Bio
Taru Happonen (b. 1989, Lahti) is a Helsinki-based visual artist working with painting and sculpture. Influenced by natural sciences and science fiction, her work often incorporates recurring surfaces and structures found in nature. Different layers have been peeled into view.
She explores a complex, ever-changing world from both cosmic and microscopic perspectives, employing a diverse range of materials. Organic and synthetic elements are intricately intertwined.
Her artworks emphasize the significance of wonder, portraying the world as both intricate and in constant flux. The interplay of surfaces, forms, and materials in her pieces creates connections, highlighting the unity of life, continuity, and the deep layers of time.
She earned a Master’s degree in 2023 from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki. Her works are included in the collections of Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, the Finnish State Art Deposit Collection, and the HUS Art Collection.
She explores a complex, ever-changing world from both cosmic and microscopic perspectives, employing a diverse range of materials. Organic and synthetic elements are intricately intertwined.
Her artworks emphasize the significance of wonder, portraying the world as both intricate and in constant flux. The interplay of surfaces, forms, and materials in her pieces creates connections, highlighting the unity of life, continuity, and the deep layers of time.
She earned a Master’s degree in 2023 from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki. Her works are included in the collections of Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, the Finnish State Art Deposit Collection, and the HUS Art Collection.