︎ Ideas of nature seen from the abstracted edge of perception.  ︎ Hypnotizing play of forms and colors, such that the distinction between fantasy and verity is rendered incidental.  








Selected Exhibitions
(2004–)
Solo Exhibitions

2023 I grenselandet Telemark Art Museum, Norway.

2023 Mythology
Mineless, Taipei, Taiwan.

2023 In the Borderlands Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland.

2022 Aura Aboa Vetus Ars Nova – Museum of Archaeology and Contemporary Art, Turku, Finland.

2020 First Symptoms Galleri Format, Oslo, Norway.

2019 ArchipelagoEuropa Building, European Council, Finland Presidency, Brussels, Belgium.


2019 First Symptoms
Spazio Nobile Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.



2019 First Symptoms
Finlandsinstitutets Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden.

2016 Hypnopompic
Centro Cultural Inca Garcilaso, Lima, Peru.


2016 Woolgathering
Usagi Gallery, Hong Kong.

2016 Hypnopompic
Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia,
Madrid, Spain.

2015 Hypnopompic
Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY, USA.

2015 Hypnopompic
MUMEDI Design Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. 

2015 Muna/Egg
Light installation at Het Stadsmus, Hasselt, Belgium.

2015 Hypnopompic/Reveille
Siu Siu, Taipei, Taiwan.

2015 Muna/Egg
Light installation for Lux Helsinki, Finland. 

2014 Hypnopompic
Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland.

2014 Muna/Egg
Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.

2014 Hypnopompic
Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium.

2014 Hypnopompic
TextielMuseum, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

2014 Hypnopompic
Centrocentro, Madrid, Spain.

2013 Hypnopompic
Artifact Gallery, New York, USA.

2013 Hypnopompic
Vitra, London, UK.

2013 Hypnopompic
Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.


2013 Paper Pavilion
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, Stockholm, Sweden.



2010 Kustaa Saksi's Garage
Pori Art Museum's Gallery, Pori, Finland.


2009 Lunarglide
Nike Showroom 1948, London, UK.

2008 The Heroes
Maxalot Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2008 Offpiste – In the Land of Kustaa Saksi
Old School, Singapore.

2008 Offpiste – In the Land of Kustaa Saksi
CCP, Manila, Philippines.

2008 Selected prints
The Main Post Office Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.

2006 Kustaa Saksi's Collection
La Condition Publique, Roubaix, France.

2005 Printemps
Artazart, Paris, France.

2004 Kustaa Saksi
Espai Pupu, Barcelona, Spain.
Group Exhibitions

2024 FUMI LA
Sized Studio, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

2024 FOG Design + Art
Fort Mason Pavilion, San Francisco, CA, USA.

2023 The Salon NY
Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, USA.  
2023 PAD London
Berkeley Square, London, UK.

2023 Growth + Form
Gallery FUMI, London, UK.

2023 Shared Space
HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland.

2022 Consciousness
Sage Culture, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

2022 Design Miami
Miami Beach, FL, USA.

2022 Handmade
Gallery FUMI, London, UK.

2022 PAD London
Berkeley Square, London, UK.

2022 Doppia Firma
Salone del Mobile, Palazzo Litta, Milan, Italy.


2022 Hidden, U-Joints
Fiskars Biennale, Finland.

2022 Collectible
Vanderborght, Brussels, Belgium.

2022 PAD Paris
Tuileries, Paris, France.

2022 Animal House
Etage Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2022 FOG Design + Art
Fort Mason Pavilion, San Francisco, USA.

