J.P Köykkä: Wobbly Table

Rhythm lies at the core of J.P Köykkä’s paintings. In the studio, he seeks to attune himself to an intuitive visual language that balances harmony with intense dynamism, creating compositions that hover mischievously between stability and play. 

Though his works project a sense of compositional control, they are invariably animated by a subtle, humorous glint.

Köykkä began his artistic career as a graffiti artist, and he often still paints graffiti before heading to the studio – as a way of entering the right state of mind. Traces of street culture remain discernible in his canvases, even if they are not consciously foregrounded. 

Working with a wide range of materials is central to Köykkä’s practice. He continually experiments with new mediums while returning to familiar ones, each time discovering fresh possibilities and an inexhaustible playground for exploration. 

He is particularly interested in setting up tensions between materiality and subject matter. 

J.P Köykkä (b. 1987) graduated from the visual arts program at Tampere University of Applied Sciences in 2015. 

His works have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions and they are also held in several public collections.

Galerie Forsblom

27.3.-3.5.2026
Tue–Fri 11.00-18.00
Sat–Sun 12.00-16.00

Free entry