Self-taught visual artist, studied watercolor painting since 2008. Also familiar with the watercolor batik technique on rice paper and watercolors on the syntheric paper YUPO.

 

At the moment, totally dedicated to monotype printing and image transfer techniques to create unique hand-pulled monotypes, monoprints and mixed media works. Soft pastels, encaustics, linocuts add to the creative possibilities which seem to be endless.

 

Exhibitions  2013          Naivists in Iittala, Iittala/Finland

                       2014           Natürlich! Bad Breisig Kulturbahnhof/Germany. Solo exhibition

 Outo, Gallery Tärinä, Riihimäki/Finland (Photo art)

                       2015           Luontoäidin kosketus, Virojoki/Finland, with Ursula Wicki (CH)

                       2016           Jäppilänniemi Art Road, Imatra/Finland

                       2017           Metsä II, Akvart Gallery, Helsinki/Finland 

 FabrianoInAcquarello 2017, Fabriano/Italy

 IWS Ecuador, Quito and Ibarra / Ecuador                  

 Kotimaa tää pohjoinen, Pieksämäki/Finland(SAY)

 IWS Slovakia; Bratislava, Presov and Budimir/Slovakia

 Katsopas kummaa Main library Hämeenlinna/Finland, solo exhibition

 Luontoäidin kutsu, Cafe Laurell Hämeenlinna/Finland,  solo exhibition

 Arte Nordica Fabriano 2017 Akvart Gallery, Helsinki/Finland

                       2018           FabrianoInAcquarello 2018, Fabriano/Italy

 IWS Czech Republic, Prague/

 Diary of an Imagineer (Mielikuvittelijan Päiväkirja), Hauho/Finland, solo exhibition

 Koti, Akvart Gallery Helsinki/Finland, together with Anne Purho

 Arte Nordica Fabriano 2018, Akvart gallery Helsinki/Finland

                      2019            FabrianoInAcquarello 2019, Fabriano/Italy, Country Leader for Finland

                                           Iittala Ensemble, Hattula/Finland

                                           Super sweet dreams, Hämeenlinna/ Finland

                                           IWS Finland “Nature, Power, Beauty”, Helsinki/ Finland

                                           Arte Nordica Fabriano 2019, Akvart Gallery, Helsinki /Finland

                                           Art Bridge Biennale 2019, St. Petersburg/ Russia

                     2020             Myrsky/Storm, Vöru/ Estonia

                                           UrbinoInAcquarello. Urbino/ Italy (Online only due to Covid)

                                           FabrianoInAcquarello, Fabriano/ Italy. Country Leader for Finland. Online only

                                           Malaysia International Online juried Competition /Landscapes. Online only

                   2021               Aquarelle Pyreénne, France – juried online exhibition / France

                                           FabrianoInAcquarello 2020-2021, Fabriano/ Italy. Country Leader for Finland

                                           Gruppo Fabriano 2020-2021, Helsinki/ Finland. Curator & organizer 

                                           Hämeen Taideartteli, Annual Member exhibition 2021, Hämeenlinna main library /Finland

                                           Raffaello Urbino e il Montefeltro InAcquerello 2021/Akvarelli Ateljee, Espoo/Finland

                   2022               FabrianoInAcquarello 2022, Bologna & Fabriano, Italy. Country Leader for FInland

                                           Little Village Gallery, Iittala Finland  - several projects in Iittala

                                           Summer exhibition of Hämeen Taideartteli members, Renko, Finland

                                           Häme Taideartteli, annual member's exhibition / Hämeenlinna Main Library

                                           Watercolor International (WI) 2nd Online Exhibition

                                           Malaysia International juried online art competition /Landscapes,top 80

                2023                  FabrianoInAcquarello 2023, Bologna  & Fabriano, Italy

                                           ILOA- Naivists in Varkaus 2023, Taidekeskus Väinölä, Varkaus

                                           Little Village Gallery 2023, Iittala Art Cafe project

                                           Little Village Gallery at Kalvola library, Iittala

 

Memberships                SAY – Suomen Akvarellitaiteen Yhdistys  (Finnish Watercolour Society)

                                          Hämeenlinnan Taiteilijaseura (Hämeenlinna Artist’s Society) 

Nordiska Akvarellsällskapet (Nordic Watercolour Society)

Hämeen Taideartteli

 

Works available at                   https://www.taiko.art/raxu-helminen

                                                      and directly at raxuhelminen@gmail.com

 

raxuhelminen (at) gmail.com

www.raxuhelminen.net