances he sees. \u201cThe guerrilla humor beats the army of facts\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kari began his career as a civil servant, but he soon found that making art was more appealing than creating a career in an agency. The shortcomings of the system also meant that he did not want to be part of that system. On the contrary, these experiences act as a springboard for positional art. Eventually, for Kari, the desire to try overcame the fear of failure, and she ended her career as a civil servant to start making full-time art without any other livelihood. This is how the official became an artist.<\/p>\n

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Stone Glow<\/h1>\n

The first solo exhibition was held in 1984. The main part was cat sculptures made of slate. This was the beginning of Kari’s stone age, when the motto was “use the stone while you were still alive”. While holding an exhibition tour in Nordic prisons in the 1990s with the theme \u201cStone inside a stone\u201d, Kari arose with positive experiences the idea: \u201cThere is light inside a stone\u201d. Since then, he has developed a combination of stone, glass and light.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Light of Reason<\/h1>\n
\n

In recent years, Kari’s works have combined bronze, glass and light. This has given rise to e.g. book sculptures as the \u201cLight of Reason\u201d. Also to this day are monumental works.<\/p>\n

Bold and determined experimentation with materials has produced fresh and new types of art experiences. The combination of different sculptural materials is an indication that Kari\u2019s forms are evolving and in constant motion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Acknowledgments<\/h1>\n

Taike 2022<\/p>\n

Taike 2021<\/p>\n

Taike 2020<\/p>\n

Finland’s first light sculpture park in Pyk\u00e4listo became part of the “Finland 100 years” celebration program, which has been approved by the Prime Minister’s Office in 2017<\/p>\n

Finalist of the S-art competition, Helsinki 2015<\/p>\n

Invitation to the President of the Republic Independence Day 2015<\/p>\n

Finnish cultural fund 2015<\/p>\n

Taike 2015<\/p>\n

Growth Open Final 2014[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”500px” css=”.vc_custom_1681975391083{background-image: url(https:\/\/designalonen.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/alonen_kari_jarjen_valo.jpg?id=175) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1681976456484{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Latest exhibitions<\/h1>\n

Kajaani old parsonage summer exhibition \/ Kainuu poetry weeks 2022<\/p>\n

Oulu Lumolight Festival 2021<\/p>\n

Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 City of Light 2003 \u2013 2022<\/p>\n

Joensuu Visual Festival 2020<\/p>\n

Oulu Lumolight Festival 2019<\/p>\n

Helsinki Galleria Contempo 2018<\/p>\n

Helsinki 2018, Reflektor<\/p>\n

Fiskars 2018, Fire Light<\/p>\n

Isokyr\u00f6 2018, Kyr\u00f6 Fest<\/p>\n

Joensuu 2018, Visual Festival[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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