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

36" x 36" Acrylic and family photo on wood panel 2025 Available at Ashdale Gallery in North Vancouver | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Holding still 36" x 36" Acrylic and family photo on wood panel 2025 Available at Ashdale Gallery in North Vancouver

24" x 30" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece He understood 24" x 30" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018

24" x 30" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2024 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Suspended in stillness 24" x 30" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2024

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

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

36" x 48" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2021 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece I didn't want to hurt him by saying too much 36" x 48" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2021 In a private collection

20" x 16" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2015 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Nothing left to recover 20" x 16" Acrylic, and family photo on wood panel 2015

30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece He doesn't mean it 30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018

60" x 40" Acrylic and photograph on wood 2024 Commission for Northwest Auto Group | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece California cruisin' 60" x 40" Acrylic and photograph on wood 2024 Commission for Northwest Auto Group

30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and replicated film photo on wood panel 2018 In a private collection | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece They don't have stories to tell (2/2) 30" x 24" Acrylic, charcoal, and replicated film photo on wood panel 2018 In a private collection

24" x 18" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2024 | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece I hope it was worth it in the end 24" x 18" Acrylic and family photograph on wood panel 2024

24" x 18" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018 In a private collection (commissioned) | Susanne Aaltonen Previous piece Next piece Untitled (Gladys) 24" x 18" Acrylic, charcoal, and family photo on wood panel 2018 In a private collection (commissioned)

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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

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 CV SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 Coming up for air, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary 2021 a constant internal vibration, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary 2019 From Mustasaari, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary 2019 Susanne Aaltonen: Knowing How Little I Need Her Now, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB 2018 Dear Aino, Arts Commons, Calgary 2016 Home is No Longer Home, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Hand Pic’d 2016, Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Calgary 2016 Did I tell you how I felt inside and out? (Sled Island 2016), Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary 2016 From Here to There, New Edward Gallery, Calgary, Canada. 2016 National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) Site Visit Student Exhibition, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary 2016 A Space Ship is Just a Time Machine, Untitled Contemporary Art, Calgary 2015 Community Show V, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary 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 College of Art + Design (now Alberta University of the Arts), Calgary, Canada SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS 2017 Flair Foundation Artist Award 2016 Board of Governors Graduating Student Award for Drawing, Calgary, Canada 2016 ACAD Fourth Year Drawing Major Merit Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary 2016 Ignac & Karla Herskovic Memorial Grad Show Prize, Calgary, Canada 2016 BMO 1st Art! Prize Nominee 2015 Jason Lang Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada 2015 ACAD Third Year Drawing Major Merit Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary 2014 Jason Lang Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada 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

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