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eino ahonen

Painter, graphic artist born 21 May 1941, Helsinki Lives and works in Kiuruvesi

Eino Ahonen studied at the Turku Art Association’s school from 1958-60, and went on to Helsinki to round out his studies with Prof. Aukusti Tuhka’s graphics course from 1960-62. His debut was in the early phase of his studies in Turku in 1959, after which he has taken part in many exhibits both in Finland and abroad.

After his years spent studying in Helsinki Ahonen moved back to his hometown of Kiuruvesi, where he has worked since 1970. In Kiuruvesi he has enjoyed the peace of nature, which has also offered a peaceful environment for his work. Ahonen says he loves nature in all seasons. His natural surroundings have enabled him to follow its constantly changing cycle, the birth of the new and death of the old.

Ahonen is an artist whose work lives and stays rooted in the present. In his multifaceted works such as graphics, collages, drawings and oils he has made use of the medias’ endless possibilities while acting as a sharp, external observer. His works take a social stand and include critical allusions to historic events, politics and religion. He has criticised authority and those who hold it, and the absurdity of man’s actions as he destroys himself.

Ahonen’s works are analogies of issues and events that he describes in pictures rather than words. His works show people’s lives as absurd but also present warm, humane pictures. In the work Lähetyssaarnaaja from 1978 Ahonen challenges the viewers to open their eyes to issues and to think.