Cité Internationale des Arts

Greetings from Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris! Cité is the largest artist residency in the world with its 326 studio workspaces. Cité has been bringing together artists of all origins and generations in the heart of Paris for since 1965, for 60 years, giving them the opportunity to carry out a creative or research project in all disciplines. The weekly open studios at Cité’s Marais site are open to all public. I will have my open studio on 14th January from 6pm to 9 pm, you are warmly welcome!

View from my studio last November when I arrived at Cité.

Mundus Arbore 20.9.-16.11.2025

Mundus Arbore – World of Trees presents a rich collection of works completed in different techniques from 10 artists: Pirjetta Brander, Reetta Gröhn-Soininen, Satu Kalliokuusi, Reijo Kärkkäinen, Janne Laine, Pia Männikkö, Noora Palmu, Mari Sydänmaanlakka, Juha Vanonen and Mika Vesalahti. The video is a walkthrough of my felted works in the upstairs of Voipaala Art Centre. The exhibition is open 20.9.-16.11.2025 at Voipaala Art Centre, Sääksmäki, Finland. Welcome!

Soft Threat at Gallery Huuto

Uninhabitable and dangerous environments – such as glaciers, oceanic trenches and volcanic areas – are fascinating natural sites that attract adventurous modern people. In scorching deserts, steaming acid lakes and extreme weather phenomena, the earth’s energy and force are clearly visible and tangible. In my wet felted textile works, the untamed forces of nature are contrasted with soft materials and handicraft that can be controlled by one person.

Snowball Effect 5 – Northern Gaze opens soon

Snowball Effect 5 – Northern Gaze explores northern life and its phenomena from 22.8. to 16.11.2025. The works in the exhibition address current issues, thematically ranging from the relationship between nature and humans to traditions, bullying, religion, and challenging childhoods. The world’s gaze has also turned northward: geopolitically, the significance of the Arctic region is continuously increasing.

The exhibition spreads to both Aine Art museum and Kemi Art Museum in Finnish Lapland. Welcome to the opening at 21.8.2025!

Correspondence | Kirjeenvaihto opens in Houston

Writing the Landscape, Villa Amelia, 2025, size 33 x 48 cm.

Correspondence | Kirjeenvaihto -international group exhibition is opening soon in Houston, Texas! A unique cultural exchange between Texas, USA and Finland, in the form of a printmaking portfolio exchange titled Correspondence. The collaborative project features the creative talents of fourteen accomplished artists, seven from each country, who have explored the theme of connection through their art.

Texas artists: Tess Doyle, Cathie Kayser, Sharon Kopriva, Kelly Moran, Sherry Owens, Susan Plum, Chasity Porter
Finland artists: Roma Auskalnyte, Pirjetta Brander, Gunzi Holmström, Naoji Ishiyama, Inka-Maaria Jurvanen, Pia Männikkö, Emma Peura
Curators: Kelly Moran and Inka-Maaria Jurvanen

Contour at Porvoo Art Hall

The works in Contour explore the observation of landscapes and everyday environments, as well as how we perceive the world both broadly and in fine detail. Human figures are transformed into rolling landscapes; visual and auditory impressions and memories weave together into written tapestries; and the undulating layers of everyday textiles are revealed in the sweep of laser beams. The exhibition is open until 24.11.2024. Video filming and editing by Jyri Hakala.

212 Photography Istanbul open until October 13

The last weekend of 212 Photography Istanbul festival is starting! My installations Déjà Vu and Midsummer Night’s Dream can be found in Yeldeğirmeni Sanat, open every day 11-20. “In its 7th edition, 212 Photography Istanbul continues to meet Istanbulites in more than 25 unique venues with a wide selection of special exhibitions, workshops, talks, film screenings and concerts, taking place until October 13.” www.212photographyistanbul.com/en/

Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2024. In the background is “Induction”, a work by Sebahat Karcı, @seb_studio. Photo by Emirkan Cörüt, @emirkan_corut. 

212 Photography Istanbul

Taking place in over 25 venues across the city from September 28 to October 13, 212 Photography Istanbul’s 7th edition offers 16 days of creative adventure with a wide selection of special exhibitions, workshops, talks, film screenings and concerts. The list of artists include Sebastiao Salgado, Viviane Sassen, Hung Keung, Wong Chen, and Phillip Toledano, for example. My two installations Midsummer Night’s Dream & Déjà Vu will be at Yeldeğirmeni Sanat, get directions here.

Seeing Mountains to Wooran Foundation Collection

I am very happy to tell that my work Seeing Mountains was acquired for the Wooran foundation’s art collection. After Time’s Touch: Changing Landscapes -exhibition the work will have a permanent home in Seoul. The exhibition is still open for one more month, until September 26, 2024 in ART SCAPE 1, Wooran Foundation, 11, Yeonmujang 7-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Korea.

Installation View of Time’s Touch: Changing Landscapes (Wooran Foundation, 2024.)