Visual artist Hannele Heinonen is inspired by ancient buildings and interiors. This is not the first time she has used items and objects from the ancient times as subjects in her paintings.

''I started painting large works in 2024, combining vases, columns and arched doorways with backgrounds of different colours, created with a mix of techniques. I used guidelines in these works to achieve symmetry, for example. I found that these gridlines were starting to look like an interesting part of the painting, and I didn't want to remove them.''

The large works and their different colour palettes are now on display in the lobby gallery of Maunula House in September. The simplified themes are drawn from antiquity and recur in all the works.

Hannele Heinonen is a retired interior designer and visual artist. She studied art at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture and the LAB Institute of Design and Fine Arts. During her career, she worked as an interior decorator of public spaces and homes in Helsinki, and she has also worked as a gallerist in Lahti. Hannele Heinonen has participated in numerous exhibitions between 1990 and 2024.

Her exhibition will be on display in the lobby gallery (2nd floor) from Tue 2 September to Mon 29 September during the opening hours of Maunula House (Mon–Thu 9–20, Fri 9–16, Sat 10–16, closed on Sundays)

Free entry

Hannele Heinonen: Antiikin apuviivat﻿

Hannele Heinonen: Antiikin apuviivat