Ensio Härkönen

The extremes of emptiness and fullness, light and darkness. Memories of the past, stories, and narratives evoke images, stirring the imagination. They sensitize us to see pictures that have never actually existed for me; pictures that have been in the memories of the past and are real in their lives.

The alternation between empty and full space when starting work. First, one must empty, then fill again. A continuous alternation: empty in the morning, full in the evening.

I trust in the freedom given by experience to detach in a way that feels like ecstasy, entering a space where there is no longer a past or a future. A space from which the right kind of contradiction emerges between the learned and the innate.

In this exhibition at the Poriginal Gallery, my site-specific works Ratapiha and Raja are on display.”

Ensio Härkönen was born in Iisalmi in 1960. He graduated as a visual artist from Kankaanpää School of Fine Arts in 1990. Härkönen works with sculpting techniques, and the primary materials of his works are steel, wood, and recycled materials.

Ensio Härkönen has participated in exhibitions since 1988 and has worked as a part-time teacher in sculpture at Kankaanpää Art School since 1990. Härkönen is a member of the Finnish Sculptors’ Association.

Ensio Härkönen lives and works in Kankaanpää.

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