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. 

Tiina Raitanen graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2012. In 2018-2019, Raitanen took project studies in sculpture for professional artists at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. She has made two large-scale public sculptures commissioned by the cities of Helsinki and Seinäjoki. In recent years, Raitanen has also shown her works in the New Ice Age exhibition at the Gallery Mältinranta in Tampere 2023 and in the Art Odyssey 2021 group exhibition at the Art Museum Gösta, Serlachius Museum in Mänttä 2021. Her works are included in the collections of the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, the HAM Helsinki Art Museum, the City of Seinäjoki and private collections. She has been working in several artists residencies abroad. Raitanen is a member of the Association of Finnish Sculptors.

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