Arctic circle - international drawing exhibition

I was selected for a large, international drawing exhibition at Galleria Napa/Rovaniemi with my wolfpack drawing. In total 77 artists around the world were selected for the show.  The inspiration and support for the show came from the UK’s most celebrated annual drawing exhibition Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize spearheaded by artist, curator and professor Anita Taylor. The exhibition is an initiative by artist, curator Elisa Alaluusua who has been part of the drawing community in London and wants to expand that to her native home in Finnish Lapland. Drawing brings people together and this exhibition celebrates those connections. In fact at the start of the show we had an online meeting with several other artist and it was great to get to know other artists from all over the world explaining their approach to art and the pieces in the gallery. 

The gallery is still open until 7.1.2025! Go and check it out! 

Many thanks to everyone involved in this gallery! It was a great honor for me to be part of this this new annual show! 

Some pics from the gallery take by Marko Junttila

    

Rajamailla - solo exhibition

so last year I was given the opportunity to have a solo gallery show at the Tila gallery in the city center of Helsinki. The location was great and I'm so grateful to everybody who managed to come to the gallery! Here is my previous post about the gallery theme: https://nadja-art.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-borderlands-rajamailla-solo.html Unfortunately I had a hand injury just a few months before the show so not all planned paintings made it to the gallery but I managed to pull of a nice gallery anyway and sold several original pieces!

Exhibition at the Fogga Gallery

I'm participating in a group show again! The theme is "symbolism of water".

Opening hours and more info about the gallery: https://fogga.fi/

Art gallery opening night

I currently have an exhibition in Helsinki at Galleria Fogga www.fogga.fi
It's still running this week (until 9.3) :)

Below are a few pictures from the opening night. I was really happy to be able to participate in the gallery now. It makes me eager to do even more art :)

Me and my painting "Memories".

Some of my paintings were already in the art loan department of Galleria Fogga

Buy art :D

    Jakke Haapanen, Eila Terttu Jaatinen, Aija Johansson, Mari Kopra, Marianne Matikka, Päivyt Niemeläinen, Eeva Salo, Nadja Mikkilä

Me and hubby Asko at the gallery opening

Twin brothers Duo Ylinen playing some beautiful finnish music (perfectly synchronized)

 

Archipelacon Pirate SF exhibition

I'm happy to announce that my artwork will be on display at the Nordic SF & Fantasy Convention Archipelacon! I will be part of the Pirate SF exhibition that is held in the Marienhamn library.

Pirate sf is a new and exciting category of science fiction and fantasy art. Its roots can be found on the treasure maps of seafaring steampunk adventures and the salty spray of Martian sea canals. Pirate sf takes you on a jolly quest beyond the stars riding wooden rockets on aether vortexes and with the Jolly Rogers hoisted!

The main exhibition on Pirate SF has works by: Petri Hiltunen, Tuuli Hypén, Kimmo Isokoski, Nadja Mikkilä, Marie-Therese ”MT” Olenius, Lasse Paldanius, Julia Savtchenko, Jenny Wiik, Arren Zherbin and Ninni Aalto.

The Archipelacon exhibition is open for members of the con and everyone else during library opening hours:
Mon–Thu 10AM–8PM
Fri 10AM–7PM
Sat 10AM–5PM
Sun closed

To purchase my paintings, please email me (nadja.mik(at)gmail.com). Both pieces are for sale :)

 I will be at the Archipelacon myself from Saturday till Sunday. Come and say hi if you are there too :)

Edvard Munch exhibition

There is a Edvard Munch exhibition in Helsinki at the Didrichsen art museum. I was invited to the exhibition opening through a friend of mine, and I was really happy to be at the gallery opening of such an exhibition! Edvard Munch is one of my favorit artists. I tend to like dark and symbolic art and some of Munchs gloomy paintings have always appealed to me. Before this exhibition I've seen a Munch painting  here or there at different art museums, but I've never seen this many paintings at once, so it was great to really dive in the world of Munch.

One of my favorits is the painting "Puberty", and I've also attempted to copy it. My copies are alwyas pretty loose...and in this painting I wanted to make the girl a modern day teen with smudged make up (inspired by the teenage girl from this music video: Kent - Kärleken väntar).

Copy of Munch painting "Puberty" 2009

Stencil-series exhibition

Currently I have an exhibition of my stencil-series at the mbar in Helsinki. The mbar is an atmospheric bar, terrace & café in the heart of Helsinki founded by media artist and theorist Tapio Mäkelä. The mbar hosts regularly visual art exhibits. I'm happy to present my own artwork this month :)

Giger exhibition in Tampere

Today we drove with my boyfriend all the way to Tampere just to see the H.R Giger exhibition. I must say that to me Giger is the greatest artist alive. I can not think of anybody else who would have such a unique style and be so skilled. I enjoyed the exhibition so much that I almost did not want leave.
In original the paintings were just amazing. You could see all the little details you never see in prints. Apart from all the amazing paintings and statues I really enjoyed the small things as well such as Gigers childhood drawings and essays.Photos from the exhibition:


Photos from the exhibition:
Giger exhibition in Tampere

H.R. Giger official website:
http://www.hrgiger.com/