Kirsi Pirhonen is an artist working with sculpture and installation with a characteristic of creating often bright coloured abstracted soft sculpture forms in harmonious colour scales combined with contrasting colder materiality choices. Experimentation with metal working is a new venture for the artist’s practice seen as a natural continuum to their previous work with cold, rough, heavy materiality of concrete casting use. The lightweight soft sculpture forms of Pirhonen are often created from recycled old clothing or homeware textiles combined with complimenting colourscale yarns made into handsewn tactile tassel fringes or single chain crochet strings. Yarn is a common everyday material in cold Nordic countries with hand knitted winter clothing of scarves, hats and mittens. Pirhonen graduated with First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art in 2024, specialising in sculpture and installation. Currently she is based in London UK. She is interested in exhibition opportunities as well as commission work and collaborations.
Latest work on Instagram.com/kirsik_fineart
Latest work on Instagram.com/kirsik_fineart
Online Platforms
2026 Hypha Curates https://hyphacurates.com/collections/kirsi-pirhonen
2026 culturecares.eu CARE -Catalogue of Well-Being Related Artworks https://culturecares.eu/artworks/relief/
Duo Show
July 2026 Heini King & Kirsi Pirhonen: 24 Exposures, Three Rooms Gallery, London
Group Shows
July 2026 Monsters In Bloom, PAI32, Temporary Art Gallery, London
June 2026 Ruins - Zones of Resonance, Archway Annex, London
May 2026 The Substance of Colour, Lea Bridge Gallery, London
May 2026 Maintenance Work Practices of Care, Good Rice Gallery, London
March 2026 Subject to Change, Central Saint Martins, London
Feb 2026 Mooch About, 162 Holloway Road, London
Feb 2026 Hypha Curates, Sarah Elson Analogue, Hypha HQ, London
Dec 2025 Please Do Not Interpret, Good Rice Gallery, London
Sep 2025 Cheeky London Launchpad 2025, Emerging Art Exhibition,
London Design Festival 2025, Tradestars Islington, London
Oct 2024 Hypha Studios X Dispensary Gallery, Wrexham, Wales
Oct 2024 Candid Arts Trust & Tishman Speyer Graduate Show 2024, Candid Arts Trust, London
June 2024 Worthing Festival, Northbrook HE Showcase 2024, Worthing Town Hall, Sussex
June 2024 Northbrook College BA Fine Art Degree Show, Best in Show Nominee, Sussex
May 2023 Corridor Gallery, Northbrook College, Sussex
May 2021 21 Unlocked, GBMC online
April 2021 #pysytaankotona , Instagram.com/kulttuurivinkki
Nov 2019 Nou Wave I, The Old Biscuit Factory, London
Oct 2019 Seven, ONCA Gallery, Brighton
July 2019 Urban Angles, Espacio Gallery, London
June 2019 Pintar Rapido, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
June 2019 Brighton: Places, Spaces & Faces, Conclave, Brighton
May 2019 Clarkes of Sussex Gallery, Brighton
June 2018 Beyond the Image, Espacio Gallery, London
Nov 2017 Et Tu, Art Brute?, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
Jan 2017 Outsider Art, Candid Arts Trust, Candid Gallery, London
June 2016 5th 2016 Artslant Prize Showcase winner, Artslant.com, mixed media category
May 2016 4th 2016 Artslant Prize Showcase winner, Artslant.com, mixed media category
Nov 2015 City Hunt Elephant & Castle, London, commission Elephant artwork
June 2015 Pure Painting, Brent Artists Resource, BAR Gallery, London
2026 Hypha Curates https://hyphacurates.com/collections/kirsi-pirhonen
2026 culturecares.eu CARE -Catalogue of Well-Being Related Artworks https://culturecares.eu/artworks/relief/
Duo Show
July 2026 Heini King & Kirsi Pirhonen: 24 Exposures, Three Rooms Gallery, London
Group Shows
July 2026 Monsters In Bloom, PAI32, Temporary Art Gallery, London
June 2026 Ruins - Zones of Resonance, Archway Annex, London
May 2026 The Substance of Colour, Lea Bridge Gallery, London
May 2026 Maintenance Work Practices of Care, Good Rice Gallery, London
March 2026 Subject to Change, Central Saint Martins, London
Feb 2026 Mooch About, 162 Holloway Road, London
Feb 2026 Hypha Curates, Sarah Elson Analogue, Hypha HQ, London
Dec 2025 Please Do Not Interpret, Good Rice Gallery, London
Sep 2025 Cheeky London Launchpad 2025, Emerging Art Exhibition,
London Design Festival 2025, Tradestars Islington, London
Oct 2024 Hypha Studios X Dispensary Gallery, Wrexham, Wales
Oct 2024 Candid Arts Trust & Tishman Speyer Graduate Show 2024, Candid Arts Trust, London
June 2024 Worthing Festival, Northbrook HE Showcase 2024, Worthing Town Hall, Sussex
June 2024 Northbrook College BA Fine Art Degree Show, Best in Show Nominee, Sussex
May 2023 Corridor Gallery, Northbrook College, Sussex
May 2021 21 Unlocked, GBMC online
April 2021 #pysytaankotona , Instagram.com/kulttuurivinkki
Nov 2019 Nou Wave I, The Old Biscuit Factory, London
Oct 2019 Seven, ONCA Gallery, Brighton
July 2019 Urban Angles, Espacio Gallery, London
June 2019 Pintar Rapido, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
June 2019 Brighton: Places, Spaces & Faces, Conclave, Brighton
May 2019 Clarkes of Sussex Gallery, Brighton
June 2018 Beyond the Image, Espacio Gallery, London
Nov 2017 Et Tu, Art Brute?, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
Jan 2017 Outsider Art, Candid Arts Trust, Candid Gallery, London
June 2016 5th 2016 Artslant Prize Showcase winner, Artslant.com, mixed media category
May 2016 4th 2016 Artslant Prize Showcase winner, Artslant.com, mixed media category
Nov 2015 City Hunt Elephant & Castle, London, commission Elephant artwork
June 2015 Pure Painting, Brent Artists Resource, BAR Gallery, London
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Awards
2025 UAL Postgraduate Scholarship 2024 Best In Show Nominee, BA Degree Show, Northbrook College, Sussex Education 2025-2027 MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, UAL, UK 2020-2024 BA(Hons) Fine Art (UAL validated), First Class, Northbrook College, Sussex, UK 2000-2003 Vocational Qualification in Crafts and Design, Study Programme in Environmental Construction and Design, Decorator Artisan, VAKES, Finland Press 2026 ofluxo.net Monsters In Bloom PAI32 https://www.ofluxo.net/monsters-in-bloom-group-show-curated-by-pai32-temporary-art-gallery-london/ 2026 FAD Magazine.com Maintenance Work Brings Together Artists Examining Care As Process https://fadmagazine.com/2026/05/21/maintenance-work-practices-of-care-good-rice-gallery/ |
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