Joannis Clementideksen taiteilijapotretti.
AUTISMISÄÄTIÖ 20230113 HELSINKI Autismisäätiön taiteilijat, Joannis Clementides. Kuva Pekka Elomaa

Joannis Clementides

Art Studio: Artstudio in Vallila

In my art, I deal with film stars, religion, history, nature and Greece but also other countries. Art means a lot to me, it gives purpose to life. I think that through art we can learn something new about ourselves and each other. I hope that people who look at my art will learn something.

Artworks

The Demon A scene from a 1979 film by Percival Rubens 2024 Joannis Clementides

The Demon A scene from a 1979 film by Percival Rubens

  • Year: 2024
  • Size: 8x15x10 cm
  • Art Form: Sculpture, Ceramics
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TaeKwonDo Korean comic strip 2024 Joannis Clementides

TaeKwonDo Korean comic strip

  • Year: 2024
  • Size: 21x29 cm
  • Art Form: Drawing, Comic Art
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Olympics 2023 Joannis Clementides

Olympics

  • Year: 2023
  • Size: 50x61 cm
  • Art Form: Painting, Mixed media
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Loppi Sajaniemi Evangelical Lutheran Church 2024 Joannis Clementides

Loppi Sajaniemi Evangelical Lutheran Church

  • Year: 2024
  • Size: 38x46 cm
  • Art Form: Painting, Mixed media
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Greece Macedonia Kozani 2024 Joannis Clementides

Greece Macedonia Kozani

  • Year: 2024
  • Size: 55x46 cm
  • Art Form: Painting, Mixed media
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I Travel Under the Stars (self-portrait as Darth Vader) 2021 Joannis Clementides

I Travel Under the Stars (self-portrait as Darth Vader)

  • Year: 2021
  • Size: 170x80
  • Art Form: Painting, Mixed media
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Martti Ahtisaari 2019 Joannis Clementides

Martti Ahtisaari

  • Year: 2019
  • Size: 50x40
  • Art Form: Painting
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Self-portrait at home 2020 Joannis Clementides

Self-portrait at home

  • Year: 2020
  • Size: 140x120
  • Art Form: Painting
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Reform (Orthodox Communion Cup) 2021 Joannis Clementides

Reform (Orthodox Communion Cup)

  • Year: 2021
  • Size: 30x15x15
  • Art Form: Sculpture, Ceramics
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Unknown Soldier 2020 Joannis Clementides

Unknown Soldier

  • Year: 2020
  • Size: 50x61
  • Art Form: Painting
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Sylvester Stallone 2019 Joannis Clementides

Sylvester Stallone

  • Year: 2019
  • Size: 30x20cm
  • Art Form: Painting
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Anaconda 2020 Joannis Clementides

Anaconda

  • Year: 2020
  • Size: 60x80cm
  • Art Form: Painting
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Satan 2019 Joannis Clementides

Satan

  • Year: 2019
  • Size: 40cm
  • Art Form: Ceramics
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Jesus 2019 Joannis Clementides

Jesus

  • Year: 2019
  • Size: 40cm
  • Art Form: Ceramics
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Joannis Clementides 2019 Joannis Clementides

Joannis Clementides

  • Year: 2019
  • Size: 190 cm
  • Art Form: Sculpture, Mixed media
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John Kennedy 2020 Joannis Clementides

John Kennedy

  • Year: 2020
  • Size: 46x55cm
  • Art Form: Painting
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Bruce Lee 2020 Joannis Clementides

Bruce Lee

  • Year: 2020
  • Size: 54x65cm
  • Art Form: Painting
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Crete, Hania 2015 Joannis Clementides

Crete, Hania

  • Year: 2015
  • Size: 90x120cm
  • Art Form: Painting
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Crete, Rethymno 2015 Joannis Clementides

Crete, Rethymno

  • Year: 2015
  • Size: 100x100
  • Art Form: Painting
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CV

Joannis Clementides has been working at the Vallila’s artstudio of Autismisäätiö since 2010.

Contact: synnove.lindberg@autismisaatio.fi

Education

1997-1998 Sisustus- ja rakennusmaalari, Ammatti-instituutti, Helsinki
1986-1989 Rakennusmaalari-, putkimies- ja puutarhakurssit, Tekniikkakoulu OAED ja Ioannis Sygros -koulu, Ateena, Kreikka

Private exhibition

2023 Big People, Gallery IPIOMA, Helsinki
2021 I Travel Under the Stars, Promenadigalleria, Hyvinkää
2019 Sankareiden seikkailua, Ihme ja kumma, Salo
2018 Adventurous Heroes, AutisMovie Festival, Cagliari, Italia
2018 Sankareiden seikkailua, Autism Film Festival, Helsinki
2017 Luontoa ja filmitähtiä, Kohtaamispaikka Keppuli, Helsinki

