EYESO Featured Artist: Kimmo Metsäranta
Kimmo Metsäranta is a visual artist from Finland, creating both artistic and commercial work.
Kimmo’s work has been widely shown in exhibitions in Finland and abroad. He has also been nominated for several awards, including two nominations for Fotofinlandia. His directorial debut – a film for the Parliament of Finland, won a silver award in the World Media Festival in Hamburg. In 2015 Kimmo was also shortlisted for the Sony Photography Award, the biggest photography competition in the world.
For Kimmo a great image brings something before unseen to the viewer – a new idea or a coincidence that makes you go “wow”.
