Alexander Salvesen (b.1990) is a Finnish artist and curator who primarily works with light in different forms. In his works he often focuses on colour, space and shape and especially their relations to each other and to the viewer. Salvesens’ work often springs from perceptions of our surrounding nature and from its phenomena, but also from present political and socio economic situations. Currently he is interested in the complexity of our perception, the puzzling concept of time and our obsession with speed and travel in an age of mass extinction. A deep awareness and worry of the ongoing climate crisis and ecological collapse can be found throughout his works. His works have been exhibited in galleries, museums and light art festivals in Finland and abroad.
Rings and necklace in silver, necklace in bronze, earring silver and reindeer bone
2011Images of Distant Worlds Part VII: Just A Cloud, Alexander Salvesen, 2016Me? Who?, 2013Untitled, 2011Eruption, 20111984, 2012Lux Ratikka, 2014Une forêt inestimable, 2021
Neon- and argonlight, charcoal on wood
110 x 220 x 8 cmNorteas Children’s Theatre Course 2013Don Giovanni Giocoso 2014Konkrettisista Teoista Abstraktiksi Esitykseksi (From a concrete act to an abstract performance)
Helsinki 2013Lux Ratikka, 2013Installation, TAAMOA-Exhibition 2013Breathe In, 2022Sivuun Nostettuja Tarinoita, 2014Neptuges Arctic 2013 Mountain GlacierJust A Thermodynamic Machine, 2022Rebirth, 2012Helium, Light Installation 2013Demoklubi 20138×7+9 Hetkiä Elämästä 2013
Tulitikkumetsä, 2022Osmosis I-III, 2020Just A Thermodynamic Machine, 2022Ur-skog, 2021
Overhead projector, glass
Size variablePerception Calibrator I – Green/Pink, 2021
Neon and argon light, polycarbonate on wood
60 x 50,5 cmLux Tram / Lux Ratikka 201412 Apostlar, 2022Orbit I-III, 2018What Do You Do With Your Nothingness, 2018
Glasspainting, light, wood framePerception Calibrator III – 6500K, 2021
Neon light and charcoal on wood
125 x 40 cmSender–Receiver, 2021Outokumpu II, 2021
Pastel and charcoal on paper
120 x 80 cmSpeeding in Lateral Invisibility, 2021
Argon light, oil and acrylic on wood
119 x 150 cmA Great Gig In the Sky, 2018
Glasspainting, light, wood frame
49x49cmIn Solus, 2021
Argon light, acrylic and ink markers on wood
155 x 40cmBirthing Centre, 2018
Glasspainting, light, wood frame 49x49cmImages of Distant Worlds Part IX: A Star is Born Alexander Salvesen, 2016Till Fedra, 2011Shadow of Human Fingerprints II, 2020
Glass, paint, mirror, steel bolts
30 x 30 x 10 cm
The Wanderer, 2017
Oil on Canvas
100x100cmLoveen Langennut, 2021
Pastel and charcoal on paper
120 x 80 cmOnnenonkija, 2021
(Angler of Luck)
Wood, copper wire, string, coin
50 x 30 x 35cm
Nothing Lasts Forever, 2020
Schoenoplectus lacustris, glue, veneer
120 x 120 cm
In Relation to Shadow II, 2021
Glass, steel bolt
12 x 12 x 5 cmAs Above So Below, 2020
“Ihmisen kaatama puu – jatkoi kasvuaan – lasikattojen läpi taivaaseen”
Betula pendula, glass, metal basin, string, steel bolts
55 x 55 x 200cm
Detail Kasvatettavia AsioitaMacroscopic, Flow Festival, 2016Shadow Of Human Fingerprints II, 2020Melting Helps Theories of Time, 2019Images of Distant Worlds, Part II: Supernova II, 2016
Alexander SalvesenIn Time To Wake Up, 2020Shadow of Human Fingerprints I, 2020
Glass, paint, mirror
15 x 15 x 10 cm
As Above So Below (What we do not know), 2020Kadotettu, Alpo Aaltokoski CompanyAnd It’s All Happening, 2015
Oil on Canvas
64x54cmCurrent States IImages of Distant Worlds Part VI: Snail Nebula, Alexander Salvesen, 2016Orbit I-IIIOne In A Quatturodecillion, 2018
Glasspainting, light, wood frame
49x49cmSunset in the Heatwave, 2017
Oil on Canvas
100x100cmRelations of ColourFrom the exhibition: Light and Shadow of Fundamental Interactions
by Alexander SalvesenFlying Dreams, FLASH1 – exhibition A Dream of Sky and Landscape, 2013
Oil on Canvas
100x100cmLight and Shadow of Fundamental InteractionsImages of Distant Worlds Part XII: Perspective on Time, Alexander Salvesen, 2016The Tempest, 2016
Oil on Canvas
60x60cmImages of Distant Worlds Part VIII: The Hatchling Alexander Salvesen, 2016Biggest of all is love, 2016Macroscopic, Flow Festival, 2016Måsen (The Seagull)
Teater Mars & Ozonteatern