Aino Peltola

About the artist

Aino Peltola (b. 2001, Mäntsälä) is a painter based in Helsinki. At the core of her practice is a playful negotiation with rhythm and repetition, through which images begin to take shape. Her paintings often draw from piles and heaps encountered in everyday life – both accidental and intentional – reflecting the endless sprawl and overgrowth of the surrounding environment. 

Exhibitions

BFA Exhibition 2025

12 September – 5 November 2025
Kuva/Tila

About the artwork

I stare out of the window, and suddenly something ordinary reveals its exciting sides and invites me to observe. It’s been there day after day, but today it’s particularly delightful. This is how these oil paintings came to be.

In my paintings, the mundane gets a new look on the canvas. Painting is fun when you don’t have to obediently repeat your visual observation but can play, add, remove, smear, and brush, even filling the entire canvas with similar brushstrokes. Soon, the original observation is left with only a skeleton, but that’s what holds the whole thing together.

Endless Drop

1–17 November 2024
Kuva/Tila