Matti Hagelberg
Matti Hagelberg (born 1964 Kirkkonummi) is a Finnish comic book artist, illustrator, graphical designer and teacher. He attended the University of Art and Design in Helsinki and achieved a Master of Arts degree. Hagelberg is the only famous Finnish author to use scratch cardboard as his medium and has won a Puupää hat award of the Finnish Comic Society in 1997. He is married to Katja Tukiainen with one child.
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Matti Hagelberg (2009)
Hagelberg's comics are humorous and discursive. He combines mythology and popular culture with fantastic and autobiographical elements in a liberal way. It is also common for Hagelberg to use a heroic character named directly after himself
His latest work is One way to make time more easy passing, a 1000-page comic book.
Excerpts from bibliography
- B.E.M. -series, issues 1 - 19. For example, Bonuskaupungin vitsaukset, Venuksen Sulttaani, Tikapuuhermosto, Holmenkollen and Kekkonen. (1992–2012)
Exhibits
- Le Mauvais oeil sur (Strasbourg, Angoulême, Marseille) 1997
- BIG Torino, biennale arte emergente 2000
- Un Regarde Moderne -gallery in Paris 2000
- The Finnish Culture Institute of Tallinn 2000
Awards
- Best of year 1993 - special prize and commendation for best use of paper medium
- Best of year 1995 - silver apex for B.E.M. 2
- Puupää hat award, 1997
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