Toni R. Toivonen
Visual artist Toni R. Toivonen (*1987, Helsinki) examines the duality of life and reflects on the different sides of existence. He is best known for his gold-hued brass works created by composing animal carcasses on sheets of brass and letting the process of rotting oxidize the brass.
Toni R. Toivonen has graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2016. He started off as a painter but has since worked with different techniques, experimenting towards a more conceptual outcome.
His work has been exhibited in Finland, London, and New York, and his work can be found in public collections such as the MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Sara Hildén Museum of Art, the Heino Art Foundation Collection and Vantaa Art Museum Artsi, and he has won The Art of Basware 2014 global competition, held for artists under 30 years old.
Toni R. Toivonen in represented by Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki and Stockholm. He lives in the middle of the forest somewhere in Finland.
Read our story with Toni in his studio.