Group exhibition

2025 Jungle, Autism Foundation group exhibition, Gallery Lilla-Live, Espoo
2025-2022 My Everyday – collaborative artwork and exhibitions with NOA Nordic Outsider Art network, Gallery ARX in Hämeenlinna 2022, Gallery IPIOMA in Helsinki 2022, HV-Galleri in Stockholm 2023, Näsin kartano in Porvoo 2024 and Galleri Nord Norge in Harstad 2025
2024 You can never know unless you are sure, group exhibition of Kettuki’s artists of the year, Kondase center, Viljandi, Estonia
2024 Avara maailma (Wide World), Autism Foundation group exhibition, MUJI Small Gallery, Helsinki
2023 Imagine Everyday! Outsider Art Finland. Christmas market exhibition, Pertti’s Choice Gallery, Helsinki 2023
2023 Kaarisilta Biennale 2023, Kaarisilta Art and Activity Center and Gallery Art Kaarisilta,
Nastola and Helsinki
2023 Once Upon a Time There Was Iitu the Dog, Mega Tooth Shark, Cotton Candy Monster, and Stallone. Muji Small Gallery, Helsinki
2022 Hei muuten/By the way comic book exhibition, comic originals from Hei muuten/By the way publication, Turku Book Fair
2022 Outsider Art Festival, Pertti’s Choice Gallery, Helsinki
2022 Upstairs Imagination Space, Kalasataman Vapaakaupunki, Helsinki
2022 My Everyday | Arkipäiväinen – Joint artwork and exhibitions with NOA Nordic Outsider Art network, Gallery ARX in Hämeenlinna and Gallery IPIOMA in Helsinki
2022 Comics from the Spectrum exhibition tour, comic originals from Comics from the Spectrum publication (Sarjakuvia kirjolta). Sampola library, Tampere, Seinäjoki main library, Seinäjoki, Gallery Art Kaarisilta, Helsinki
2021 The Hero of Your Own Life, Kettuki, Kortteli2, Hämeenlinna. The patron of the exhibition Ilkka-Juhani Takalo-Eskola
2020 Täällä voin olla mä -Autismisäätiön ryhmänäyttely, Galleria Art Kaarisilta, Sanomatalo, Helsinki. Check out the exhibition virtually
2020 Taiteilijat Lapinlahdessa, Lapinlahden sairaala, Helsinki
2020 Pelin henki, Galleria kulma, Taidetehdas, Porvoo
2019 EU-parlamentin galleria, Bryssel
2019 Pertin Valinta
2019 Ihmevempulajengi koossa, jo oli aikakin! Ihme ja kumma, Salo
2019 Kaarisilta Biennale, Kaarisillan taide- ja toimintakeskus ja galleria Art Kaarisilta, Nastola ja Helsinki
2019 Kotka Art, Galleria Uusikuva ja Haukkavuoren näkötorni, Kotka
2019 Tonnikalaa vedessä, partavaahtoa ja poni, Autism film festival, Helsinki
2019 Älä puutu mun asioihin, galleria Art Kaarisilta
2017 Sininen Pilvilinna, Sininen sirkus –kollektiivi, Kulttuurikeskus Sähinän galleria, Helsinki
2017 Kaarisilta Biennale, Kaarisillan taide- ja toimintakeskus ja galleria Art Kaarisilta, Nastola ja Helsinki
2017 Cross Over -festivaali, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
2017 ROCK AND SOFT, Galleria Art Kaarisilta, Sanomatalo, Helsinki
2017 Sinisen pellen mystiikka, Sininen sirkus -kollektiivi ja Hanna Keynäs, Kumppanuustalo, Hämeenlinna
2016 Sininen sirkus, Kirjasto 10, Helsinki
2016 Taidepajan kevätnäyttely, Autismisäätiön Vallilan ohjaus ja valmennuspalvelut, Helsinki
2015 Kaarisilta Biennale, taide- ja toimintakeskuks ja galleria Art Kaarisilta, Nastola ja Helsinki

Works in collections

2023 Riikka Herlin Foundation
2022 Autism Foundation Finland
2022 Tampere City Library’s Pirkanmaa Collection
2021 The Kettuki Art Collection
2021 Kemi Art Museum

Public works

2016 Sähkökaappimaalaus, suunnittelu ja toteutus työryhmän kanssa, Elimäenkatu 21, Helsinki

Memberships

2017- Sininen sirkus –taidekollektiivi
2019-2022 Teatterityhmä Vautsi

Grants

2021 Kettuki’s Artist of the Year, 1000 €, Kansan Sivistysrahasto
2020 Projektiapuraha, Taiteen edistämiskeskus. Keraamisten veistosten toteuttamiseen. Projektiapuraha työryhmälle, Autismisäätiön Teatteriryhmä Vautsin näytelmän toteutukseen.

Publications

2024. Comic book Tulijumala (Fire God). ISBN 978-952-7454-61-9. Publisher Zum Teufel
2022-2024 Hei muuten! (Hi by the way) A cartoon project organized by comic artist Miissa Rantanen and financed by the Kone foundation. Featuring special artists from the Autism Foundation and the Aula workplace. Comics on display at the Turku Book Fair 2022.
2022 Comics on the Spectrum – The comics for Comics on the Spectrum magazine were made in comics workshops led by Miissa Rantanen and Hannele Richert in the fall of 2021. Comics workshops, Comics on the Spectrum magazine and the spring 2022 exhibition tour in Tampere, Seinäjoki and In Helsinki, it was carried out in the Autism Foundation’s cartoon project in cooperation with the Finnish Cartoon Society and the Comic Book Center. The project was supported by the Art Promotion Center Finland.

Awards and others

2021 Kettuki’s Artist of the Year 2021

Autism Foundation’s art studios on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sininensirkus/

Published: 01.03.2022 Modified: 21.02.2025