About the Artist
A visual artist with a doctorate in mathematics, Helena Kauppila is deeply fascinated by complex systems and the phenomena of emergence. Although Kauppila's work is representational, she derives her understanding of representation from mathematics, which can get quite abstract. Correspondingly, while her colorful canvases may appear haphazard and unplanned, there is a systems thinking behind them. Her work reflects the order of the genome, the structure of mathematical theories, and the visceral human connection to nature and intuitive experience.
Kauppila currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Columbia University and is the recipient of the Reginald Marsh and Felicia Meyer Marsh scholarship at the Art Students League of New York. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows internationally, including in Helsinki, New York, and Berlin. Notably, in 2023, she presented a solo exhibition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, following a 2021 solo show at the Finnish Institute in Germany in Berlin, accompanied by a published catalog.