About Me
I am an artist, and first and foremost a painter. My work grows out of visual exploration with different materials and carries traces of both careful planning and intuitive processes — sometimes shaped by chance. The paintings often emerge from spaces and atmospheres I encounter, as well as from inner observations and personal experience. They move between the figurative and the abstract, guided above all by a strong sense of colour.
Alongside my studio practice, I have worked in several community and socially engaged art projects.
I currently divide my time between Helsinki and Rovaniemi, Finland.
Päivi Kallio
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Turku Arts Academy, expected graduation 2026
Master of Arts (Art Education), Lapland University, 2021
Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Culture Management, Humak University of Applied Sciences, 2006
Open Art School – Year of Observational Painting, 2024 – 2025
Free Art School – Preparatory Studies in Painting, 2023 – 2024
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 AudioGallery, Oulu
2025 Gallery Kajava, Helsinki
2024 Art Center Ahjo, Joensuu
2024 Studio Mustanapa, Rovaniemi
2023 Café Koti, Rovaniemi
2021 Mäkiraonmäki Cultural Center, Kannus
2021 Gallery Hämärä, Rovaniemi
2019 Gallery Kilo, Rovaniemi
JOINT AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Turku Concert Hall – Turku Art Academy exhibition
2026 Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi – Napa Art Fair
2025 Helsinki Artists’ Association 30th Anniversary Exhibition – Brilliant!, Helsinki
2024 Skanno Showroom, Helsinki
2023 Rovaniemi Head Library – Rovaniemi School
2023 Malmitalo, Helsinki – Päivi Kallio & Henri Hagman
2022 Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi – Lapland Art Association Advent Art weeks
2022 Kemi Art Museum – Taju kankaalla, guest artist
2019 Sirkka Art Biennale, Kittilä
2019 Korundi Café & Kitchen, Rovaniemi
2019 Gallery Valo, Arktikum, Rovaniemi
2018 Gallery Hämärä, Rovaniemi
COMMUNAL AND SOCIAL ART PROJECTS
Jokkatupa, Rovaniemi: Art projects with people recovering from mental health issues, 2023, 2022
Rovaniemi Civic House: Art workshops for volunteer workers, 2022
The Spirit And Life -project, Tornio: Workshop on an art camp for people recovering from mental health issues, 2021
Venejärvi village mural -project, Kolari: The project was funded by the The Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2021
“Love Revolution”, Helsinki: A communal Home Cafe and Gallery, where customers/visitors were encouraged to propose and organize events, 2014 – 2015
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Rovaniemi City Art Collection
Kemi Art Museum Collection
Oulu Parish Union Art Collection
Kannus Town Art Collection
GRANTS
2025 The Committee for Public Information, 2-month working grant for book illustration
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland COVID-19 support grant
2021 The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Art Summer -project grant
2014 Oscar Öfflund foundation, working grant for one month
MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITY IN ARTIST ASSOCIATIONS
Member in the Finnish Painters’ Union
Member in the Helsinki Art Association
Member in the Lapland Art Association
Member and chairman in Lapland Communal Art Association LYSTI
TEACHING POSITIONS
Päivi Kallio Ltd (courses, workshops: 2019 -)
Finnish Museum of Photography (2022 – 2024)
Helsinki School of Visual Arts (2022 – 2023)
Rovaniemi Fine Arts School (2023)
University of Lapland (2020 – 2022)
Lapland University of Applied Sciences (2021)
Helen O’Grady Creative International Cairo (2011 – 2013)