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The opening will be held Tuesday, March 18, at 6–8pm. Welcome!

My paintings deal with experience and atmosphere. Through them I want to show and preserve some passed moments. They include references to urban life, the confused existence of the 21st century human being as well as beauty and joy, but also melancholy, loneliness, and nostalgia. I want to paint performing works without having to justify it by means of irony or by taking a critical stand.

My works are painted in oils on sheets of wood. There are no verbal forms for the stories behind the works, and I want to respect their artistic authenticity by explaining as little as possible. Yet I don’t want to keep my starting points secret. My artistic practice is not merely meditative; the themes, design, and realization are considered ones.

Thanks to Arts Council of Finland for supporting the exhibition.

Additional info:
sipila.johanna@gmail.com
+358 50 5242331/Johanna

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My exhibition is during Easter time which, traditionally, has been a time for liberating oneself. This is the spirit in which I have been working on the exhibition: The starting points for my works are fear and how to overcome it. Fear of life and living, fear of people and facing matters, and fear of change and even liberation.

My texts deal with fear, and the installation enables the visitor to symbolically overcome their own fear or fears.

The installation lives and changes during the exhibition, and when leaving, the visitor may take a small bit of it with them.

Welcome to Galleria Huuto at Uudenmaankatu!

The opening will be held March 18, at 6–8pm.

katiruohomaki@gmail.com / Tel. +358 50 5982578 / www.katiruohomaki.com