Aleksiina Salmi graduated from Kaarisilta as a visual artist in 2016 and has already participated in many exhibitions. Her subjects stem from reality, but she deals with them by means of fantasy. Vibrant colors, rhythmic surface work and brave layouts are repeated in the works. Salmi paints mainly animal subjects, but combines symbolic elements with them. Dark clouds, blood, and a strong backlight can shape the mood of the works so that the fun and lightness seen at first glance remain apparent, with darker shades beneath the surface. Salmi collects topics from trips and stories, but what matters is her own imagination. Often, text is also created in the background of the works. Salmi herself has said that visual arts give her space to breathe even when life is very hard. Images allow her to visit different places when travelling is limited.
Veikko Halmetoja
Aleksiina Salmi
Art Studio: Ateljee Eivor
I work as a professional artist – painting, having exhibitions, artist presentations and keeping in touch with my network in the art field. I consider myself an eternal student. I am interested in learning and new perspectives in making visual arts, as well as working with children. I have held a few children’s workshops related to my own exhibitions.
Artworks
Corona-trilogy: Missing People, Suffering People, Losts
- Year: 2020
- Size: á 50x40cm
- Art Form: Painting
CV
I work in my studio in Vantaa and at Ateljee Eivor at the Porvoo Art Factory.
b. 1994
Contact puh. +35850 3284332 tai skb.salmi@kolumbus.fi
Aleksiina’s artist page:
http://aleksiinasalmi.blogspot.com/
Memberships
2026 – Finnish Painters’ Union, candidate member
2016 – Vantaa Artists’ Association
Education
2019 Peer instructor, Peer Artists -project, Helsinki
2012 Artisan, visual arts, Kaarisilta, Koulutuskeskus Salpaus
Private exhibitions
2024/4 Paintings, Galleria Halmetoja, Mänttä
2022, Minä näen sinut – Näetkö sinä minut | I see you – Do you see me? Galleria IPIOMA, Helsinki
2022, Korona-trilogia | Covid-trilogy, City library OODI, Helsinki
2021, Eläimellistä menoa [Animal Antics], Galleria-käytävä, Peijas Hospital, Vantaa
2019, Unessa laukkaava Hevonen [Horse Galloping in a Dream], ARTag Gallery, Helsinki
2017, Huuma [Euphoria], Galleria-käytävä, Peijas Hospital, Vantaa
2016–2017, Elämäni kevät [Springtime of My Life], touring exhibition (10 venues / 10 months), a collaboration between the Vantaa Artists’ Association and the City of Vantaa Cultural Services, Vantaa
Group exhibitions
2026, Syyssalonki III, Finnish Painters’ Union Online Gallery
2026, Syksy [Autumn], Restaurant Fabriken, Porvoo Art Factory, Porvoo
2026, Kaarisilta Triennale, Lahti
2026, Finnish Painters’ Union Art Sales Exhibition, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2026, Kevät [Spring], Restaurant Fabriken, Porvoo Art Factory, Porvoo
2026, Talvi [Winter], Restaurant Fabriken, Porvoo
2025, Bileet! [Party!], 30th Anniversary Exhibition of the Vantaa Artists’ Association, Galleria Gjutars, Vantaa
2025, Monimuotoinen luontomme [Our Diverse Nature], Stansvik Manor / Galleria Fogga, Helsinki
2025, Kukkailotulitus [Flower Fireworks], Restaurant Fabriken, Porvoo
2024 Horizon, Lapua Art Museum
2024, Minun luomaa [Created by Me], Vuosaaren Tilajakamo, Helsinki
2023, Naivistit Iittalassa [Naivists in Iittala] Summer Exhibition, Iittala
2022–2023, Naivistit Iittalassa [Naivists in Iittala] Winter Exhibition, Iittala
