Anssi Kasitonni: Gentle Means And Easy Tasks

Anssi Kasitonni (b. Finland,1978) who wryly describes himself as the ‘country cousin of Jeff Koons’, makes epic homespun films and sculptures which reference popular culture and are filled with humour. The recipient of the 2025 Below Zero Finnish Art Award, and a former winner of Finland’s Ars Fennica Prize, Kasitonni is a well-known figure on the Finnish art scene. Now he is bringing his DIY aesthetic of crafting ‘fast’ sculptures from lo-fi materials glamourised in chrome, from rural Finland to the UK for the first time.