2021 At HomeSpazio Nobile, Tervuren, Belgium.

2021 Luxembourg Art WeekGlacis Square, Luxembourg.

2021 Great in SmallWorld Art Delft, Delft, The Netherlands.

2021 Travel as a ToolTønder Art Museum, Tønder, Denmark.

2021 Together – The Power of Collaboration
Gallery FUMI, London, UK.

2021 Travel as a ToolVandalorum Art & Design Museum, Värnamo, Sweden.

2020 Luxembourg Art WeekHalle Victor Hugo, Luxembourg.

2020 Travel as a Tool Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland.

2020 Common threads
TextielMuseum, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

2020 Call to the Wild / L'appel de la nature
Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France.

2020 PAD Paris Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France.

2020 Nomad
Chesa Planta, St. Moritz, Switzerland.

2019 Unique Design Shanghai TANK, Shanghai, China.

2019 Crossovers London Design Festival, London, UK.

2019 Helene Schjerfbeck
(Limited edition print) Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

2019 Interwoven
EMMA Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland.

2019 RévélationsGrand Palais, Paris, France.

2019 Art Brussels 2019
Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium.

2019 Keep Your Garden AliveInstitut Finlandais, Paris, France.

2019 Untitled Art
Embarcadero, San Francisco, USA.

2018 Winter Group Show
Gallery Fumi, London, UK.

2018 Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art
The Former Faculty of Biology, Riga, Latvia.

2018 Simply Scandinavian – Nordic Design 1945–2018
TextielMuseum, Tilburg, The Netherlands. 


2018 IC-98: 2016–2018 (A World In Waiting)
Taidehalli Helsinki (Kunsthall Helsinki), Finland.

2018 Collectible
Vanderborght, Brussels, Belgium.


2018 Artists’ Kalevala – Echoes from the Past
Kerava Art Museum, Finland.

2018 Echoes – 100 Years in Finnish Design
Felleshus, The Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany.

2017 Hotel Panorama
PAN Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2017 Systema Naturae
Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.

2017 Summer Group Show
Gallery Fumi, London, UK. 

2017 Collecting Europe
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK. 

2017 Echoes – 100 Years in Finnish Design
POLIN Museum, Warsaw, Poland. 


2016 Beauty
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, USA. 


2016 Objects of Desire
Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland.

2016 Porto Cervo 2016
Gallery Fumi, Porto Cervo, Italy. 


2016 Beauty – Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial
Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY, USA.

2014 The Soft House
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy. 

2013 Being/Dreaming
KK Gallery, London, UK. 

2012 Cartoon Network 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Los Angeles, USA. 


2011 Bookmark 2
Zirkumflex Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

2009 Pen-Paper-Scissors
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK. 

2009 Beneath The Surface
Nemo, Portland, OR, USA. 


2008 100 Pieces of Havana
Dray Walk Gallery, London, UK. 

2007 Today's Art
The City Hall, The Hague, The Netherlands. 

2007 A nice set
Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris, Madrid, Melbourne, Singapore.

2007 Illustrative
Espaces Commines, Paris, France. 

2007 Illustrative
Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, Germany. 

2006 Icebreakers
Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris, France.




















Collections

Victoria & Albert Museum (UK)
The National Museum of Finland/Maritime Museum (FI)
Design Museum (FI)
TextielMuseum (NL)
EMMA Museum of Modern Art (FI)

HAM Helsinki Art Museum (FI)
Royal Academy of Arts (UK)
Saastamoinen Foundation (FI)
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation (FI)
University of Helsinki/Hyytiälä Forestry Station (FI)
Rabobank Art Collection (NL)
Buitenplaats Doornburgh (NL)Private Collections


Selected PressApollo
Artforum
Artribune
The Art Newspaper
AD Architectural Digest
Collect
Connaissance des Arts
Corriere Della Sera
Cover
Dagens Nyheter
Dazed
Domus
Dwell
Dezeen
Elephant
Elle
Financial Times
Frame
Forbes
Form
Flaunt
The Huffington Post
Helsingin Sanomat
House & Garden
Icon
ID
Interview
La Repubblica
Residence
Modern Design Review
Monocle
The New York Times
Nikkei
Nylon
+81
T Magazine
The Telegraph
Robb Report
South China Morning Post
Taipei Times
Viewpoint
Vogue
Wallpaper

Whispers (Rolls-Royce)



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