Photo: Hannele Turunen.
Reima Hirvonen
Reima Hirvonen (b. 1963) is 61 year old visual artist, homosexual, environmental and gay activist. Hirvonen studied in Vapaa Taidekoulu ( Free Art School ) 1999–2003.
I am forced to cry louder against racism, fascism, homophobia, war, misogyny and climate change etc.
Ant’s Dance (2024).
Ninni Luhtasaari
Ninni Luhtasaari (b. 1987) works with hand embroidered contemporary textile art and ceramic fountain sculptures. The Tampere-based artist has exhibited in multiple solo and group shows in Finland, Berlin and Munich. Her works are in private collections around the world and in the collections of the Finnish museum of modern art Kiasma, Tampere Art Museum, Kuopio Art Museum and Helsinki Art Museum (HAM). During the year 2023 she finished her second public art commission, a ceramic relief installation for a school building in Kangasala, Tampere.
Her long term dream is to create a contemporary art water park for the public.
Those Who Lived In The Sea
Timo Tähkänen
Timo Tähkänen is a visual artist and a drag performer, as well as a second-year doctoral student (2023 onward) at the University of the Arts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts. In their artistic research, they examine how listening in a queer body influences their artistic practice. They graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2014 and as a visual artist from the South Karelia University of Applied Sciences in 2007. The exhibition at Forum Box is the third artistic component of Tähkänen’s doctoral dissertation.
Their artistic research is supported by the Kone Foundation.
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