Mirrors for Princes – solo exhibition, TM-gallery, Helsinki, 2024

My work is not strictly thematic; rather, it combines subjects that revolve in the subconscious and how the painting intuitively chooses its elements. While working on this exhibition, themes such as Kikimora of the Swamps, Vasilisa the Wise, Christine de Pisan, and the decorations of the Vasa ship have been present, either beneath the surface or more directly. The present moment, clay bricks, the crumbling Tetris of dreams and utopias. Everything must be rebuilt again and again, in a new position, a new possibility; there is no other option.