Santtu mustonen biography template

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Santtu mustonen biography template

Artist Santtu Mustonen lives and works in New York, at least for a little while longer. Necessity, the English proverb goes, is the mother of all invention. In artist Santtu Mustonen’s case, necessity is the mother not only of invention, but re-invention as well.

After studying industrial and graphic design at University of Art and Design Helsinki and the Gerrit Rietfeld Academie respectively, Mustonen later decided to concentrate predominately on illustration work.

However, a lack of a developed illustration industry in Helsinki, and consequently a lack of clients, led Mustonen to Amsterdam where he lived for the next three years building up a studio.

A visit to New York in 2012 as an artist-in-residence turned into a six year stay and a client list many artists can but dream of, including the New York City Ballet, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the MTV Music Video Awards.

Now, again, necessity