Ukri Uolevi Merikanto (20 March 1950 – 25 July 2010) was a Finnish sculptor.

Biography

Ukri Merikanto was born on 20 March 1950 in Helsinki, Finland to composer

Aarre Merikanto Aarre Merikanto (29 June 1893 – 28 September 1958) was a Finnish composer. He was born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, the son of Elise "Liisa" Häyrynen (1869–1949) and the famous romantic composer, professor Oskar Merikanto (186 ...

(1893–1958) and his second wife Evi Sylvia Merikanto (née Mähönen) (1910–1968). He had one younger brother, Pan Ylermi Merikanto (1951–2012) and two older half-sisters from his father's first marriage, Anna Marjatta Peltonen (née Merikanto) and Arma Kyllikki Tukia (née Merikanto). Merikanto studied art and design at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki from 1968 to 1971. From 1974 until 1979 Merikanto was employed as a teacher at the academy, where he molded plastic designs. In most of Merikanto's works, he used stone as the material. He was a key name in Finnish modernist art. His three-dimensional works address issues such as the relationship between weight and weightlessness. In 2009, Merikanto was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal of the

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. Some of Merikanto's notable works include: * ''Teräspursi'' (1981–1982) * ''Barcarola'' (1991) * ''Sisääntulo'' (1994) * ''Lintukoto'' (1999) * ''Kaukomieli'' (2000), a memorial sculpture for

Otto Manninen Otto Manninen (13 August 1872 – 6 April 1950) was a Finnish language, Finnish writer, poet, and a celebrated translator of world classics into Finnish language. Along with Eino Leino in the early 20th century, he is considered as a pioneer of Fi ...

, placed in Anni Swan Park in central

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Accessed January 22, 2020. * ''Con amore'' (2000) Merikanto died on 25 July 2010 in Helsinki. He is buried within the

Hietaniemi Cemetery The Hietaniemi cemetery (, ) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services and is owned by the Evangelical Luthe ...

beside his father and his grandfather,

Oskar Merikanto Oskar Merikanto (; born Frans Oskar Ala-Kanto; 5 August 186817 February 1924) was a Finnish composer, music critic, pianist, and organist. As a composer, Merikanto was primarily a miniaturist, and includes songs and piano pieces (he wrote over ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Merikanto, Ukri 20th-century Finnish sculptors 21st-century Finnish sculptors 1950 births Artists from Helsinki 2010 deaths Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery