Mikael spent much of his childhood as an Anglo-Catholic chorister and altarboy and dual British/Finnish nationality led to him to serve in the Finnish Navy in his early twenties. This exposure to ritual and ceremonial has left a strong impression on his working practice as a sculptor. He draws on his upbringing and experiences, making links between religion and the military and the hypocrisies that often lie therin.
His works subvert the iconography of the public monument. Bastardisations of familiar objects initially strike the viewer as playful, irreverent pieces. But on closer inspection they reveal more unsettling meanings. The noble posture and impressive symbolism that characterises public sculpture is examined, exposed and challenged, producing a bizarre new aspect.
Trained as a traditional figurative sculptor and mouldmaker at Wimbledon School of Art. Today he seeks new relevance in seemingly outmoded sculptural techniques.
Mikael lives and works in London.
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