Kanerva and One Thing, comic album Added by MOA2006

Photo: Petteri Tikkanen

Kanerva and One Thing is the first album-length comic strip I have ever made. The theme of the album is encountering death. Kanerva's grandmother is dying. Kanerva and her friend Eero try to make grandmother?s last days as pleasant as possible. Various things happen along the way. The physically passive old lady creates a fine balance to the frisky kids of the story.
In my work I especially focused on the content of the story. Everything revolves around the story.

I graduated from the Institute of Design at Lahti University of Applied Sciences in 2000 with a qualification in media. I have also studied in the Faculty of Art and Design in the University of Lapland. In the Liminka School of Art I was both a student and a teacher in the field of comics. As a teacher, I have worked in other schools in this field, and I have completed the Comics Specialisation module in the Lahti Adult Education Centre. I have worked as a professional illustrator and comics artist since 1996.
I won the first prize of the national comics competition in Kemi for two consecutive years, 1997 and 1998. One of the places my work has been exhibited since then is Kiasma the Museum of Contemporary Art. My work has also been seen abroad in group exhibitions. The easiest way to see my work live is in the exhibitions of the group Golden Diamond.
BLACK PEIDER is my alter ego. When I cannot take art any more, I pull a hood over my head and scream my head off on some live stage.

Contact:
otikkanen(at)uiah.fi
+358 50 491 7475