Erika Kallasmaa

Erika Kallasmaa (b. 1969) is an award-winning artist, illustrator and graphic designer. She is a master of visual storytelling and her medium expands beyond the means of books and printed matters to theatre, television, architecture, performance arts and installations. Kallasmaa was awarded the Finnish State Prize of visual arts in 2013. She was awarded with an honorary mention at Mikkeli’s 12th Illustration Triennial in 2020. 

 

Photo: © Jonne Räsänen

 

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Awards & Nominations

Awards

  • Finnish State Prize of Visual Arts

    2013

  • Koura Award

    2015

  • Most Beautiful Books in Finland

    2008

  • Most Beautiful Books in Finland

    2019

Nominations

  • Finlandia Junior Prize

    1997

  • Finlandia Junior Prize

    2008

  • Vuoden Huiput – The Best of Finnish Creative Design Shortlist for Illustration

    2019

  • Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

    2019

  • Finlandia Junior Prize

    2020

  • Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (for Otus Opus - Zoology Poetry)

    2021

Related publishing

  • Sea Monsters

    Erika Kallasmaa & Laura Ruohonen
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  • Otus Opus - Zoology Poetry

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  • Allakka Pullakka

    Erika Kallasmaa & Laura Ruohonen
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  • Yökyöpelit

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  • Tippukivitapaus

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  • Kummalla kammella

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