Artist's Talk: Arno Rafael Minkkinen

Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a Finnish-American photographer who uses his physical presence to connect with the natural environment. His body, most often faceless in his images, creates a visual language by interweaving flesh and nature, a process he views as a way of preparing one's self—in the metaphorical sense—for the inevitable. He has said, "Nature should not be required to make such preparations. Our time is limited, but nature must remain eternal."

Minkkinen's black-and-white images have been shown in over 200 exhibitions worldwide and published in seven monographs. In 2013 he received the Lucie Award for Achievement in Fine Art at Carnegie Hall. Recent exhibitions include the Images Festival in Vevey, Switzerland; Photography Oxford Festival in England; Galerie Camera Obscura in Paris; and the Blomqvist Kunsthandel in Oslo, Norway. Minkkinen is currently a professor of art at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and docent at Aalto University of Art, Design, and Architecture in Helsinki, Finland.

A book signing will follow Minkkinen's talk.

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Art.