Tuukka Tammisaari lives and works in Helsinki. His works show nature’s and psyche’s macro-level details to magnified scales, capturing minutiae in dynamic geometrical brushstrokes. The rough surface texture in the paintings mostly consist of multiple overlapping images and layers of paint. Varied in visual expression, the often earthy palette and abstract forms open for poetic and playful interpretations. Tammisaari is triggered by an intuitive flow and reason and his paintings cover a wide spectrum ranging from cheeky playfulness to heavy monochrome. The artist describes art-making is his way of compiling an inventory of certain thoughts, events, stories, and feelings. Searching for the new and the unknown is both a perpetual challenge and source of inspiration . His work is informed by the legacy of western painting and allusions to art history, from minimalism through to German Neo-Expressionism.
Tuukka Tammisaari studied painting at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts. His work is found in numerous private collections in Scandinavia, Germany, Belgium, France, The Nederlands, Austria and USA.