About

Photo: HAM/Kirsi Halkola

Tiina Raitanen (born 1983) is a sculptor living and working in Helsinki. Characteristic of Raitanen’s sculptures is that they consist of many parts and materials. She deals with questions such as observation, human traces, time, work and the existential struggle. While shaping her works Raitanen uses worn and faulty objects she has found from the urban environment. She examines them and works on the material by taking moulds, casting objects and rearranging their parts. Using her hands and body is an integral part of her creative artistic process. Materials, moulds and parts of the sculpture evolve slowly through different stages into an entity where they support each other both during the working process and in the final installation. 

She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2012 and completed professional project studies in sculpture at the Royal Institute of Art Stockholm from 2018 to 2019. Raitanen has created two public sculptures: The List (2022), located in Telakkaranta, Helsinki, in front of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA); and Those Who Wait and Those Who Arrive (2024), in the courtyard of the Aallokko family centre in Seinäjoki. Raitanen’s works are included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Cities of Helsinki and Seinäjoki, as well as in private collections. Her works have been featured in numerous exhibitions, including Pending, Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki 2025; New Ice Age, Galleria Mältinranta, Tampere 2023; Art Odyssey 2021, Serlachius museum Gösta, Mänttä 2021; Infiltration, SIC, Helsinki 2021; and  HARD, Sinne, Helsinki 2019. In 2024, Raitanen was awarded the William Thuring designated prize.

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