Jussi Pyky
Tamed by Oneself
3–29 November 2026
– Huuto’s first exhibitions in Itämerentalo, beside Cabel Factory,
Tammasaarenlaituri 3 (weekdays 12-4pm) / Tallberginkatu 2A
Animals move silently through the dark forest.
They keep a safe distance from me.
I know they are around me, even though I cannot see them.
I am calm, yet alert.
It is still and quiet.
I feel as though I am safe.
In solitude, in darkness, in silence – something emerges from within me.
It feels foreign and ancient – something we would like to hide, forget or tame.
Light reveals everything and makes us vulnerable.
It is the absence of darkness.
Perhaps that is why we want to light everything up.
Darkness offers protection.
Perhaps here I am safe from my other self, my daytime self.
The person of culture, education, reason and light.
The one who walks in the light.
Tamed by oneself.
Jussi Pyky (b. 1985, Tyrnävä) lives and works in Helsinki. He works with drawing and painting. He graduated from the Lahti Institute of Fine Arts in 2009 and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts in 2016.
Pyky has participated in several group exhibitions and held numerous solo exhibitions in Finland and abroad. He is a member of the artist cooperative Toolbox. In 2025, he received the William Thuring Prize. His works are included in the Seppo Fränti Collection at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art as well as in several private collections in Finland and Germany.
Thank you
The artist’s work has been supported by the Kone Foundation.
Contact information
jussipyky (a) hotmail.com
https://www.jussipyky.com/
