KALLE NIO

Kalle Nio is a visual artist and a magician. He is a co-founder of WHS and working with new circus, visual theatre, magic and video projections... The work of visual artist, magician, and stage director Kalle Nio blends magic, visual arts, cinema, art history, circus, and theatre into a unique artistic language. In his stage performances and cinematic installations, he acts as an inventor, performer, and researcher, creating encounters between past and present, magic and visual arts, high art and sideshows, craftsmanship and technology, reality and illusion... He holds a master's degree in fine arts from the University of the Arts Helsinki. With his performing arts group WHS, he has toured in more than 30 countries. His visual art exhibitions, video installations, and short films have been featured in museums and galleries in Finland and internationally. He is also a co-founder of Teatteri Union, an art-house cinema and performing arts venue in Helsinki.