Sini Villi (b. 1980, Nivala) is a textile artist based in Helsinki, Finland. In her work Villi uses handmade natural ribbon to create three-dimensional textile wall sculptures. The ribbon is layered, sewn and shaped into a sculpture, which, when hardened from within, retains its unique form.

The visual language of the textile sculptures draws its inspiration from Sini Villi’s roots in Northern Ostrobothnia, by the vast and silent natural landscape. Every autumn large fields are ploughed, forming softly rhythmic grooves. The color scheme becomes one-dimensional, but the adjacent shapes create a visually interesting and soothing view. In the spring, life fills the ground again and the colors return. "I am inspired by the endless layers and spiral patterns of nature. These softly repetitive shapes have been an essential part of my art since the beginning." 

Sini Villi graduated with Bachelor of Culture and Arts in 2004, focusing on clothing design. She has worked for 20 years widely in the fields of fashion and interior textiles as a designer, couturier and a production manager. Villi´s path to textile art began with her need to slow down and dive deeper into the creative process through materiality.

Sini Villi´s work is exhibited in galleries across Europe, including Helsinki, Tallinn, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Stockholm. Villi´s art is found in the Finnish State Art Collection, the Oulu Museum of Art Collection, Delen Private Bank art collection in Belgium and private collections worldwide.

For all inquiries please contact: sini(at)sinivilli.fi.