Samu Raatikainen was born in Helsinki, Finland, and has been living in the UK since 1996.
He studied at The Free Arts School in Helsinki and completed a MA in Painting at Chelsea College
of Art & Design in London in 1997.
In 2003 he was nominated the Young Artist of the Year in Finland.
His earlier three dimensional paintings were minimalist in style, consist of simple colour, mark and form.
In his new works his marks are more fluid with figurative elements emerging, refering to man-made
structures or concepts.