I’ve been lying all day,
letting light into my room.

Beyond
photography

Jaakko Heikkilä realizes photographic art ‘beyond photography’ - citing influences from the romanticism of Caspar David Friedrich combined with an enlightened rationalism of Max Ernst and the surrealism of Salvador Dali. Yet at the same time his work defies classification. He moves us by touching wounds of people and cultures all over the world.
Andreas Vowinckel, Art Historian, Cologne, Germany

Projects

Golden October

Philosophy of Wealth

Nine Portraits of Finnish Wealth in Finland, Sweden, France and USA, 2018 - 2022

Rooms Hidden by the Water

Venice 2009, 2010, 2016

Books

There is no other way. The way forward is a mystery. Dreams are movement. The future is in our blood. Titian knew how to paint black. A man rises out of blackness.

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Gallery

Gallery prints available on request. Printed and signed on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag paper.

News

Hilden Art Manor

Hilden Art Manor, Oulu, Finland

Exhibition “Human Encounters”
25.6. – 31.7. 2026

Image Piazza San Marco, Venice 2016

Aine Art Museum

Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland 40-vuotis juhlanäyttely, 40th anniversary exhibition.

“ And I Became Human” 7.3. – 30.8. 2026

Image: Ducica, Serbia, 2008

Skandinavia House, New York 22.4. 2025

Skandinavia House, New York 22.4. 2025

Lecture: Human Encounters Across Cultures
Kuva: Aldeci, Itaparica, Brazil 2008

Havremagasinet, Boden Sweden

Framtid / Future, 15th anniversary exhibition
opening 31.5. 2025

Kuva, Maija in the kitchen 2003
Teemasta “Jesus Stands on the Swedish side

Finlayson Art Area

Finlayson Art Area, Tampere, Finland
”And i became Human”, opening 12.6.2025
Kuva: Schoolgirl, Njuchtja, Russia 1999

Artist talk

Taidemuseopäivät, Kukkolaforsen 13.10.2023

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