ARS MENTALIS
Finnish Contemporary art
Suomalaista nykytaidetta
Timo - Olavi   Jalkanen
Romantic of the 3rd millenium, minimalist artist from Finland,
makes unique contemporary photoart, graphics and installations
Kolmannenen vuosituhannen romantikko, suomalainen minimalisti taiteilija,
tekee uniikkia suomalaista valokuvataidetta, installaatioita, grafiikkaa

Timo-Olavi Jalkanen deliberately distances himself from copying the beauty of nature. Instead he transforms images of nature into windows to his own inner spiritual world. The spectators are drawn into the picture space, and they can sense the emotions he experienced at that moment he captured the scene. I described him to be Romantic artist, expressing Caspar David Friedrich way contemporary Finnish landscape . "Modern Post-tech Romantic maybe", he replied. Specifying that his artistic romanticism springs up as a contrast to his decades long, active hitech career (he worked as a computer and microprocessor designer e.g. in Nokia Corporation and was involved with people like Bill Gates). His need to escape from that short cycle time technological life was so strong, that now in his art, man-made objects do not exist; wooden rowboats being an exception. The picture frames can be made of wood he collected from the lake Pyhäjärvi in the photo locations. Broken rowboats, pieces of oars, and sunken boards of old jetties have now got a new life as frames and installations. All his works are unique. There are no copies of them. T-O Jalkanen works and lives in Pispala, suburb of Tampere, Finland.

Pispalalainen 1/2007:
Artikkeli veden päältä ja alta

Pispala Vilkkari-Off haastattelu

Ars Mentalis images and CV

TV Programs and Videos

Exhibition Catalogues

Art Exhibition Available
to international tour for museums and galleries:
"Impresiones Nordicas"


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Photos are not manipulated.