Pan(demic)

Aimo Katajamäki

The State Art Commission organized an invitation competition for an outdoor artwork to complement the new building of the Institute of Health and Welfare (THL). Katajamäki won the competition with his work Pan. The work consists of a group of bronze sculptures placed on top of the concrete railing of the courtyard, and a mural imitating the shadow cast by the work. The artwork was inaugurated in autumn 2022.

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    Aimo Katajamäki, Finland (2013)

    Katajamäki is operating extensively across design, architecture and art field, in minimal and maximal scales. Katajamäki has his recognizable handwriting; vital, expressive and uncompromising visual expression. His ideas and art...

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    The State Art Commission organized an invitation competition for an outdoor artwork to complement the new building of the Institute of Health and Welfare (THL). Katajamäki won the competition with his work Pan. The work consists of a group of bronze sculptures placed on top of the concrete railing of the courtyard, and a mural imitating the shadow cast by the work. The artwork was inaugurated in autumn 2022.

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    Aimo Katajamäki, Finland (2013)

    Katajamäki is operating extensively across design, architecture and art field, in minimal and maximal scales.
    Katajamäki has his recognizable handwriting; vital, expressive and uncompromising visual expression. His ideas and art come closer to a broader audience in the surfaces and the art work of public spaces. Katajamäki is also a sculptor, who has open-minded worked with different surfaces, materials and processes.
    His most well known international recognition in graphic design has been the Gold Award in Warsaw International Poster Biennale. Katajamäki’s ”Wooden people” sculpture installation is housed in an annex of Finnish Parliament. Aimo Katajamäki received the State Prize for Design 2013 together his wife interior architect Päivi Meuronen.
    Katajamäki works in his own design studio Aimonomia Oy.

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