Antti Maasalo (1940) was one of the founding members of Dimensio group in 1972. He’s a sculptor who often has kinetic components in his sculptures, especially in gallery size ones. He often includes also artificial and natural light in his works, as well as video. Maasalo is known especially for his public artworks. He has been an active member of Kepes Society.
EDUCATION
Primary school teacher. Graduated in 1963.
Full-time teacher of art subjects at civic and workers’ colleges. Graduated in 1972.
DIMENSIO EXHIBITIONS IN FINLAND
1972, 1976, 1992 Tampere Art Museum
1973 Wäinoe Aaltonen Museum, Turku
1973 Alvar Aalto museum, Jyväskylä
1974 Dipoli, Espoo
1976 Serlachius Art Museum, Mänttä
1976 Posio
1976 Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
1977 Lahti Art Museum
1977 Lappi Province
1982 Kunsthalle Helsinki
Savonsolmu art, Pieksämäki
1985 Lapinlahti Art Center
1985, 1994 Middle Finland Museum, Jyväskylä
1986, 2003 Gallery Otso, Espoo
1989, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2008 Poleeni, Pieksämäki
1992 Tampere Art Museum
1994 Jyväskylä Summer
2002 Salo Art Museum
2007 Dimensio 35 years Hanko Museum
2007 Dimensio Under Ground, Tytyri mines Lohja
2008 Dimensio In a Good Mood, Poleeni, Pieksämäki
2009 Park Sculptures, Voipaala
2012 Tampere Art Museum, Dimensio 40 v
DIMENSIO EXHIBITIONS ABROAD
1976 Hässelby, Tukholma
1981 J. Galleria, Budapest
1989 Poznan, Poland, as the exhibition commissar
1996 Museum of Foreign Art, Riga
1997 Museum of Russian Art, St. Petersburg
1991 Drei Finnische Dimensionen: Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany
1991 TIB gallery, Berlin
SELECTED OTHER EXHIBITIONS
2010 Exhibition of light art, AVA-gallery, Helsinki
2001 Skjern-Egvald (dk), SKJERN-EGVALD MUSEUM: Sun over Dejbjerg
1991 Rauma (fi), RAUMA ART MUSEUM: Aurinko Sun1The Aurinko–Sun (1991 at RAUMA ART MUSEUM) exhibit was reassembled for the ecologically-oriented Skjern-Egvald Museum in Denmark in 2001 under the name “Sun over Dejbjerg”. Antti Maasalo
LINKS AND SOURCES
Artists’ Website maasalo.fi
Wikipedia (fi) fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antti_Maasalo