The artist for this year’s Light Gallery is Joel Slotte, the Young Artist of the Year 2021. The Light Gallery artworks will be projected onto the walls of buildings during the dark time in Tampere city centre starting from 24 October. The Light Gallery is part of the Tampere Festival of Light programme.

Joel Slotte’s Mosse and Tattooed Friends juxtaposes mythical creatures and medieval medicinal herbs with symbols of death metal music and pop surrealism. Skulls are set side by side with chilli and raspberry, and an alien with a starfish. The drawings have been published earlier in the exhibition catalogue during the award year of 2021. The exhibition Mosse and Tattooed Friends is linked to the exhibition A Feast for the Eyes, which presents works by the Young Artists of the Year from the Tampere Art Museum’s collections over 40 years.

Joel Slotte (b.1987 in Kokkola) is a visual artist living and working in Helsinki. He graduated with a Master of Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts in 2016. Slotte is particularly known for his technically skilful figurative oil paintings.