Laura Ukkonen (b. 1977) is a Helsinki-based visual artist who draws and makes woodcuts, combines them with moving images and writes. Ukkonen is inspired by the self-portraits of women, home interiors and plants, as these are the subjects that women as artists have had access to throughout the centuries. What is femininity as defined by women themselves and what do their emotions tell us about women’s history? Laura Ukkonen graduated from Aalto University as a visual artist (TaM, 2012) and visual arts educator (TaM, 2019). She has also studied fine arts at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris (2010) and art history at the University of Turku (HuK). Ukkonen’s works are in the collections of the Helsinki and Jyväskylä Art Museums. Her most recent solo exhibitions have been at Galleria Ratamo in Jyväskylä, Poriginal Gallery (2023) and Galleria Huudo in Helsinki (2022). Texts related to her artistic work have been published in, for example, Taidejemmoja.
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