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The bas-reliefs emerge through a dialogue with wood, and they can be seen as images of both the tree and the inner world of a human being. The exhibition explores the feeling of what it means to be a tree and what it means to be a human in this world.
I ask the tree for guidance, axe in hand. How should I move forward from here? I listen and feel the tree. I fumble. Then something recognizable begins to take shape. I feel it! I forget my uncertainty and become excited. I let the tree take me on an adventure. Chips fly, and time loses its meaning. In the presence of the tree, I forget myself. In this conversation, no words are needed. What remains are stripped-down notes and rough diary entries—traces of being in touch and of encountering.
Visual artist Tuuli Autio carves and paints wooden reliefs and sculptures. Autio has been sculpting since childhood and has long worked with wood in a variety of ways. Many of her works are included in the collections of the Finnish State and the HUS Art Committee. She earned her BA in Fine Arts as a multiform student at the Turku Arts Academy in 2021. In 2024, she will hold solo exhibitions in Turku, Tampere, and Raasepori, and participate in the Taidevaltakunta biennale at the Hämeenlinna Art Museum.
Her work has been supported by Taike and the Häme Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Artist meeting on Saturday, March 2, 2024, from 1–3 PM – welcome!
For more information: www.tuuliautio.fi