Works in process.

I have my first ever solo show coming up next March at Arkadia International Bookshop. I've settled on a working title for the exhibition: Hippies And Hipsters. I'm going through my father's photographs from the 1970s when he was about my age as well as my own, finding similarities in the ways young people pose and want to be photographed.

The idea of us branding ourselves and hiding behind labels like "hippie" or "hipster" is very interesting to me. I don't want to judge or praise, just state that it's something people my age do in western culture.

I've been searching for a way to combine acrylic paint and woodcut printmaking and I think I'm finally finding marks and little visual things that I want to pursue. 

My grad show installation is looking like this at the moment. It won't truly be complete 'til it's at the exhibition and there's someone sitting in it, but all the pieces are nearly ready.

You can find the exhibition website here: Välittömästi and my little page here.

I primed over most of my old paintings. I've started this canvas with three times. I originally just wanted something blue to hang above my bed. I'm planning to combine some woodcut prints into this.

I'm learning how to combine prints on japanese paper with acrylic painting. The results so far have been very varied. I probably just need a better quality paper.

My need of a proper workspace is highlighted by the fact that I'm drying prints on my fridge door.

I'm starting a work in progress-documentation, partly due to school and partly because it's fun.

SONG: "Hear Us Now(poptastic mix)" by scottaltham on CCMixter

The people in the clips are my mother, me and my paternal grandparents.

P.s. I took part in the community art project  PS.doc at Kuopio Art Museum by sending a postcard to the current owner of my childhood home.

I don't really know where I'm going with this, but I've been making one-ish a day for a while now.