(c)Joel Petzold 2023
01.    Biography

Linda Linko (b. 1979) is a visual artist based in Helsinki. With a focus on painting and drawing, her expressive works share a distinct and recognizable touch. Exploring themes like the fleeting nature of experience, the passage of time, and inevitability, she approaches these subjects through both figurative and abstract methods. She describes her style as "colorful melancholia."



02.    Contact

lindalinko (at) gmail.com
ig @lindalinko


03.    Links

Saatchi
VFA
Lokal Creators
Marcy
OHO Gallery
Paint Poetry Sound
Kalkeriet Contemporary
Habitare
Around Journal
A Tiny Space
Frame Magazine
Helsingin Sanomat
HS/Kulttuuri
Slanted Magazine
It’s Nice That

Iittala Journal


04.    Memberships

Finnish Painter's Union
Helsinki Artists’ Association
Grafia Ry
Kuvasto
Kopiosto


05.    Works available

Lokal Gallery
Kalkeriet Contemporary
and by request

06.        Exhibitions

Solo 
2024       Knot, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2023        Horse Eye, Bud Helsinki (FI)
2022        Blush, Lokal Gallery Helsinki (FI)
2022        Echoes, Villa Filanda Antonini, Treviso (IT)
2022        Caldera, Marcy, Helsinki (FI)
2021        Burst Into, Oho Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2021        Battle,  Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo (FI)
2020       Drunk from Love, Kämp Galleria, Helsinki (FI)
2019       Tiny Exhibition, Nordik Market, Paris (FR)
2017        Pttrns, Arabia Design Centre, Helsinki (FI)
2015        Mom & Daughter, Design Forum Showroom, Helsinki (FI)
2014        Harmony, Entropy, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki (FI)

Goup
2024        Forthcoming – Papier Vol.2, Paja&Bureau, Delphian Gallery, Helsinki (FI) 
2023        Symbiosis, Villa FIlanda Antotnini at Art Verona 2023 (IT)
2023        Kompott, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2023        Paimio Sanatorium 90, Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio (FI)
2022        Enigmatic, Marcy, Helsinki (FI)
2022        Synthesis, Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
2021        Dandelion, Delphian Gallery pop-up, Basel (CH)
2021        Summer Exhibition, Glasshouse Helsinki, Helsinki (FI)
2021        Top 100, The Auction Collective, London (GB)
2021        Spring Salon, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI)
2019        Nordic Salon, Cité International Des Arts, Paris (FR)
2017        Finnish art Agency: The Superwood Festival, Hotel Rantapuisto, Helsinki (FI)
2016        Cut That Out, KK Outlet, London (UK)
2015        Tiny Space, Contact Lab, The Brewery, Los Angeles (US)
2015        We Live Here, Stockholm Designweek, Stockholm (SE)
2014        Amsterdam Series, Felix Mertis, Amsterdam (NL)
2014        Finland: Designed Environments, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis (US)
2014        Pick Me Up, Somerset House, London (UK)
2013        Don't Shoot the Messenger, Designmuseum, Helsinki (FI)


07.    Collaborations

Apple (US) / Club Kaiku (FI) / Dazed Group (UK) / Design Museum (FI) / Directions Magazine (DE) / Four Seasons (US) / Frame Publications (NL) / Gap (US) / Henzel Studios (SE) / Iittala Arabia (FI) / Institut Finlandais / New York Times (US) / Penquin Books (UK) / Premiere Vision (FR) / Rimowa (FR)


08.    Cv

Full Cv by request