Janne Ahola

My work moves between handmade and digital methods.
Painting and drawing bring imperfect choices into a space that often aims for clean control. From there, scanning, looping, and rebuilding become a way to test when the digital starts feeling physical. The process matters a lot.

I’m interested in how technology and nature overlap, especially the moments when the line between them starts to feel natural but blurry.

For more info, here’s a short artist statement and how to reach me.

Short biography

Janne Ahola (b. 1984, Helsinki, Finland) is a designer and video artist living and working in Pisa, Italy. He studied Multimedia Design at NoMA in Kolding, Denmark (grad. 2010).

Over the past decade, Ahola has worked extensively in digital art, producing numerous works relying on projection mapping techniques. 

His projects have been presented across a wide spectrum of contexts, from design to art—and exhibited internationally throughout Europe, as well as in Japan, Africa and United States.

Outside of his artistic practice, he works professionally as a video designer with Sun Effects, a Helsinki–Tokyo-based design company, and is also the artist behind Matlock Visuals, his VJ project focused on live visuals.