Ari Pelkonen (born 1978 in Pori), elected as the Young Artist of the Year 2012, has been described as the printmaker who makes the most elegant art in Finland. He combines painting and woodcut technique in his works in an exeptional way.
The Bali Hai! exhibition features a large number of examples of the traditional Kamasan, Batuan and Ubud styles, and of modernist trends of more international appearance. The works on show in the exhibition are on loan from the Balinese art collector Dewa Gede Sahadewa, who has his own art centre in Ubud.