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12.5.2026-31.5.2026

Exhibition open 24/7 at Pengerkatu 9

12.5.2026-31.5.2026

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Agnieszka Wajda-Hänninen

Agnieszka Wajda-Hänninen is a Polish-born painter based in Finland.
Her work grows out of close attention to everyday surroundings — gardens, paths, light in the landscape, small moments that usually pass unnoticed.

Rather than documenting a place, she paints the feeling of being there. Light, colour and rhythm become tools for translating fleeting impressions into images. Her paintings often emerge spontaneously, guided by intuition and emotional response rather than a fixed plan.

Working between figuration and abstraction, Wajda-Hänninen allows familiar elements of the landscape to dissolve into gesture, colour and movement. The result is a visual space where memory, atmosphere and perception meet.

For the artist, painting is a way of slowing down time — capturing a moment that has already disappeared but continues to exist in memory.

Artwork information: Dappled Afternoon Light_2025_acrylic and pastel on paper_21h x 29w cm

Price: 500e

Website:https://awh-portfolio.com/

Irina Kreer-Boulay

I am a visual artist, illustrator, and graphic designer.

I am drawn to the shifting values of our time, as well as to those that remain constant across generations. My work explores how we relate to these values — how our attitudes shape our understanding of the world and of each other.
Human relationships and emotions are at the heart of my practice. I transform everyday observations into visual metaphors, giving form to moments that might otherwise go unnoticed. I often work with pencil drawing and etching, two techniques that allow for sensitivity and detail.
I am a curious and passionate creator who enjoys working on projects that challenge artistic boundaries and open new paths for exploration.

Artwork information: Nocturne/On a way home

Price: 350e

Website:http://kreerboulay.com

Riika Vesakoivu

Riika Vesakoivu (b. 1994) is a visual artist and art educator (MA) based in Helsinki. She primarily works with watercolours and other painting and drawing techniques, exploring themes such as the repetitive nature of everyday life and the boundary between memory and imagination. She is interested in discovering something mysterious and magical in details and scenes that at first glance appear ordinary.

Artwork information: Recurring Light, 2026, watercolour
Price: 110€
Website:http://riikavesakoivu.com

Diana Katsivalis

At age 7, found several colorful scraps of fabric in the trash of a bikini factory near home, and began running away from home to collect the scraps to make clothes for the dolls.
At 32, graduated in Industrial Design and, to pay for college, worked as an intern in some art galleries in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Later, especially after becoming an immigrant, tried to put her creativity aside several times and focus on something more tangible, but the creativity never left her alone.

Artwork information: Butterfly Bag, 2022, embroidery with beads and sewing.

Price: 300 €

Website:http://dyidesignbr.squarespace.com

Maiju Putkonen

Maiju Putkonen (b. 1997) is a Finnish painter and visual artist based in Helsinki. She works with traditional and digital painting mediums as well as ceramics. In springtime, plein air painting is a big part of her practice.

Originally from Oulu, her work is influenced by her search for nature and stillness in her new surroundings. She wants to create colourful and emotional scenes that invite the audience to see into her internal world.

Artwork information: 10 minutes, 2025, watercolour on paper

Price: 100e

Website:http://www.maijupaints.com

Helmi Uusitalo

Helmi Uusitalo (b. 1993) is a designer and artist based in Helsinki who works primarily with photography and sculpture. Her creative process involves an experimental and intuitive approach combined with a great discipline.

The themes of her works focus on exploring the relationship between nature and time, as well as humanity’s constant need to control nature. They speculate on visions and forms of nature’s future while revealing its human characteristics, that one might even feel a sense of identification with.

Artwork information: Juhannuskimppu / Midsummer bouquet, 2025, valokuva/pigmenttivedos 27 x 40 cm

Price: 200

Website:http://helmiuusitalo.myportfolio.com/

Säde Rinne

Säde Rinne (b.1996) is a non-binary visual artist and art educator. In their work Rinne explores themes of identity and otherness. Much of Rinne’s work centres around personal observations and immediate experience, which are translated into works characterised by vivid colours and forms.

Materiality and the use of color play a crucial role in their works. Rinne meticulously plans their paintings but also embraces the unpredictability and chance, allowing each painting to evolve and become a unique event through their artistic process. They are currently working on a series that explores fluidity, gender euphoria and queer joy through playfulness.
Rinne holds a Master of Arts degree from Aalto University.

Artwork information: Lakanan alla kuutamolla / Under the sheets in the moonlight 2025 acrylic and oil on linen 74cm x 50cm

Price: 520 €

@saderinne

Ekaterina Zubkova


My practice explores relationships between humans and their environment through material-based work.
My practice explores relationships between humans and their environment through material-based work.
Using textile, ceramics, and drawing, I transform everyday encounters into quiet, tactile forms.
My background in graphic design informs my approach to composition and concept development.

Artwork information: PERSISTENCE OF GREEN metal mesh, thread, metal hardware, enamel paint 2026

Price: 200 €

@imaginarykate