source: kristiinalahde

Kristiina Lahde is an artist from Toronto Canada. She received her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in 1999. In May 2012 she had her second solo exhibition at MKG127 in Toronto, titled Beyond Measure. She is currently participating in a residency at Open Studio (Toronto, ON). Lahde’s work is in the collection of the Canada Council Art Bank. Kristiina Lahde is represented by MKG127, Toronto.

In my practice I alter and re-format familiar objects and materials. I select materials that are often disused or are rapidly approaching obsolescence. I alter these materials through a precise process of geometric re-organisation, in which measurement and pattern play a significant roll. I am drawn to materials that carry or contain information, materials of administration or tools for measurement. These common materials include envelopes, newspapers, telephone books and measuring tapes. I seek out an internal logic of things and this leads me to subjectively shift, expand, invert or simply transform the materials.
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source: mkg127

Kristiina Lahde tampers with systems of measurement in Beyond Measure, her latest exhibition at MKG127. Fragmentation, pattern and chance are reflected in the processes of this diverse group of new works. Lahde re-works everyday materials with mathematical precision that transforms them into perverse geometric constructions, releasing them from their utilitarian origins. The exhibition also includes her latest Dice series, which connects elements of chance to a process of replication and reversal. Lahde introduces a new series of paper works that incorporate a controlled process of blind faith. The combination of control and chance, precision and happenstance embedded in Lahde’s work paradoxically acknowledges that you need a system to be random.

Kristiina Lahde received her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in (Halifax, NS) in 1999. Lahde works in collage, sculpture and installation. In 2011, her work was featured in the 7th edition of La Biennale de Montréal. She has recently been awarded a Creation Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Mid-Career Grant from the Ontario Arts Council. She will be participating in a residency at Open Studio (Toronto, ON) in Fall 2012.

MKG127 is located in Toronto at 1445 Dundas St. West between Dufferin St. and Gladstone Ave. Hours are Wednesday to Saturday from 12 to 6 PM or by appointment. For more information call 647-435-7682.