4.5" x 4.5" Acrylic and family photograph on composite wood 2024 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Whispers of solitude 4.5" x 4.5" Acrylic and family photograph on composite wood 2024

12" x 12" Acrylic and printed family photo on wood panel 2015 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Untitled 12" x 12" Acrylic and printed family photo on wood panel 2015

24" x 18" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2016 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece He is mean and he is suffering, and he needs more help than I do 24" x 18" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2016

40" x 30" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2015 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece He failed to protect me, so I tried to protect him 40" x 30" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2015 In a private collection

20" x 20" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece I am concealed within your shadow 20" x 20" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection

20" x 20" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Will I feel it once she's gone? 20" x 20" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017

24" x 18" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2016 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Why don't you speak of them 24" x 18" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2016 In a private collection

20" x 20" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Straining to get out, but neither of us know how 20" x 20" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection

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12" x 12" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece The void that was left behind 12" x 12" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection

14" x 11" Acrylic, graphite, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Untitled (girl) 14" x 11" Acrylic, graphite, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection

12" x 12" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2017 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Untitled (deep snow) 12" x 12" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2017

36" x 48" Acrylic and family photograph on canvas 2020 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece They came from her hand, not mine 36" x 48" Acrylic and family photograph on canvas 2020 In a private collection

Susanne Aaltonen (she/her) is a Canadian artist currently living and working in Calgary, Alberta. She is represented by Paul Kuhn Gallery in Calgary. Susanne Aaltonen (she/her) is a Canadian artist currently living and working in Calgary, Alberta. She received her BFA from the Alberta College of Art + Design (now Alberta University of the Arts) in 2016. In 2017 she was part of the Banff Artist in Residence for Emerging Artists at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Her work is included in numerous private collections, and is a part of the permanent collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. She is represented by Paul Kuhn Gallery in Calgary, as well as Ashdale Gallery in North Vancouver. CV Artist Statement Artist Statement My work explores the shifting relationship between inner growth and the spaces we move through—both physical and emotional. It sits in the tension between feeling submerged by the weight of external pressures and the lightness and clarity that comes when we allow ourselves to surface and breathe. At its core, it is a search for balance between those opposing forces: between clarity and confusion, lightness and weight, stillness and struggle. Each piece traces a layer of this journey, from the depths of introspection, to the sensation of breaking through, and the moments of quiet peace that follows. The materials and techniques are carefully chosen to embody fluidity and contrast, creating a rhythm that mirrors life’s ebb and flow – sometimes overwhelming, yet ultimately sustaining. Through this work, I invite viewers to reflect on their own rhythms of submersion and renewal, and to linger in the fragile yet necessary space of pause and release. CV SUSANNE AALTONEN SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 Coming up for air, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB 2021 a constant internal vibration, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB 2019 From Mustasaari, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB 2019 Susanne Aaltonen: Knowing How Little I Need Her Now, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB 2018 Dear Aino, Arts Commons, Calgary AB 2016 Home is No Longer Home, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary AB DUAL/GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2026 Glint: Captured Memories, Ashdale Gallery, North Vancouver BC 2026 LOOK2026 Gala: Off the Path, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary AB 2026 Landscapes + such, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary AB 2019 LOOK2020, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary AB 2016 Hand Pic’d 2016, Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Calgary AB 2016 Did I tell you how I felt inside and out? (Sled Island 2016), Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB 2016 From Here to There, New Edward Gallery, Calgary, AB 2016 National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) Site Visit Student Exhibition, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB 2016 A Space Ship is Just a Time Machine, Untitled Contemporary Art, Calgary AB 2015 Community Show V, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB RESIDENCIES 2017 Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) Emerging, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada EDUCATION 2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction (Drawing Major), Alberta University of the Arts (previously Alberta College of Art and Design), Calgary, AB SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS 2017 Flair Foundation Artist Award 2016 Board of Governors Graduating Student Award for Drawing, Calgary, AB 2016 ACAD Fourth Year Drawing Major Merit Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary AB 2016 Ignac & Karla Herskovic Memorial Grad Show Prize, Calgary, AB 2016 BMO 1st Art! Prize Nominee, Canada 2015 Jason Lang Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB 2015 ACAD Third Year Drawing Major Merit Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary AB 2014 Jason Lang Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB PUBLISHED PROJECTS 2016 Aaltonen, Susanne. Do you remember? 2016. Print. 2014 Beaulieu, Derek. Re:Comp. No Press, 2014. 22-23. Print. BIBLIOGRAPHY 2019 The Cairn, "Susanne Aaltonen: Knowing How Little I Need Her Now", Anne Ewen, Volume 2 Issue 5 2019 Rocky Mountain Outlook, ""Banff's Whyte Museum puts on art exhibit surrounding themes of then and now", Alana Macleod COLLECTIONS Alberta Foundation for the Arts

24" x 28" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2015 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece I miss you when you're with me 24" x 28" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2015

2021 | Paul Kuhn Gallery Calgary AB Canada Exhibitions Previous Show Next Show A constant internal vibration Paul Kuhn Gallery Calgary AB Canada 2021 Up

2019 | Whyte Museum Banff AB Canada Exhibitions Previous Show Next Show Knowing how little I need her now Whyte Museum Banff AB Canada 2019 Up

14" x 11" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2017 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Untitled (the woods) 14" x 11" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2017

24" x 18" Acrylic and family photograph on paper 2021 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Study #4 (G&G) 24" x 18" Acrylic and family photograph on paper 2021 In a private collection

20" x 20" Acrylic, graphite, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Dear Aino 20" x 20" Acrylic, graphite, and family photo on wood panel 2017 In a private collection