Niko Vartiainen

 
 

Projects

The Cutting Chaos

Concept, Editorial Design and Art Direction (2021)

The Cutting Chaos is a 244 paged, hardcover art book that showcases studios and different creative places of 28 collage artists around the globe.

@thecuttingchaos

Toombes.com

Curating, Edit and Art Direction (2016 –)

Toombes is an independent online art journal showcasing contemporary visual culture with a strong focus on collage and mixed media.

Toombes.com

Cults Of Life

Curating, Editorial Design and Art Direction (2014 –)

Cults Of Life is a submission based collage zine. With 13 issues since 2014 it has showcased over 140 different artists from 30 countries.

@cultsoflife

MASKS

(2024 –)

MASKS is an ongoing portrait series of brutally minimalist collages that deal with the emotional struggle of humans to survive in our everyday lives.

 

Artist info

Niko Vartiainen

Turku, Finland

*Available for commissioned work

niko@nikovartiainen.com

Buy art:
Larger originals – Taiko.art
Small originals and prints – Etsy

Socials:
Instagram – @_nikovartiainen
Facebook – @nikovartiainencollage

Notice that this portfolio focuses only on art and art-related projects. Niko is also executing commercial graphic design project through Papru.Studio.

"I study myself and my vision of life in general through the paper collages"

Solo art exhibitions

The Cutting Chaos: live performance – @Space81 , Turku, Finland, 2022
My Smile My Misery – @Kirjakahvila, Turku, Finland, 2020
Some Cuts Never Heal – @PUF, Turku, Finland, 2016
Untitled – @Galleria Jänis, Turku, Finland, 2016
All In All Gone – @PUF, Turku, Finland, 2015

Group art exhibitions

International Weird Collage Show: Los Raros/Las Raras – Valladolid, Spain, 2024
Cut The Crab – Helsinki, Finland, 2023
International Weird Collage Show: Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain, 2016
Applaudissement - Ausstellung – Munich, Germany, 2015
Leo & Pipo: Imaginary Portraits – Paris, France, 2015
International Weird Collage Show: Brooklyn – New York, USA, 2014
Conversation, Information, Communication – Portugal, 2013
Horror Frost Halloween Art Exhipition – Nelson, Canada, 2013
Scopophilia Collage Exhibition – Digital exhibition, 2013
Cheap Art Party – Turku, Finland, 2011

Collections

New The Kanyer Art Collection and Historical Archive of Collage – Bristol, UK

Publications featuring works

Rebeka Elizegi: Collage To Change The World – Book, 2024
Semioculus XVII – Zine, 2023
Laurie Kanyer: Collage Care, The Method – Book, 2023
The Reflected Image – Magazine, 2022
DRI:M/SPACE Magazine #1 – Magazine, 2022
Laurie Kanyer: Collage Care – Book, 2021
{th ink} 2: objectextion – Book 2020
Oltre Collage #4: Happy Meal – Zine, 2020
Oltre Collage #3: Innerself – Zine, 2019
Sota – Magazine, 2018
Holiday in Mar a Lago – Magazine, 2017
Collage Collective Co: Annual 2015 – Book, 2015
Rivo Magazine #2 – Magazine, 2015
Collage Collective Co: 50/50 – Book 2014

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