Current Residents Liisa Helander
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Liisa Helander, Digital Art "Father", 2009
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Liisa Helander, The God of Life and Death, acrylic painting, 2006
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Liisa Helander, acrylic/mixed, Pieces of The Past, 2022
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Lisa Helander, Acrylic painting, Walking in The Fairytale Land, 2007
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Liisa Helander, Acrylic painting, "Poro", 2007
Liisa Tellervo Helander (b. 1955, Utsjoki) is a Sámi visual artist, illustrator and writer living in Norway. She is educated as a graphic designer and has attended numerous visual art courses in Norway. Since 1984 she has illustrated many Sámi schoolbooks, children’s books and digital teaching materials for Sámi publishers. She works actively as a freelance artist and writer. Her paintings focus on color, light and depth, inspired by Sámi nature, memories and narratives. She has exhibited in Norway, Finland and Europe. Her children’s book Endorriekkis is published, with new visual and literary projects in progress.
My main focus will be developing acrylic works for my upcoming solo exhibition in June 2026 at Peurunka Spa Hotel in Finland. I will also organize and write poems and manuscript texts that interact with my paintings. Writing and painting are closely connected in my practice, and I plan to move consciously between these disciplines.I will also use the residency to access National Archives material related to evacuation experiences before and during World War II, supporting my ongoing fiction documentary work. In addition, I hope to attend relevant art courses to develop new techniques and strengthen my artistic practice.