Erkki Huilla

About the Artist

Erkki Huilla (b. 2000) is a visual artist based in Helsinki. In his artistic practice, Huilla uses photography through spatial means. By combining documentary photography with staged images, he creates works that reflect on individual experience within shared space. Central themes in his work include queer perspectives, both personal and communal, as well as performativity in society.

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Exhibitions

Kuvan Kevät 2026

15.5.-14.6.2026

BFA Exhibition 2024

About the artwork

The body of work (are you ready, boots?) start walking consists of photographs and an asphalt installation inside the gallery space. Instead of examining asphalt as a material, the work explores asphalt as a space, while also investigating the artefactual nature of the material. In the work, the mundane everyday material is elevated from its functional level, which permits a broader examination of its spatial meaning. Interactive situations, social expectations, and ways of acting form a chain of events that unfold in the work’s core. Action that transforms into dramaturgy converts the material into a scene on which we give our daily performances.