Linda Linko — About

Linda Linko (b. 1979) is an artist based in Helsinki and Paris. Renowned for her intuitive, poetic approach to painting, as well as her imaginative, hand-drawn typography, she remains faithful to a serious kind of joyfulness of her own. Her works of art have been shown in various solo and collective exhibitions across the globe, and her open-minded interpretation exceeds the limits between various fields, such as pattern design, collage art and illustration. In her energetic, thoughtful yet elastic art, she prefers to paint and draw everything by hand. ”I’m drawn towards the idea of challenging our habitual ways of perception, and simultaneously I wish to leave traces that resonate as something very humane.”
Text Veera Voutilainen
Photography Juliana HarkkiContactlindalinko (at) gmail.com
instagram/lindalinkoAs an illustrator represented
by Agent Pekka
pekka (at) agentpekka.com Exhibitions'Drunk from Love' (solo)
Garden Room / Kämp Garden
Helsinki (FI)
2020'Mini Exhibition' (solo)
Nordik Market, Le Marais
Paris (FR)
2019'Nordic Salon' (collective)
Cité International Des Arts
Paris (FR)
2019'Pttrns'
– in collaboration with Iittala
Arabia Design Centre
Helsinki (FI)
2017'Cut That Out' (collective)
KK Outlet
London (UK)
2016'Mom & Daughter' (solo)
Design Forum Showroom
Helsinki (FI)
2015'Tiny Space' (collective)
Contact Lab, The Brewery
Los Angeles (US)
2015'We Live Here' (collective)
Stockholm Designweek
Stockholm (SE)
2015'Harmony, Entropy' (solo)
Galleria Huuto
Helsinki (FI)
2014'Amsterdam Series' (collective)
Frame Store Felix Mertis
Amsterdam (NL)
2014'Finland: Designed Environments' (collective)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis (US)
2014'Pick Me Up' (collective)
Somerset House
London (UK)
2014'Don't Shoot the Messenger' (collective)
Designmuseum
Helsinki (FI)
2013 Projects & CollaborationsApple (US)
Arabia (FI)
Club Kaiku (FI)
Dazed Group (UK)
Design Museum (FI)
Equinox (US)
Fazer (FI)
Frame Publications (NL)
Gap (US)
Iittala (FI)
Institut Finlandais
New York Times (US)
Penquin Books (UK)
Premiere Vision (FR)
Rimowa (FR)
AwardsHonorary Mention
German Design Awards (DE)
20162nd prize, Illustration
Best of the Year (FI)
20151st prize, Corporate illustration
European Design Awards (DE)
20142nd prize, Illustration
Best of the Year (FI)
20121st prize, Poster Design
Best of the Year (FI)
20101st prize, Graphic Identity
Best of the Year (FI)
2008

CollectionsVår Gård Collections, Stockholm (SE)
Private collectionsmade with Lay Theme