Kirsi Porrassalmi
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→ Alex Colard has written at https://www.artsy.net/viewing-room/charity-art-gallery-kirsi-porrassalmi
Kirsi Porrassalmi is a Finnish artist based in Tampere whose work centers on sensitivity, presence, and the quiet dialogue between inner experience and visual expression.
"Art becomes meaningful when it allows space for feeling rather than explanation."
Kirsi Porrassalmi's artistic practise is rooted in attentiveness and emotional awareness. Her work reflects a desire to translate inner states into visual form without forcing narrative or interpretation. Rather than directing the viewer toward a specific message, she allows color, rhythm, and composition to speak subtly and intuitively. Her paintings invite stillness and reflection, encouraging the viewer to engage on a personal level. Through a restrained yet expressive approach, Porrassalmi creates works that feel intimate and open, where meaning emerges through observation and emotional response rather than explanation.
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→ 2025 Galleria Koppelo, Tampere
→ 2025 Charity Art Gallery, Stockholm
→ 2023 Galleria Jänis, Turku
→ 2021 Galleria Ronga's Pikkugalleria, Tampere
→ 2019 Galleria Saskia, Tampere
→ 2018 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2017 Koskenmäen Koulugalleria, Nokia
→ 2016 Galleria Koppelo,Tampere
→ 2015 Galleria 4-6, Helsinki
→ 2014 Tampere-talo, Tampere
→ 2014 Gallera Virinä,Virrat
→ 2013 Jaatsi, Sastamala
→ 2013 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2012 Galleria Koppelo, Tampere
→ 2010 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2007 Galleria 4-6, Helsinki
→ 1998 Nokian Taidetalo, Nokia
→ 1997 Galleria Ariel, Tampere
→ 1996 Galleria 1, Turku
→ 1993 Galleria Art Leonardo, Tampere
Group Exhibitions
→ 2025 Mikkola, Luopioinen
→ 2024 Galleria Jänis, Turku
→ 2024 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2023 Funkkistalo, Sastamala
→ 2022 Galleria Muuntotila, Tampere
→ 2022 Urbanside Gallery, Zurich
→ 2021 Myymälä 2 Pop up Galleria, Helsinki
→ 2021 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2021 Mikkola, Luopioinen
→ 2020 Mältinranta, Tampere Artist's Association 100 years
→ 2020 Kivilinna, Pirunvuori of Sastamala
→ 2020 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2019 Accorsi Arte, Venice
→ 2019 Galleria Ronga,Tampere
→ 2017 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2016 Galleria Höyry, Korpilahti
→ 2016 Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi
→ 2015-17 Galleria Torni, Tampere
→ 2015 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2014 Tehdassaari, Nokia
→ 2014 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2014 Mältinranta, Tampere
→ 2013 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2012 Tampere-Maja, Tartu, Estonia
→ 2012 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2012 Siilinranta, Mouhijärvi
→ 2011 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
→ 2011 Siilinranta, Mouhijärvi
→ 2011 Galleria 3h + k, Pori
→ 2009 Galleria 4-6, Helsinki
→ 2009 Galleria Ronga, Tampere
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Kirsi Porrassalmi (b. 1959) is a Finnish artist who lives and works in Tampere. After studying architecture at Tampere University of Technology, she devoted herself to art following the birth of her youngest child. Initially focused on painting, her practice later expanded into sculpture in the late 1990s. Working mainly with iron, wood and bronze, she explores the expressive strength of materials while continuing to create oil paintings.
My works arise from personal experiences and emotions that are difficult to express in words. I rarely follow strict plans. Instead, I allow the work to evolve freely during the process, often arriving at an unexpected result. The meaning of the piece usually reveals itself afterwards. Through materials such as iron, wood and bronze, I explore inner states and the quiet space between people, where emotion and interpretation can emerge naturally.
