Niko Skorpio is a transdisciplinary artist based in Finland. He works in the fields of visual arts, electronic music and printmaking.
Niko Skorpio has an extensive background in experimental music and graphic design reaching back to the early 1990s. He holds an MA in Visual Culture and Contemporary Art from Aalto University, Helsinki. His works have been exhibited, published and distributed worldwide.
Visual Arts
Niko Skorpio’s artistic career over the past 30+ years has included drawing, painting, printmaking, video, installation, sound and performance.
Currently he works with ink on paper, mixed media and printmaking, creating images inspired by personal synaesthetic and transpersonal experiences and metaphysical/occult research. He also works with moving image and sound, expanding his visual language to cinematic, audiovisual and spatial environments.
Audio Works
Niko Skorpio composes and records electronic music under the aliases SKORPIO, Metaorganism and TH€€€F. His previous bands and projects enjoy cult status, beginning in the early 1990s with Thergothon, Cold Once Turning Dust and This Empty Flow. He also founded the record labels Some Place Else (1997–2013) and Demonosound (1993–1996).
Further information
PARAFERAL Creative Research Entity (founded 2014) enables the development, production and publication of Niko Skorpio’s audio and visual artworks.
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Photos by Jenna Pennola