(c)Joel Petzold 202301. Biography
Linda Linko (b. 1979) is a visual artist based in Helsinki. With a focus on painting and drawing, her expressive works share a distinct and recognizable touch. Exploring themes like the fleeting nature of experience, the passage of time, and inevitability, she approaches these subjects through both figurative and abstract methods. She describes her style as "colorful melancholia."
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Linda Linko (b. 1979) is a visual artist based in Helsinki. With a focus on painting and drawing, her expressive works share a distinct and recognizable touch. Exploring themes like the fleeting nature of experience, the passage of time, and inevitability, she approaches these subjects through both figurative and abstract methods. She describes her style as "colorful melancholia."
02. Contact
lindalinko (at) gmail.com
ig @lindalinko
03. Links
Saatchi
VFA
Lokal Creators
Marcy
OHO Gallery
Paint Poetry Sound
Kalkeriet Contemporary
Habitare
Around Journal
A Tiny Space
Frame Magazine
Helsingin Sanomat
HS/Kulttuuri
Slanted Magazine
It’s Nice That
Iittala Journal
04. Memberships
Finnish Painter's Union
Helsinki Artists’ Association
Grafia Ry
Kuvasto
Kopiosto
05. Works available
Lokal Gallery
Kalkeriet Contemporary
and by request
lindalinko (at) gmail.com
ig @lindalinko
03. Links
Saatchi
VFA
Lokal Creators
Marcy
OHO Gallery
Paint Poetry Sound
Kalkeriet Contemporary
Habitare
Around Journal
A Tiny Space
Frame Magazine
Helsingin Sanomat
HS/Kulttuuri
Slanted Magazine
It’s Nice That
Iittala Journal
04. Memberships
Finnish Painter's Union
Helsinki Artists’ Association
Grafia Ry
Kuvasto
Kopiosto
05. Works available
Lokal Gallery
Kalkeriet Contemporary
and by request
06. Exhibitions
Solo
2024 Knot, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2023 Horse Eye, Bud Helsinki (FI)
2022 Blush, Lokal Gallery Helsinki (FI)
2022 Echoes, Villa Filanda Antonini, Treviso (IT)
2022 Caldera, Marcy, Helsinki (FI)
2021 Burst Into, Oho Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2021 Battle, Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo (FI)
2020 Drunk from Love, Kämp Galleria, Helsinki (FI)
2019 Tiny Exhibition, Nordik Market, Paris (FR)
2017 Pttrns, Arabia Design Centre, Helsinki (FI)
2015 Mom & Daughter, Design Forum Showroom, Helsinki (FI)
2014 Harmony, Entropy, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki (FI)
Goup
2024 Forthcoming – Papier Vol.2, Paja&Bureau, Delphian Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2023 Symbiosis, Villa FIlanda Antotnini at Art Verona 2023 (IT)
2023 Kompott, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2023 Paimio Sanatorium 90, Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio (FI)
2022 Enigmatic, Marcy, Helsinki (FI)
2022 Synthesis, Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
2021 Dandelion, Delphian Gallery pop-up, Basel (CH)
2021 Summer Exhibition, Glasshouse Helsinki, Helsinki (FI)
2021 Top 100, The Auction Collective, London (GB)
2021 Spring Salon, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2019 Nordic Salon, Cité International Des Arts, Paris (FR)
2017 Finnish art Agency: The Superwood Festival, Hotel Rantapuisto, Helsinki (FI)
2016 Cut That Out, KK Outlet, London (UK)
2015 Tiny Space, Contact Lab, The Brewery, Los Angeles (US)
2015 We Live Here, Stockholm Designweek, Stockholm (SE)
2014 Amsterdam Series, Felix Mertis, Amsterdam (NL)
2014 Finland: Designed Environments, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis (US)
2014 Pick Me Up, Somerset House, London (UK)
2013 Don't Shoot the Messenger, Designmuseum, Helsinki (FI)
07. Collaborations
Apple (US) / Club Kaiku (FI) / Dazed Group (UK) / Design Museum (FI) / Directions Magazine (DE) / Four Seasons (US) / Frame Publications (NL) / Gap (US) / Henzel Studios (SE) / Iittala Arabia (FI) / Institut Finlandais / New York Times (US) / Penquin Books (UK) / Premiere Vision (FR) / Rimowa (FR)
08. Cv
Full Cv by request
Solo
2024 Knot, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2023 Horse Eye, Bud Helsinki (FI)
2022 Blush, Lokal Gallery Helsinki (FI)
2022 Echoes, Villa Filanda Antonini, Treviso (IT)
2022 Caldera, Marcy, Helsinki (FI)
2021 Burst Into, Oho Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2021 Battle, Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo (FI)
2020 Drunk from Love, Kämp Galleria, Helsinki (FI)
2019 Tiny Exhibition, Nordik Market, Paris (FR)
2017 Pttrns, Arabia Design Centre, Helsinki (FI)
2015 Mom & Daughter, Design Forum Showroom, Helsinki (FI)
2014 Harmony, Entropy, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki (FI)
Goup
2024 Forthcoming – Papier Vol.2, Paja&Bureau, Delphian Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2023 Symbiosis, Villa FIlanda Antotnini at Art Verona 2023 (IT)
2023 Kompott, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2023 Paimio Sanatorium 90, Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio (FI)
2022 Enigmatic, Marcy, Helsinki (FI)
2022 Synthesis, Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
2021 Dandelion, Delphian Gallery pop-up, Basel (CH)
2021 Summer Exhibition, Glasshouse Helsinki, Helsinki (FI)
2021 Top 100, The Auction Collective, London (GB)
2021 Spring Salon, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2019 Nordic Salon, Cité International Des Arts, Paris (FR)
2017 Finnish art Agency: The Superwood Festival, Hotel Rantapuisto, Helsinki (FI)
2016 Cut That Out, KK Outlet, London (UK)
2015 Tiny Space, Contact Lab, The Brewery, Los Angeles (US)
2015 We Live Here, Stockholm Designweek, Stockholm (SE)
2014 Amsterdam Series, Felix Mertis, Amsterdam (NL)
2014 Finland: Designed Environments, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis (US)
2014 Pick Me Up, Somerset House, London (UK)
2013 Don't Shoot the Messenger, Designmuseum, Helsinki (FI)
07. Collaborations
Apple (US) / Club Kaiku (FI) / Dazed Group (UK) / Design Museum (FI) / Directions Magazine (DE) / Four Seasons (US) / Frame Publications (NL) / Gap (US) / Henzel Studios (SE) / Iittala Arabia (FI) / Institut Finlandais / New York Times (US) / Penquin Books (UK) / Premiere Vision (FR) / Rimowa (FR)
08. Cv
Full Cv by request