Ville Kylätasku (b. 1979, Finland) is an internationally recognized artist whose work rejects the self-referential inwardness often associated with contemporary art. Informed by his adolescent years in classical ballet and contemporary circus, Kylätasku engages boldly with human and metaphysical themes, approaching life and art with passion and sincere curiosity. Working primarily in oil, Kylätasku builds layered, contemplative surfaces that navigate the spaces between abstraction and representation, landscape and psyche. Rooted in the European visual tradition, his work explores transience, belonging, and spatial poetics. Often beginning with digital collages of imagery from classical painting, fashion, and architecture, he layers and erases to create works that resist quick interpretation yet invite sustained engagement. A tension between precision and spontaneity runs through his practice, shaped by Northern light, seasonal rhythms, and the psychological resonance of landscapes. Rather than depict specific places, he conjures atmospheric fields of memory influenced by his wish for a “new Renaissance” —topographies filtered through perception, emotion, and time. His works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Finland and internationally, and are held in both private and institutional collections, including the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art (Helsinki), Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf), and the Hort Collection (New York). Ville Kylätasku currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.