Background
Särestöniemi was born as the youngest child of Alma and Matti Kaukonen at the Särestöniemi farm near the Ounasjoki river in Kittilä.
Särestöniemi was born as the youngest child of Alma and Matti Kaukonen at the Särestöniemi farm near the Ounasjoki river in Kittilä.
He is considered one of the greatest Finland-Lappish artists in the entire history of Finland. The family later renamed itself after the farm. Reidar Särestöniemi studied art in Helsinki from 1947 to 1951.
After this he studied for three years in the famous Repin Institute.
Särestöniemi has had many exhibitions all over the world, with the furthest being in Japan in 1980. The Särestöniemi museum was founded after the artist"s death in 1985.
The museum exhibits Särestöniemi"s art in its original surroundings.