Teija-Tuulia Ahola
Basic information
b. 1963, Tampere
visual artist
Residence: TAMPERE
Contact information
Phone number: +358401531353
Email: ahola@teija-tuulia.com
Artist’s Statement
Gold is thought to have been produced by the intense heat of supernovas at the dawn of the universe when neutron stars collided. These rare cosmic events explain golds scarcity in the world. It is intriguing to work with a material born from such powerful and ancient forces, it is somehow divine.
Over the past twenty years I have developed and explored various techniques using gold, more recently I have included other metals like silver, aluminium, palladium, steel, copper along with gold.
Precious and semi-precious metals in the form of leaf entered my practice after realizing a series of large public art works for windows. I was interested by the way light changes during the time of day and season. I realized that gold leaf has a similar way of softly mirroring subtle changes in light, environment, and time. Reflections in the surface of gold are like a window into another reality.
The surfaces of my work are often highly decorative – I want to seduce the viewer into stopping in front of the art work and surrendering to it.
For me the immediate sensual experience of the viewer is often more important than an analytical response.
Over the past twenty years I have developed and explored various techniques using gold, more recently I have included other metals like silver, aluminium, palladium, steel, copper along with gold.
Precious and semi-precious metals in the form of leaf entered my practice after realizing a series of large public art works for windows. I was interested by the way light changes during the time of day and season. I realized that gold leaf has a similar way of softly mirroring subtle changes in light, environment, and time. Reflections in the surface of gold are like a window into another reality.
The surfaces of my work are often highly decorative – I want to seduce the viewer into stopping in front of the art work and surrendering to it.
For me the immediate sensual experience of the viewer is often more important than an analytical response.