Piia Hiltunen

About the Artist

Piia Hiltunen (b. 1982) is a sculptor whose practice combines personal experiences with imaginative worlds. She draws inspiration broadly from art history, mythology, unusual plants and insects, dreams, fairy tales, and troubling news. In her works, Hiltunen explores human emotions with warmth and humour. The creative process is central to her artistic expression, even as the materials she uses vary.

Exhibitions

BFA Exhibition 2026

11 Sept–11 Oct Kuva/Tila

About the artwork

In my car-themed work, I explore dreaming, wandering, and the search for one’s own direction in life. The work draws on my child’s car play, my personal experiences of youth, and car-related dreams in which the automobile appears as a symbol of independence, life choices, and a sense of control. The aimless driving associated with small-town youth culture merges in the work with memories and dreams. In this way, personal experiences from different stages of my life come together, forming a temporally layered whole, much like the process of growing into adulthood itself.