Simo Helenius

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Basic information

b. 1942, Koski TI

Sculptor

Residence: Turku

Contact information

Email: simo.j.helenius@outlook.com

Artist’s Statement

I have received a classical art education but during my whole working career I have been interested to test new ways of sculptural expression and materials. The theoretical starting points of my working and theme selections have always been humanity, optimism and playfull and warm hearted humour.

My current works can be described with the words "simplified figurative sculptures" and "commentative object sculptures".

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Works from the artist

Name of the work: Kaksin, 1966, puuveistos, korkeus 40 cm

Name of the work: Pop-taidetta, 1969-1973, keinonahka ja metalli

Name of the work: Elämän myötä, 1979, betoniveistos, korkeus 100 cm

Name of the work: Tytön pää, 1982, puuveistos, korkeus 50 cm

Name of the work: Se pyörii sittenkin, 1984, kiviveistos, korkeus 280 cm

Name of the work: Hirsiveistoksia Turun taidemuseon näyttelyssä, 1984

Name of the work: Pieni klovni, 1985, puuveistos, korkeus 90 cm

Name of the work: Mies aurana, 1985, puuveistos, korkeus 100 cm, leveys 90 cm, pituus 300 cm

Name of the work: Tuulessa, 1992, puuveistos, korkeus 70 cm, pituus 120 cm

Name of the work: Ihmisen pojan salaisuus, 1998, alttariveistos

Name of the work: Mahdollisuus, 2000, puuveistos, korkeus 350 cm

Name of the work: Tuulenpesä, 2002, puuveistos, korkeus 90 cm

Name of the work: Kokka, 2011, tilateos, korkeus 350 cm

Name of the work: Jöröjukka, 2012, puuveistos, korkeus 300 cm

Name of the work: Mollamaija, 2013, puuveistos, korkeus 200 cm

Name of the work: Koiraihminen, 2015, puuveistos, korkeus 40 cm

Name of the work: Puuveistoksia Wäinö Aaltosen museon näyttelyssä, 2018

Name of the work: Askelten evoluutiosta pyörien teknologiaan, 2018, puu/vaneriveistos, korkeus 400 cm

Bio

Simo Helenius (born in 1942 in Koski Tl, Finland) graduated in sculpture from the Turku Art School in 1969. He started his participation in art exhibitions in 1967 and since then he has participated in many art exhibitions both in Finland and abroad. In 2018, Helenius was invited to keep a large retrospective art exhibition in Wäinö Aaltonen Museum in Turku, Finland.

As a sculptor Helenius has settled on the figurative expression and the use of many kind of recyckling materials in his works after a wide spectrum of many different art styles for example pop-art, realism and expressionism.