Lehto & Salovaara

Miisa Lehto (b.1993) is a textile artist and designer who graduated from Aalto University’s Master's Program in Fashion, Clothing, and Textiles. Lehto has strong expertise in woven fabric structures and materials, with her work featured in productions by international corporations. Her technical weaving skills can also be admired in Maarit Salolainen's groundbreaking publication on weaving, Interwoven: Exploring Materials and Structures.

Samu Salovaara (b. 1990) is a graphic designer and audiovisual multi-creator from Helsinki, Finland who graduated from Aalto University’s Master’s Program in Visual Communication Design. His interests extend from typographic hierarchies to woven fabrics, record engineering, and everything in between and beyond. Salovaara’s work can be seen internationally in the underground music scene, from the visual identities of bands to music videos, as well as in his own musical productions.

Together, they form an artistic entity that explores collaborative artistic practice through the method of co-creation. Having studied weaving under the supervision of the Aalto ARTS textile faculty, they possess extensive knowledge of the technical qualities of woven jacquard fabrics, storytelling through material, and conceptual art practice.

Work

Woven works of Lehto & Salovaara

CVs available upon request.

Exhibitions

Miisa Lehto & Samu Salovaara: Love and Death
V1 Gallery, Väre
26.4.2022–30.4.2022

DIALOGUES – Creating New Textile Futures
Miisa Lehto & Samu Salovaara: Love and Death
Dipoli galleria, Espoo
28.11.2022–28.02.2023

Project inquiries and collaborations

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