Anna Alanko is a Helsinki-based textile artist and mixed-media illustrator working in the intersection between physical and digital. As an artist Alanko works with bio materials, textile sculptures and mixed media from paint to 3D and animation.

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GROUP Exhibitions

2026

Visit Light, Salo Art Museum Roundhouse, Salo, Finland

2025

Bloom, Toinen Silmä window gallery, Helsinki, Finland

2025

Design in Motion, Graphic Days, Turin, Italy

2025

Design in Motion Festival, The Netherlands

2024

Projio, Tampere, Finland

2022

A Digital Nature, Design Museum Den Bosch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2022

Design in Motion Festival, The Netherlands

2022

Pieces of Hope, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Finland

2021

Design in Motion, Biennale Design Graphique, Chaumont, France

2021

Design in Motion, Graphic Days, Turin, Italy

2021

In Good Hands, Ostrobothnian Museum, Vaasa, Finland

2020

Open Screens, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Finland

2020

In Good Hands, The Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland

2019

Design in Motion Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2019

Japonism in Today's Design, The National Museum of Finland, Helsinki, Finland

2017

Mikkeli Illustration Triennial, Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli, Finland

2015

Bloom, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

SOLO, DUO & TRIO Exhibitions

2025

Kukinto, Toinen Silmä Ikkunagalleria, Helsinki, Suomi

2022

SQUIRM, Kalleria Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

2014

Travelogue 1: Mental Landscapes together with Aoi Yoshizawa & Anna-Mari Leppisaari, Third Space Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

2025

The Craft Museum of Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland

WORKSHOPS AND TALKS

2024

Workshop, Swiss Interactive Media Design Days, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2024

Keynote Speech, Swiss Interactive Media Design Days, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2017

Design Diplomacy Panel Discussion, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Finland

As a designer and illustrator Anna Alanko is part of ALANKO+NUOTIO, a Helsinki-based creative studio formed by Anna Alanko and graphic and sound designer Antton Nuotio. The pair combines digital and analog tools to create dreamy illustrations, installations and animations that burst with colour and ooze exuberant textures for clients across the globe. ALANKO+NUOTIO is available for freelance, commissions and artistic collaborations.

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Anna Alanko is a Helsinki-based textile artist and mixed-media illustrator working in the intersection between physical and digital. As an artist Alanko works with bio materials, textile sculptures and mixed media from paint to 3D and animation.

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Kukinto, Toinen Silmä Ikkunagalleria, Helsinki, Suomi

2025 Design in Motion, Graphic Days, Torino, Italia

2025 Design in Motion Festival, Alankomaat

2024 Projio, Tampere, Suomi

2022 A Digital Nature, Design Museum Den Bosch, Amsterdam, Alankomaat

2022 Design in Motion Festival, Alankomaat

2022 Pieces of Hope, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Suomi

2022 Design in Motion Festival, Alankomaat

2021 Design in Motion, Biennale Design Graphique, Chaumont, Ranska

2021 Design in Motion, Graphic Days, Torino, Italia

2021 Hyvissä käsissä, Pohjanmaan museo, Vaasa, Suomi

2020 Open Screens, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Suomi

2020 Hyvissä käsissä, Suomen käsityön museo, Jyväskylä, Suomi

2019 Design in Motion Festival, Amsterdam, Alankomaat

2019 Japonismi nykymuotoilussa, Suomen kansallismuseo, Helsinki, Suomi

2017 Mikkelin kuvitustriennaali, Mikkeli, Suomi

2015 Bloom, Lokal galleria, Helsinki, Suomi

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 SQUIRM, Kalleria Galleria, Helsinki, Suomi

2014 Travelogue 1: Mental Landscapes -yksityisnäyttely osana työryhmää Alanko-Leppisaari-Yoshizawa, Third Space Galleria, Helsinki, Suomi

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

2025 Perusnäyttely, Suomen käsityön museo, Jyväskylä

WORKShops and talks

2024 Työpaja, Swiss Interactive Media Design Days, St. Gallen, Sveitsi

2024 Keynote-puhe, Swiss Interactive Media Design Days, St. Gallen, Sveitsi

2017 Design Diplomacy -keskustelu, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Suomi

As a designer and illustrator Anna Alanko is part of ALANKO+NUOTIO, a Helsinki-based creative studio formed by Anna Alanko and graphic and sound designer Antton Nuotio. The pair combines digital and analog tools to create dreamy illustrations, installations and animations that burst with colour and ooze exuberant textures for clients across the globe. ALANKO+NUOTIO is available for freelance, commissions and artistic collaborations.

ALANKO+NUOTIO

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