Jukka Mäkelä
Maisema I, 1993
Acrylic and canvas on board
60 x 45 cm / 24 x 18 in
JUMAK_003
Jukka Mäkelä
Maalaus, 1994
Acrylic and canvas on board
80 x 130 cm / 32 x 51 in
JUMAK_009
Jukka Mäkelä
Maisema, 1993
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
220 x 180 cm / 87 x 71 in
JUMAK_011
Jukka Mäkelä
Maisema, 1989
Acrylic on board
45 x 150 cm / 18 x 59 in
JUMAK_017
Jukka Mäkelä
Nimetön, 1993
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
220 x 170 cm / 87 x 67 in
JUMAK_019
Jukka Mäkelä (1949 - 2018) ranks among the leading pioneers of Finnish postmodernism and neo-expressionism. During a career spanning many decades, Mäkelä continually renewed himself, his rich oeuvre varying radically from one period to the next. The recognizable quality shared by all his paintings is the idiosyncratic way they express a strong bond with nature.
Jukka Mäkelä received the State Prize in 1977 and 1981 and was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal in 2007. He represented Finland at the 1988 Venice Biennale and exhibited widely at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Rovaniemi Art Museum, and Oulu Art Museum. His work is represented in notable public collections, including Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, Oslo’s Museum of Contemporary, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, and the Saastamoinen and the Wihuri Foundation.
