Henna Aho (b. 1977, Raisio) is a multidisciplinary Finnish artist known for her large-scale material-based constructions. Her work demonstrates an interest in combining fine arts with folk art and with design — exploring color, form, materiality; narratives, domesticity, the physical body and breathing techniques of yoga, the poetic combinations of elements, and neo-spiritual mysticism. Through the art, Aho engages with the questions of the expanded field of painting, from object-based constructions to in-situ installations, from the traditional weaving technique of Finnish peasants to the new materialist philosophy. For her, painting is a vast mycelium that connects Aho´s small-town Barbie girl narrative with New Realist art history and playful artistic processes. This vague matrix is the framework through which she tries to find her place in the chaos and heal the traumas of being in it.

Aho has received grants, residencies, and commissions from various organizations such as the Kone Foundation, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, and the Vermont Studio Center. Aho holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Arts and Design Helsinki. Aho has participated in several solo and group exhibitions, most recently at Salon ACME (Mexico City MEX, 2024), TM Gallery (Helsinki FI, 2024), Galleri F15 (Moss NO, 2024) and KCCC (Klaipeda LT, 2023). Her work is represented in the collections of prominent institutions such as the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Helsinki Art Museum, the Oulu Art Museum, the City of Turku, and the Finnish State Art Commission. Aho has been awarded the Henry Lönnfors Studio Fellowship for the period 2024-26.