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Milena Huhta


Helsinki-based artist and illustrator

Selected editorial
illustrations

Done for various publications and magazines throughout the years.


Suomen Kuvalehti, 2023. Suomen Kuvalehti, 2024. Topic: The pitfalls of eldercare and loneliness in older age. Suomen Kuvalehti, 2024. Topic: The pitfalls of eldercare and loneliness in older age. Suomen Kuvalehti, 2023. Topic: Government's welfare cuts and their effect on low income people.


Ylioppilaslehti, 2021. Topic: sexual empowerement courses for women. Image magazine, 2020. Topic: Me Too movement in the world of classical music. Ylioppilaslehti, 2020. Essay on sexuality and Japan. Tulva magazine, 2018. Topic: Gender bias in sports. Psykologi magazine, 2021. Topic: How traveling affects mental health & identity. Image magazine, 2016. Suomen Kuvalehti, 2019. Topic: Pantone’s color monopoly & how the company decides which colors we desire. Cover for Libero Magazine, 2020. For Grafia magazine, 2016. Image, 2017. Topic: Internet sadgirl culture. Suomen Kuvalehti, 2019. Topic: Blackpill, manosphere. DIE ZEIT Verbrechen, 2022. Topic: The wrongful conviction and execution of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer in 1738.
Cover for Parnasso, 2024. Parnasso, 2024. 'Vain länsirintamalta ei mitään uutta', a short story by Olli Jalonen.

Selected album covers

Digital illustration and graphic design for Pariisin Kevät, 2019
Cover for 'Reuna' album

'Tuuli' single 'Liekki' single


Illustration and design for
Mood of the Era: Undisputed ep, 2017.

Selected
book covers

2018—2024. 

Illustration and graphic design
(unless otherwise specified).



Julia Wickholm: Olivia för alltid, 2018. Sari Elfving: Taivaat, jotka ansaitsemme, 2018. Iida Kiviranta: Ensisolmu, 2023.
E.L.Karhu: Veljelleni, 2021. Teos. Inner cover, visible through front cover's holes. E.L.Karhu: Veljelleni, 2021. Teos. Die-cut front cover.

Signa Zodiaci

Zodiac man and separate zodiac illustrations for a self-published project by Tino Nyman and Aava Eronen, 2023.
Photography by Aava Eronen. Design by Tino Nyman.

Miscellaneous

One-off illustrations/projects
throughout the years
For Grafia ry, 2019. For Niko Hallikainen's 'Black Mercedes' performance, 2020. For Arts Promotion Center Finland, 2021. Silly little personal project featuring different favorite characters, 2016—2017. Photography by Sami Saastamoinen. K-pop-inspired characters and decoration for a Stockmann x Samsumg campaign, 2020. Character/concept illustrations for an unrealized tv-show projects based on Laura Gustafsson's 'Huorasatu' novel, 2018.

Orchids, 2022.




An ongoing (2018—) collaborative project with photographer Diana Luganski.
Photography: Diana Luganski  Illustration: Milena Huhta
MUA: Piia Hiltunen  Models: Lotta Järvinen, Janne Punkari, Verna Reini,
Antti Kettunen, Nina Korpi, Yilin Ma



Tsarevna Swan Grey Wolf Baba Yaga Maria Morevna Koschei The Deathless Gamayun



Thaumaturgy exhibition


In Galleria Kuvitus, February 2019.
Photography and altar installation: Diana Luganski
© Milena Huhta 2024