Helsinki-based Anni Leppälä explores the relationship between the past and the present, wanting to freeze and isolate a single moment. Leppälä’s works are timeless poetic images and her visual language is full of various textured landscapes, cabinets and curtains that offer a mysterious passage to another world, a state of mind. In the exhibition, she returns to the house that has long been in her family’s possession, its light, colors and materials. Leppälä is Young Artist of the Year 2010. She graduated from the Turku Academy of Arts (2004) and a Master of Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki (2011). https://www.annileppala.fi/
Jorma Mylly from Oulu, is known as an active, now retired, photojournalist and photographic artist in the area. The exhibition opens with the holiday destinations, beaches and summer people that Mylly has photographed over the past few decades. How well we prepare for holidays and summer parties! However, nothing prepares us for the boredom or unpredictable flow of events that can confront a person on a holiday beach or at a Midsummer party. Known for his skill in composition and recording of situations, Mylly graduated from Liminka Art School in 1979 and has acted as a spokesperson for photography in Northern Finland. He is one of the founding members of the Northern Photography Centre. Mylly has been a finalist in the Fotofinlandia competition, among other things, and his works can be found in the collections of the Finnish Museum of Photography. http://jormamylly.com/jormamylly.com/valokuvia.html
Photo and video artist Ananya Tanttu’s altar-like body of work explores the concept and image of the sacred, and how we organize our own aesthetic installations even in a secularized modern era. The altars celebrate the rituality of our lives, and what is good and what to calm down around. They encourage us to surrender to summer and the moment, right now. Tanttu works between Helsinki and the UK. A central focus of her artistic research is to consider the primary relationship between humans and the land. Her creative process oscillates between careful construction and spontaneous observation. She graduated from Lahti Institute of Design in 2020. https://ananyatanttu.com
Aino Väänänen, who recently moved from Hailuoto to Berlin, is known as a documentarian and visual storyteller, whose main focus is on long-term documentary photography. In her work, she explores themes of injustice, empathy and rebellion, and strives to capture the vulnerability, dignity and story of her subjects. In the Summer exhibition, we see Väänänen’s images documenting the lives and struggles of HIV-at-risk women living with opioid addiction in Bucharest, Romania. Väänänen has a master’s degree in Slavic languages and Eastern European studies. She works on commission for various publications and magazines in Finland and internationally. https://ainovaananen.com/