2022, Taivas kattona [The Sky as a Roof], Naivistit Iittalassa [Naivists in Iittala] Summer Exhibition, Iittala
2022, My Everyday, Gallery Arx, Hämeenlinna
2021, ITE pilvessä [ITE in the Cloud], K.H. Renlund Museum, Kokkola
2021, Kaarisilta Biennale Goes Green / Outo metsä [Strange Forest], collaborative art project, Nastola
2019, Kuvakirja [The Picture Book], Nastola Summer Exhibition, Nastola
2019, Kaarisilta Biennale, Nastola
2018, Ihmeellinen luonto [Wonderful Nature], touring exhibition of the winners of the Papunet Visual Art Competition, Helsinki and Salo
2017, Helmenkalastajan matkassa [Journey with a Pearl Diver], Galleria Fogga, Helsinki
2017, Kaarisilta Biennale, Nastola
2016, Paljas maa kasvaa [The Bare Earth Grows], Art Kaarisilta, Helsinki
2016, Ei tarvi, se ota! [No Need, Just Take It!], Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti
2015, Joulunäyttely [Christmas Exhibition], Nastola
2015, Kaarisilta Biennale, Nastola
2015, Vihreä tanssilattia [Green Dance Floor], Art Kaarisilta, Helsinki
2015, Leijuvat paletit [Floating Palettes], Keski-Lahti Parish, Lahti
2014, Kaarisillan kuvataideopiskelijat [Kaarisilta Visual Arts Students], Harjula Settlement, Lahti
2014, Syvä syy [Deep Reason], Art Kaarisilta, Helsinki
2014, Mitä taide sanoi mennessään tien yli [What Art Said When Crossing the Road], Engel Warehouse, Nastola
2013, Hämärä [Twilight], Art Kaarisilta, Helsinki
2013, Olen tässä [I Am Here], Engel Warehouse, Nastola
Works in collections
Riikka Herlin Foundation
Image rights
2025 Leo-Lentopöllö | Leo – Flight Owl, Prometheus Camp Support Association
2022 Kalevi-Kuupöllö | Kalevi – Moon Owl, Prometheus Camp Support Association
2022 Leopardin Katse | The Gaze of The Leopard, Kehitysvammaliitto FAIDD Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Residency work
9/ 2026 Johannevik (Kettuki’s Artist Mentorship), Kirkkonummi
6/2026 Johannevik, Kirkkonummi
2025, Artist residency of Ateljee Eivor, Porvoo Art Factory
9/ 2024 Johannevik, Kirkkonummi
5/ 2023 Johannevik, Kirkkonummi
Other
2026–2027, Participant in Kettuki’s Artist Mentorship Programme
2023-24 working in the Well-being from art and nature group, “Elämänpuumetsä” -project
2023 participation in Kettuki’s peer mentoring program
Media and social media
2022, Press release for Naivistit Iittalassa, published in the City of Hämeenlinna’s ePress, 17 May 2022
2021, Harvinaisten opiskeluilta [Evening for Students with Rare Diseases], live-stream event, organized by the Rare Diseases Unit of the Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities (Invalidiliitto) and Harso ry, 26 August 2021
Participated alongside representatives of various rare diseases, sharing their experiences of studying.
2021, Social media takeover of the @nuoritaide Instagram account, 23 June 2021
Content archived in the Stories section of the @aleksiinasalmi account.
2021, Keskipohjanmaa, 4 June 2021, article on the origins and content of the ITE Museum exhibition
“Among the most touching statements are Aleksiina Salmi’s paintings conveying the atmosphere of the COVID-19 pandemic, expressing the burden of loneliness and the longing for human contact.”
2019, Helsingin Sanomat, “Lahden Nastola on taidekesän musta hevonen” [Nastola in Lahti Is the Dark Horse of the Art Summer], 27 July 2019
2016, Vantaan Sanomat, “Aleksiina Salmi elää vahvoin värein” [Aleksiina Salmi Lives in Bold Colours], 27 November 2016