June 18-21 2018 beta SPACE, Otakaari 1 X, Espoo Curators: Miia Rinne and Minna Suoniemi Artists: Andrew Ash, Dina Baumane, Raisa Foster, Pavla Gajdosikova, Maria Huhmarniemi, Korinna Korström-Magga, Kaisu Koski, Maria Letslou, Annamari Manninen, Riikka Notkola, Petra Petileta, Masao Sato, Kim Snepvangers, Hana Svobodová, Seija Ulkuniemi, Petra Vargova Dark Days, White Nights was an InSEA exhibition, opening a platform for artistic participation in the congress with its emphas

When I gave a paper recently at InSEA Europe at Aalto University in Finland I thought it might be wise to start the session with explaining a few contextual aspects of my recent work. So: Where did this interest for the brain come from? We have all got one! Yet, we very rarely consider what it actually does for us on a second by second, and day to day basis in our existence. Scientist are still uncovering the full extent of its potential, as it works to store more than any co

PGCE Secondary Art & Design teachers exhibition

Contemporary art in Finland, exhibitions to see in Helsinki and Espoo.

I've been thinking about Dendrites the tree-like structure and the similarities to Finnish forests.

My thoughts on boredom and where it resides in our brain.

So the sun is out and I've been sitting in the back garden to draw whilst continuing to think about the theme of 'where does empathy for Others reside?' Drawing in bright sunlight often leaves afterimages on the paper, dark shapes on the white page. Depending on the exposure the Bain tricks our eyes and we can read these afterimages as either positive or negative image phenomena. The explanations for this are not clear but researchers believe its something to do with 'retinal

Latest drawings in preparation for next exhibition in Finland.