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About
Sami Sakari Mikkonen born in 1989, a multidisciplinary media artist from Tampere, explores themes of impermanence and interconnected experiences. He merges traditional and modern media tools, from vintage cameras to AI-assisted image processing, in his creative process. Working with photography, video, digital collage and experimental music, his approach reflects a tension between control and unpredictability, seeking harmony in an increasingly fragmented technological world.
Statement
My work explores the unifying fabric of experiences that run deeper than the superficial layers of cultural forms which divide human tribes from each other. Cyclic nature of existence, impermanence of all material things and the universal needs we share are some of the recurrent themes.
I do not limit myself to any one method of working, but rather utilize different mediums to create a wide range of connections with the participants. Employing the modern and vintage tools of the commercial media production – cameras, lenses, computer software and analog hardware – I seek a balance between a carefully controlled approach and giving space for the unpredictability of analog and organic materials.
In this way, I’m reconciling my uneasy alliance with the technology that is driving us apart and ever more disconnected.
Contact
contact@samisakari․com
Exhibitions
2025
- Projio 2025, Tampere
 - Permanence & Entropy, Labra, Tampere
 - At the Gate, Realm of Fine Art, Mänttä, Finland
 - Spectacle is the sun, Siperia Minicinema, Tampere
 - Umwelt, Galleria Himmelblau, Tampere
 
2024
- Ebb+Flow, Fukuoka, Japan
 - Ruins, Taphouse, Tampere
 
2023
- Fragments of Erosion, Nykyaika, Tampere
 - New Rays, Backlight Photo Festival, Tampere
 
2022
- DigitalBigScreen, Trbovlje, Slovenia
 - Ephemeral, Raina, Tampere
 - Connections, Mediapolis, Tampere
 - Realm, Kunstmatrix, Virtual
 
2021
- Galleria Kyy, Tampere
 
Grants & Awards
2025
- Keele Foundation Honorary Award
 - Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant, team "Umwelt"
 - TAMK Support Foundation Grant
 - City of Tampere Välitila Project