Harriina Räinä & Maria Valkeavuolle

Harriina Räinä: At the Oyster Bed | Maria Valkeavuolle: Fuuga / Fugue

At the Oyster Bed is Harriina Räinä's exhibition, which uses shells of feral Pacific oysters as a starting point. The exhibition is part of a wider project called Volatile Shells, which examines the agency of oysters as well as the form and substance of their shells.

The exhibition at Oksasenkatu 11 consists of experimental photography-based printmaking, oyster shells, and large sheets of paper treated with oyster shell matter and sea salt. 

Harriina Räinä (b. 1989, in Kemi) is a visual artist, who works on Harakka Island in Helsinki. 

Maria Valkeavuolle’s exhibition Fuuga / Fugue serves a dense concoction of human bewilderment with a hint of reality conducted by algorithms. Clumpy pulp paintings, the beautiful, ugly, and irritating soundscape of the sound installation combined with the pillow-like work stretched in the air are all probing the mental landscape of the modern human. Valkeavuolle aims to create a space for uncertainty, for the realization of one’s limitations and for the chance to reform one’s thinking. 

Maria Valkeavuolle is a multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of moving image, sound art and text. 

Oksasenkatu 11 Gallery
6.-28.1.2024

Tue-Fri 13.00-18.00

Sat-Sun 12.00-17.00

Free entry