Eero Lahtinen paints mythical gods and events related to the legends of different cultures. As a painter, Lahtinen is precise and has a strong vision of the finished work. Lahtinen says that painting is a nice thing to do: when the work is finished, it feels great.
In a painting series drawing on Japanese mythology, Lahtinen has depicted the creators of the world, Izanagi and Izanami, as well as the birth of the gods of the sun, moon and storm. In the painting Benten – the Japanese goddess of music, the white snake symbolizes jealousy.
Eero works at the Autism Foundation’s Vallila art studio. He has participated in several group exhibitions, such as the Kaarisilta Biennale, and in 2024 he held his first solo exhibition at Gallery IPIOMA.
Eero Lahtinen
Art Studio: Artstudio in Vallila
I started drawing things back in middle school. My best drawing was a three-headed dragon. After middle school, I didn’t draw much for a while. But something about the Vallila art studio got me excited about drawing again.
It all began when I was watching Marvel superheroes and Thor mentioned the Nine Realms. I decided to find out more about them. I searched for information from different sources and found a book about the gods of the Nordic countries. I drew pictures of the realms, and a little later I started painting them as well.
Artworks
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b. 1992
Eero Lahtinen has been working at the Vallila artstudio of Autism Foundation since 2017.
Contact: synnove.lindberg@autismisaatio.fi
Private exhibitions
2024 Tarujen lasimaalaus (Glasspainting of Fairytales), Gallery IPIOMA, Helsinki
Group exhibitions
2025 Viidakko (Jungle), Gallery Lilla Live, Espoo
2024 Avara maailma (Wide World), Muji small gallery
2023-2024 Five Windows, Autism Foundation’s pop-up touring exhibition in five cities. Artists Reita Rai Färm, Eero Lahtinen, Riina Noro, Juhani Rusanen and Jyry Sirén.
2023 Olipa kerran Iitu-koira, Megahammashai, Hattarahirviömies ja Stallone (Once upon a time there was a dog named Iitu, Megatoothshark, Cottoncandymonsterman and Stallone), Muji Small Gallery, Helsinki
2022- My Everyday – Arkipäiväinen – Nordic Outsider Art (NOA)- collaborative art work, Gallery ARX, Hämeenlinna 2022, Gallery IPIoma, Helsinki 2022, Textile Power, Handarbetets Vänner Galleri, Tukholma 2023, Näsin kartano, Porvoo 2024, Galleri Nord Norge, Harstad, Norja 2025
2022 Yläkerran mielikuvitusavaruus (Upstairs Imagination Space), Kalasatama Free City, Helsinki
2019 Kaarisilta Biennale, Kaarisilta and Art Kaarisilta, Nastola and Helsinki
2019 Information on using a paintbrush – Group exhibition of artists from the Autism Foundation, Samuli Paronen Hall, Riihimäki City Library, Riihimäki
2018 Rising Stars – Autism Foundation’s new artists’ group exhibition, Meeting Point Keppuli, Helsinki.
Works in collections
”Tarujen Lasimaalaus” (Glasspainting of Fairytales), Art Collection of Riikka Herlin Foundation