20" x 20" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2017 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next For that last introverted want, I'm alone 20" x 20" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2017

Susanne Aaltonen (she/her) is a Canadian artist currently living and working in Calgary, Alberta. She is represented by Paul Kuhn Gallery in Calgary. Bio Susanne Aaltonen (she/her) is a Canadian artist currently living and working in Calgary, Alberta. She received her BFA from the Alberta College of Art + Design (now Alberta University of the Arts) in 2016. In 2017 she was part of the Banff Artist in Residence for Emerging Artists at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Her work is included in numerous private collections, and is a part of the permanent collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. She is represented by Paul Kuhn Gallery in Calgary. CV Artist Statement Artist Statement I used to wonder how I would feel throughout the process of removing myself. Growing up, I became familiar with the low, constant hum of fear and anxiety just beneath the surface. I learned to stay silent, to avoid drawing attention, to disappear. For many years, I buried those feelings, pushing them into forgotten and hollow spaces within myself, afraid of what they held. My ongoing body of work has allowed me to unearth and explore these forgotten places. While the work initially focused on familial relationships, it has since shifted inward, turning toward myself. Using family photographs as a starting point, the physical acts of sanding, carving, and scratching through the surface become both meditative rituals and methods of excavation — a way to understand traumatic periods and my own responses to them. Artist Statement CV CV EDUCATION 2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction (Drawing Major), Alberta College of Art + Design (now Alberta University of the Arts), Calgary, Canada SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 Coming up for air, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary 2021 a constant internal vibration, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary 2019 From Mustasaari, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary 2019 Susanne Aaltonen: Knowing How Little I Need Her Now, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB 2018 Dear Aino, Arts Commons, Calgary 2016 Home is No Longer Home, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Hand Pic’d 2016, Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Calgary 2016 Did I tell you how I felt inside and out? (Sled Island 2016), Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary 2016 From Here to There, New Edward Gallery, Calgary, Canada. 2016 National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) Site Visit Student Exhibition, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary 2016 A Space Ship is Just a Time Machine, Untitled Contemporary Art, Calgary 2015 Community Show V, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary RESIDENCIES 2017 Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) Emerging, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS 2017 Flair Foundation Artist Award 2016 Board of Governors Graduating Student Award for Drawing, Calgary, Canada 2016 ACAD Fourth Year Drawing Major Merit Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary 2016 Ignac & Karla Herskovic Memorial Grad Show Prize, Calgary, Canada 2016 BMO 1st Art! Prize Nominee 2015 Jason Lang Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada 2015 ACAD Third Year Drawing Major Merit Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary 2014 Jason Lang Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada PUBLISHED PROJECTS 2016 Aaltonen, Susanne. Do you remember? 2016. Print. 2014 Beaulieu, Derek. Re:Comp. No Press, 2014. 22-23. Print. BIBLIOGRAPHY 2019 The Cairn, "Susanne Aaltonen: Knowing How Little I Need Her Now", Anne Ewen, Volume 2 Issue 5 2019 Rocky Mountain Outlook, ""Banff's Whyte Museum puts on art exhibit surrounding themes of then and now", Alana Macleod COLLECTIONS Alberta Foundation for the Arts

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Susanne Aaltonen (she/her) is a Canadian artist currently living and working in Calgary, Alberta. She is represented by Paul Kuhn Gallery in Calgary. Exhibitions Coming up for air 2024 A constant internal vibration 2021 From Mustasaari 2019 Knowing how little I need her now 2019

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30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next He won't remember 30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018

24" x 30" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2024 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next Suspended in stillness 24" x 30" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2024

14" x 11" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2017 Remade into "Magic school bus", 2024 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next Untitled (soldier) 14" x 11" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2017 Remade into "Magic school bus", 2024

16" x 20" Acrylic and family photograph on canvas 2024 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next They held me afloat 16" x 20" Acrylic and family photograph on canvas 2024

48" x 60" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2021 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next Everything in his body was telling him to leave 48" x 60" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2021

30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next Please forgive me for not telling you more (1/2) 30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018 In a private collection

20" x 20" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next Will I feel it once she's gone? 20" x 20" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017

60" x 48" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panels (nine separate 20" x 16" panels) 2019 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next From Mustasaari 60" x 48" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panels (nine separate 20" x 16" panels) 2019

30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and replicated film photo on wood panel 2018 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next I will 30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and replicated film photo on wood panel 2018

12" x 24" Acrylic and family photograph on paper 2021 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous Next Study #2 (Okanagan) 12" x 24" Acrylic and family photograph on paper 2021 In a private collection