Ananya Tanttu (The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki)

Ananya Tanttu. Top: Vermillion safe from the early 2000’s (2026). 42 × 75 × 4,5 cm.
Bottom: I dreamt about the moon piercing three round windows (Optics) (2023/2026). 48 × 56 × 4,5 cm.
Archival inkjet print, dibond, beeswax, dammar resin, pine, steel. Edition: 5 + 2 AP.

Ananya Tanttu. Venus is a hormonal planet (The Kiss) (2026). 56 × 82 (/56) × 4,5 cm. Archival inkjet print, dibond, beeswax, dammar resin, pine, steel. Edition: 5 + 2 AP.

Ananya Tanttu. Top: What sitting in your lap feels like (Mandorla) (2026). 42 × 56 × 4,5 cm.
Bottom: In some kind of love during the lockdowns (Posted 35mm film) (2020/2026). 48 × 56 × 4,5 cm.
Archival inkjet print, dibond, beeswax, dammar resin, pine, steel. Edition: 5 + 2 AP.

Ananya Tanttu. Top: Vermillion safe from the early 2000’s (2026). 42 × 75 × 4,5 cm.
Bottom: I dreamt about the moon piercing three round windows (Optics) (2023/2026). 48 × 56 × 4,5 cm.
Archival inkjet print, dibond, beeswax, dammar resin, pine, steel. Edition: 5 + 2 AP.

Ananya Tanttu. Venus is a hormonal planet (The Kiss) (2026). 56 × 82 (/56) × 4,5 cm. Archival inkjet print, dibond, beeswax, dammar resin, pine, steel. Edition: 5 + 2 AP.

Ananya Tanttu. Top: What sitting in your lap feels like (Mandorla) (2026). 42 × 56 × 4,5 cm.
Bottom: In some kind of love during the lockdowns (Posted 35mm film) (2020/2026). 48 × 56 × 4,5 cm.
Archival inkjet print, dibond, beeswax, dammar resin, pine, steel. Edition: 5 + 2 AP.

Ananya Tanttu (FI, b. 1994) is a Helsinki-based visual artist. She holds a BA from the Lahti Institute of Design, and is currently pursuing an MFA in Time and Space Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki. Tanttu’s practice, through which she weaves text and elements of installation, is primarily lens-based. Her works can be found in both public and private collections, whilst she has exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions in both Finland and abroad.

 

At Foto Tallinn, Tanttu showcases pieces from the installation Double Weave: a series of sixteen
photo-objects. The work is a contemplation on the shape of negative space, the dark side of the moon, the
hollowness of a bowl. Tanttu imagines the act of weaving in cycles of receiving and releasing; if the warp
was consciousness and space, experience the weft, time would be the rhythm of weaving.

 

Artist is presented by The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki