https://taruhapponen.com Taru Happonen Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:12:36 +0000 https://taruhapponen.com en https://taruhapponen.com/Vital-Debris-1 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:55:37 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/Vital-Debris-1 Vital Debris 2025, solo exhibition Porvoo Art Hall (FI) Exhibition text: Pontus Purokuru Artwork photos: Angel Gil Installation photos: Anna Niskanen <img width="2500" height="1786" width_o="2500" height_o="1786" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db7f4844eaff20571ac5ea1614947f4a3897ec04fddcb914688a5feadf050dda/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-1.jpg" data-mid="245470710" border="0" data-scale="94" alt="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" data-caption="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db7f4844eaff20571ac5ea1614947f4a3897ec04fddcb914688a5feadf050dda/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-1.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1786" width_o="2500" height_o="1786" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50fa7b863fdb23e33ff3603ff0cf200b22e97b2eeedc309b3e8e89eebe5b6e28/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-3.jpg" data-mid="245470712" border="0" data-scale="94" alt="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" data-caption="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50fa7b863fdb23e33ff3603ff0cf200b22e97b2eeedc309b3e8e89eebe5b6e28/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-3.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1786" width_o="2500" height_o="1786" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e5e622807798da9335a143ac1843146eb53118c9afb3708699b4e5e337953d4/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-2.jpg" data-mid="245470711" border="0" data-scale="94" alt="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" data-caption="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e5e622807798da9335a143ac1843146eb53118c9afb3708699b4e5e337953d4/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-2.jpg" /> <img width="1786" height="2500" width_o="1786" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1d4f6eb92217e5b2f1452f9646f18a2aaea251a9e823ac31d1f527a9ef7e76d/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-13.jpg" data-mid="245470716" border="0" data-scale="69" alt="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" data-caption="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1d4f6eb92217e5b2f1452f9646f18a2aaea251a9e823ac31d1f527a9ef7e76d/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-13.jpg" /> <img width="1786" height="2500" width_o="1786" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a85e73b98aeac5eabd2b8116f708c3dae126a1eed68a10f88b23e2e91b4f157b/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-14.jpg" data-mid="245470718" border="0" data-scale="69" alt="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" data-caption="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a85e73b98aeac5eabd2b8116f708c3dae126a1eed68a10f88b23e2e91b4f157b/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-14.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1786" width_o="2500" height_o="1786" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3eaeb1fcbc4738c9e2fd175a74cb16b900a08435b55f0a1ae4f5c1af7747b1b8/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-4.jpg" data-mid="245470713" border="0" data-scale="94" alt="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" data-caption="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3eaeb1fcbc4738c9e2fd175a74cb16b900a08435b55f0a1ae4f5c1af7747b1b8/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-4.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1786" width_o="2500" height_o="1786" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ad50a49ac50b559f1117b93e1efe9a01225e295d140603a2b818bca70301e0d/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-5.jpg" data-mid="245470714" border="0" data-scale="94" alt="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" data-caption="Vital Debris, 2025, solo exhibition, Porvoo Art Hall" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ad50a49ac50b559f1117b93e1efe9a01225e295d140603a2b818bca70301e0d/taruhapponen_porvoo2025WEB-5.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1293" width_o="1200" height_o="1293" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd3581229120251854323e611305273f1e5662685b0c1f98d91208a6bb889a74/Taru-Happonen-20250601-013-012-2.jpg" data-mid="245470731" border="0" alt="Arranged Remains, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x110x5cm" data-caption="Arranged Remains, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x110x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd3581229120251854323e611305273f1e5662685b0c1f98d91208a6bb889a74/Taru-Happonen-20250601-013-012-2.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1438" width_o="1200" height_o="1438" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c9b9b79e0d0a8429a63378001c21d328957cec104233a0faefd4e2919d423ac/Taru-Happonen-20250816-002.jpg" data-mid="245470729" border="0" alt="Motherboard, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" data-caption="Motherboard, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c9b9b79e0d0a8429a63378001c21d328957cec104233a0faefd4e2919d423ac/Taru-Happonen-20250816-002.jpg" /> <img width="1100" height="1307" width_o="1100" height_o="1307" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0327a2cdb685299985cfa6b309afc551dd635bac93cc7e22d61869316f6a73f/Taru-Happonen-20250601-014.jpg" data-mid="245470708" border="0" alt="Six Pairs of Hollow Eyes, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" data-caption="Six Pairs of Hollow Eyes, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0327a2cdb685299985cfa6b309afc551dd635bac93cc7e22d61869316f6a73f/Taru-Happonen-20250601-014.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1006" width_o="1200" height_o="1006" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4d229dcd9975e44584d607bab664b6258b6e7e38565798d7a46e260d5948863/Taru-Happonen-20250816-001.jpg" data-mid="245470719" border="0" alt="Archival Remain, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 100x120x5cm" data-caption="Archival Remain, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 100x120x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4d229dcd9975e44584d607bab664b6258b6e7e38565798d7a46e260d5948863/Taru-Happonen-20250816-001.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1308" width_o="1200" height_o="1308" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc4fae66b18aa183452e8c869523bbb62ffbfaac4da7aa21b73f1a9c848b9827/Taru-Happonen-20250816-010-2.jpg" data-mid="245470722" border="0" alt="Vital Debris, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x110x5cm" data-caption="Vital Debris, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x110x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc4fae66b18aa183452e8c869523bbb62ffbfaac4da7aa21b73f1a9c848b9827/Taru-Happonen-20250816-010-2.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="716" width_o="1200" height_o="716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00293ce37e1716127c7a6ec31fa9ecea044f7f524ba4cc6edc12b599b9470320/Taru-Happonen-20250601-011-2_diptyykki.jpg" data-mid="245470730" border="0" alt="Dextral and Sinistral (diptych), 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 54x43x3cm (x2)" data-caption="Dextral and Sinistral (diptych), 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 54x43x3cm (x2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00293ce37e1716127c7a6ec31fa9ecea044f7f524ba4cc6edc12b599b9470320/Taru-Happonen-20250601-011-2_diptyykki.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1259" width_o="1000" height_o="1259" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/337603bb29b94e134e7533f561be7cbdde6a2549df751a4f60b591470f58ca8e/Taru-Happonen-20250816-011.jpg" data-mid="245470724" border="0" alt="Mammary Array, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" data-caption="Mammary Array, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/337603bb29b94e134e7533f561be7cbdde6a2549df751a4f60b591470f58ca8e/Taru-Happonen-20250816-011.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1259" width_o="1000" height_o="1259" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c71fb545c1bd2d7a072bf69167fa0e4d76a950c4940391c44fcc6d61c68a8da4/Taru-Happonen-20250816-015.jpg" data-mid="245470727" border="0" alt="Eyedra, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" data-caption="Eyedra, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c71fb545c1bd2d7a072bf69167fa0e4d76a950c4940391c44fcc6d61c68a8da4/Taru-Happonen-20250816-015.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1267" width_o="1000" height_o="1267" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/115cd58483595fff19b959756317481add2d60c550576b4b5130f5cb417e8ec2/Taru-Happonen-20250816-013.jpg" data-mid="245470726" border="0" alt="Ocular Sheet, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" data-caption="Ocular Sheet, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/115cd58483595fff19b959756317481add2d60c550576b4b5130f5cb417e8ec2/Taru-Happonen-20250816-013.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1262" width_o="1000" height_o="1262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fab84616b2bdf90bc5f1841664b9812f735e05ef8e34f79a598c980a9fcc56f7/Taru-Happonen-20250816-012.jpg" data-mid="245470725" border="0" alt="Haptic Surface, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" data-caption="Haptic Surface, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fab84616b2bdf90bc5f1841664b9812f735e05ef8e34f79a598c980a9fcc56f7/Taru-Happonen-20250816-012.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1440" width_o="1200" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cb12605bf2138b4dd98648c180130dcdf72aee92acd837bcc26e6c06c703681/Taru-Happonen-20250816-005-3.jpg" data-mid="245470728" border="0" alt="Dermal Spread, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 180x150x5cm" data-caption="Dermal Spread, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 180x150x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cb12605bf2138b4dd98648c180130dcdf72aee92acd837bcc26e6c06c703681/Taru-Happonen-20250816-005-3.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1439" width_o="1200" height_o="1439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0537de3940f7288cfa65a2f0cc01ca61a3950d6e767595ee0129473bf8cfa23/Taru-Happonen-20250816-009.jpg" data-mid="245470723" border="0" alt="Synthetic Terrain, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 180x150x5cm" data-caption="Synthetic Terrain, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 180x150x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0537de3940f7288cfa65a2f0cc01ca61a3950d6e767595ee0129473bf8cfa23/Taru-Happonen-20250816-009.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1429" width_o="1200" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58329a69b3f8455033109b45eec2b36b047ca6b40103bda9e710ab082eae3afe/Taru-Happonen-20250816-008-2.jpg" data-mid="245470721" border="0" alt="Trypophobia, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 180x150x5cm" data-caption="Trypophobia, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 180x150x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58329a69b3f8455033109b45eec2b36b047ca6b40103bda9e710ab082eae3afe/Taru-Happonen-20250816-008-2.jpg" /> <img width="1900" height="2384" width_o="1900" height_o="2384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2c042c22e3206fac096d611fadbde25d42a3a63d8ab626fe9295773d9225227/Taru-Happonen-20250601-002-2.jpg" data-mid="245470698" border="0" alt="Gently Displaced Outer Layer, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" data-caption="Gently Displaced Outer Layer, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2c042c22e3206fac096d611fadbde25d42a3a63d8ab626fe9295773d9225227/Taru-Happonen-20250601-002-2.jpg" /> <img width="1900" height="2388" width_o="1900" height_o="2388" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc854c1326c3e174639018fc637864a208a59eaa4be89dbcbfdb50826878ed8f/Taru-Happonen-20250601-003-2.jpg" data-mid="245470699" border="0" alt="Nasal Zone, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" data-caption="Nasal Zone, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc854c1326c3e174639018fc637864a208a59eaa4be89dbcbfdb50826878ed8f/Taru-Happonen-20250601-003-2.jpg" /> <img width="1900" height="2385" width_o="1900" height_o="2385" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c98020e7e9f47b9f144c45359edb38b895fb4fa75cfe2e01ecd6f59c34a7bc2/Taru-Happonen-20250601-004-2.jpg" data-mid="245470700" border="0" alt="Paired Structures, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" data-caption="Paired Structures, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c98020e7e9f47b9f144c45359edb38b895fb4fa75cfe2e01ecd6f59c34a7bc2/Taru-Happonen-20250601-004-2.jpg" /> <img width="1900" height="2385" width_o="1900" height_o="2385" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74db6dc557e19412ebdff00684e18b75c7138f00891a9574f694b8e7bbcccce6/Taru-Happonen-20250601-001-2.jpg" data-mid="245470697" border="0" alt="No Response from Pupil, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" data-caption="No Response from Pupil, 2025, ink on paper, framed, 41x33x3cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74db6dc557e19412ebdff00684e18b75c7138f00891a9574f694b8e7bbcccce6/Taru-Happonen-20250601-001-2.jpg" /> Exhibition text (EN) Taru Happonen paints like an archaeologist, examining satellite images, cells, motherboards, and skin surfaces from the perspective of another time. In the paintings, hardly anything human can be seen. She performs a dissection of an environment caught in a stage of slow collapse and mutation. As one can read daily in the news, we are living in an age of planet-wide destruction. At the same time, however, new biological, geological, and synthetic species emerge: plastic-eating bacteria and new types of stone formed from the fossil industry waste. The living, the non-living, and the artificial blend into one another, this era merging with the one to come. The world changes regardless of human feelings, moving toward a time beyond human existence. Sometimes change only becomes perceptible by shifting the scale of observation. This is the fundamental movement in the exhibition: zooming in and out of the human experience. Hole- and eye-like forms recur in the works at different scales, as do circuit-like diagrams resembling circuit boards. Similar structures also repeat in nature across scales. Tree leaves contain “eyes” at the microscopic level, as do cells. Networks of neurons resemble the traces on a computer motherboard, and both resemble satellite images of airports and cities. These structures optimise the transmission of signals and energy efficiency. Nervous systems with their synapses, transistors with their logic gates, and cities with their street networks demonstrate how the regularities of physics scale across levels. The works incorporate marble, stone, and aluminium powder, along with glue, paper, and wood. In the choice of materials, a similar kind of interweaving takes place as in the scales and temporal dimensions depicted in the works. Their colours and materials adapt to the concrete and aluminium of Porvoo Art Hall, just as a living species always adapts to its prevailing environment. The exhibition explores the layers of deep geological time and movements on scales beyond human experience, and as a whole it is at once tender and unsettling. Reaching towards the sculptural, the paintings evoke the way two-dimensional surfaces become three-dimensional forms by being wrapped or folded. When the surface of the beings is peeled away and unfolded, as happens in several of Happonen’s works, one returns to the two-dimensional plane. The end of painting on canvas has long been declared, and art education today emphasises expanded forms of visual art. Happonen demonstrates that painting executed on a rectangular canvas still holds power. Even if the works appear non-human, they remind us why humankind has gazed at painted surfaces for thousands of years: because for a moment they can transport us from the midst of the visible to where we cannot see. Pontus Purokuru (FI) Taru Happonen maalaa kuin arkeologi, joka tutkii satelliittikuvia, soluja, emolevyjä ja ihon pintoja toisesta ajasta käsin. Maalauksissa ei näy juuri mitään inhimillistä. Happonen tekee ruumiinavausta ympäristölle, joka elää hitaan romahtamisen ja mutaation vaihetta. Kuten uutisista voi päivittäin lukea, elämme planeetanlaajuisen tuhon aikakautta. Samalla kuitenkin syntyy uusia biologisia, geologisia ja synteettisiä lajeja: muovia syöviä bakteereita ja uusia kivilaatuja, joihin sulautuu fossiilitalouden jätteitä. Elävä, eloton ja keinotekoinen sekoittuvat, tämä aika sulautuu tulevaan. Maailma muuttuu ihmisen tunteista välittämättä, ihmislajin tuolle puolen. Joskus muutos hahmottuu vain muuttamalla tarkastelun mittakaavaa. Tämä on näyttelyssä esiintyvä perusliike: zoomaaminen sisään ja ulos ihmiskokemuksesta. Reikämäiset ja silmämäiset muodot toistuvat teoksissa erilaisissa kokosuhteissa, samoin virtapiirimäiset kytkentäkaaviot. Myös luonnossa toistuvat samankaltaiset rakenteet läpi mittakaavojen. Puiden lehdet sisältävät ”silmiä” mikroskooppisella tasolla, samoin solut. Neuronien verkosto muistuttaa tietokoneen emolevyn ratoja, ja molemmat muistuttavat satelliittikuvia lentokentistä ja kaupungeista. Rakenteet optimoivat signaalien siirtoa ja energiatehokkuutta. Hermostot synapseineen, transistorit logiikkaportteineen ja kaupungit katuverkostoineen osoittavat, miten fysiikan säännönmukaisuudet skaalautuvat. Teoksissa on käytetty marmori-, kivi- ja alumiinijauhetta, liimaa, paperia ja puuta. Materiaalivalinnoissa tapahtuu samanlaista yhteenkietoutumista kuin teosten kuvaamissa mittakaavoissa ja ajan ulottuvuuksissa. Väri- ja materiaalimaailmoiltaan teokset sopeutuvat Porvoon Taidehallin betoniin ja alumiiniin, kuten elävä laji aina sopeutuu senhetkiseen ympäristöönsä. Näyttely käsittelee syvän geologisen ajan kerrostumia ja ihmiskokemukselle vieraiden kokoluokkien liikettä. Kokonaisuus on yhtä aikaa hellä ja häiritsevä. Maalaukset kurottavat kohti veistoksellisuutta, niin kuin kaksiulotteisista pinnoista syntyy kolmiulotteisia olioita käärimällä ja taittamalla. Kun olioilta kuoritaan pinta ja se levitetään auki, kuten useammassa Happosen teoksessa tapahtuu, palataan kaksiulotteiselle tasolle. Kankaalle tehtävien maalausten loppua on julistettu pitkään, ja taideopetuksessa painotetaan nykyään laajennettua kuvataidetta. Happonen osoittaa, että suorakaiteen muotoiselle kankaalle tehdyssä maalauksessa on voimaa. Vaikka teokset vaikuttavat ei-inhimillisiltä, ne muistuttavat siitä, miksi ihmislaji on tuhansia vuosia katsonut maalattua pintaa: koska se voi hetkellisesti siirtää meidät näkyvän keskeltä sinne, mihin emme näe. Pontus Purokuru (SE) Taru Happonen målar som en arkeolog. Hon undersöker satellitbilder, celler, moderkort och hudens yta ur en annan tids perspektiv. I målningarna syns knappast något mänskligt. Hon utför en dissektion av en omgivning som befinner sig i ett skede av långsam kollaps och mutation. Som man dagligen kan läsa i nyheterna, lever vi i en tid av planetomfattande förstörelse. Samtidigt uppstår nya biologiska, geologiska och syntetiska arter: plastätande bakterier och nya stentyper i vilka avfallsprodukter från fossilindustrin smälter in. Det levande, det livlösa och det konstgjorda blandas samman, denna tid flyter ihop med den kommande. Världen förändras utan hänsyn till människans känslor, till tiden efter människan(s existens). Ibland blir förändringen synlig först när man ändrar på betraktandets skala. Detta är grundrörelsen som förekommer i utställningen: att zooma in och ut ur människans erfarenhet. Hålformade och ögonliknande former återkommer i verken i olika skalor, likaså kretskortsliknande kopplingsscheman. Även i naturen upprepas liknande strukturer genom olika skalnivåer. Trädens blad innehåller ”ögon” på mikroskopisk nivå, likaså cellerna. Neuronernas nätverk påminner om moderkortets ledningsbanor, och båda påminner i sin tur om satellitbilder av flygplatser och städer. Strukturerna optimerar överföringen av signaler och energieffektivitet. Nervsystemen med sina synapser, transistorerna med sina logikportar och städerna med sina gatunät visar hur fysikens lagbundenheter skalar upp. I verken har använts marmor-, sten- och aluminiumpulver, samt lim, papper och trä. I materialvalen sker en liknande sammanflätning som i de skalor och tidsdimensioner som verken skildrar. Färgerna och materialen som används i verken passar in med Borgå Konsthalls betong och aluminium, såsom en levande art alltid anpassar sig till sin rådande omgivning. Utställningen behandlar de djupa geologiska tidernas lager och rörelser i skalor som är främmande för människans erfarenhet. Helheten är på samma gång öm och störande. Målningarna sträcker sig mot det skulpturala, som när tvådimensionella ytor blir till tredimensionella gestalter genom att rullas eller vikas. När ytan på gestalterna skalas av och vecklas ut, vilket sker i flera av Happonens verk, återvänder man till den tvådimensionella nivån. Målning på duk har länge förklarats höra till det förflutna, och konstundervisningen betonar numera de utvidgade konstformerna. Happonen visar att måleri utförd på rektangulär duk har kraft. Även om verken verkar icke-mänskliga, påminner de oss om varför människan i tusentals år har betraktat den målade ytan: för att den för ett ögonblick kan förflytta oss från det synligas mitt till det som vi inte kan se. Pontus Purokuru https://taruhapponen.com/Taxidermy-Surfaces-1 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:12:36 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/Taxidermy-Surfaces-1 Taxidermy Surfaces 2024, solo exhibition HAM Gallery, Helsinki Art Museum (FI) The soundscape of the exhibition was created in collaboration with composer Tapio Viitasaari.Artwork photos: Angel GilInstallation photos: HAM/Sonja Hyytiäinen <img width="2000" height="1285" width_o="2000" height_o="1285" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31bb5d98bf3b80d1fab08751224f56a86314a523ddfcbb3ed10348911ed0ef85/INST_2024_Taru_Happonen-2.jpg" data-mid="245471435" border="0" data-scale="96" alt="Taxidermy Surfaces, 2024, solo exhibition, HAM Gallery, Helsinki Art Museum" data-caption="Taxidermy Surfaces, 2024, solo exhibition, HAM Gallery, Helsinki Art Museum" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31bb5d98bf3b80d1fab08751224f56a86314a523ddfcbb3ed10348911ed0ef85/INST_2024_Taru_Happonen-2.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1313" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/57611e0b87986d4983cbbd6e61945c7f3d63529376f8acd28bbefb184ee77c55/INST_2024_Taru_Happonen-15.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1254" width_o="2000" height_o="1254" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6dc3b5ec333a69c90ddad0932173c67bd34a814b061c6efcb7bb4cb20ead6c6b/INST_2024_Taru_Happonen-7.jpg" data-mid="245476485" border="0" data-scale="95" alt="Taxidermy Surfaces, 2024, solo exhibition, HAM Gallery, Helsinki Art Museum" data-caption="Taxidermy Surfaces, 2024, solo exhibition, HAM Gallery, Helsinki Art Museum" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6dc3b5ec333a69c90ddad0932173c67bd34a814b061c6efcb7bb4cb20ead6c6b/INST_2024_Taru_Happonen-7.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1284" width_o="2000" height_o="1284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61df21e2f39ebb647bbc4e037f5b858a95540730251559a8962e6df73909d44a/INST_2024_Taru_Happonen-6.jpg" data-mid="245471434" border="0" data-scale="95" alt="Taxidermy Surfaces, 2024, solo exhibition, HAM Gallery, Helsinki Art Museum" data-caption="Taxidermy Surfaces, 2024, solo exhibition, HAM Gallery, Helsinki Art Museum" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61df21e2f39ebb647bbc4e037f5b858a95540730251559a8962e6df73909d44a/INST_2024_Taru_Happonen-6.jpg" /> <img width="1400" height="1234" width_o="1400" height_o="1234" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/363fc9e5254deb1e8a71be7f8f3380fa60bc188c647fc3622184f71b6f87b796/Taru-Happonen-20241030-007-3.jpg" data-mid="245471413" border="0" alt="Taxidermy Scraps, 2024, oil, acrylic, aluminum powder, marble powder, pearl pigment on linen, 230x200x6cm" data-caption="Taxidermy Scraps, 2024, oil, acrylic, aluminum powder, marble powder, pearl pigment on linen, 230x200x6cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/363fc9e5254deb1e8a71be7f8f3380fa60bc188c647fc3622184f71b6f87b796/Taru-Happonen-20241030-007-3.jpg" /> <img width="1300" height="1558" width_o="1300" height_o="1558" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69f9f87d117f656e64a8115ef0f6a05843dcab6f5cbc2276113c16f6c995ed31/Taru-Happonen-20241030-004.jpg" data-mid="245471414" border="0" alt="Cyclone, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 150x180x5cm" data-caption="Cyclone, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 150x180x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69f9f87d117f656e64a8115ef0f6a05843dcab6f5cbc2276113c16f6c995ed31/Taru-Happonen-20241030-004.jpg" /> <img width="1100" height="1350" width_o="1100" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d174b3a750b202a4143ec7eca2fc11dac8950f75b5497b15a46b4cc53b3512fd/Taru-Happonen-20241030-011.jpg" data-mid="245471417" border="0" alt="Add-on, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, pearl pigment on linen, 35x43x2cm" data-caption="Add-on, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, pearl pigment on linen, 35x43x2cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d174b3a750b202a4143ec7eca2fc11dac8950f75b5497b15a46b4cc53b3512fd/Taru-Happonen-20241030-011.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1443" width_o="1200" height_o="1443" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54f3716a9175a8832a94775a9fbf2d8b8db1b79055bdc7f97ea26401df5952aa/Taru-Happonen-20241030-012_2.jpg" data-mid="245471441" border="0" alt="Electric Circuit, 2024, acrylic, aluminum powder, marble powder, pearl pigment on linen, 100x120x5cm" data-caption="Electric Circuit, 2024, acrylic, aluminum powder, marble powder, pearl pigment on linen, 100x120x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54f3716a9175a8832a94775a9fbf2d8b8db1b79055bdc7f97ea26401df5952aa/Taru-Happonen-20241030-012_2.jpg" /> <img width="1300" height="1466" width_o="1300" height_o="1466" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/873752ee05643022f7ae1515529552cdf49a3bcc725493f04b4b9fa00f3cbe1c/Taru-Happonen-20241030-003-2.jpg" data-mid="245471442" border="0" alt="Under the Skin 1, 2024, oil, acrylic, linen, mineral resin, epoxy, 57x64x13cm" data-caption="Under the Skin 1, 2024, oil, acrylic, linen, mineral resin, epoxy, 57x64x13cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/873752ee05643022f7ae1515529552cdf49a3bcc725493f04b4b9fa00f3cbe1c/Taru-Happonen-20241030-003-2.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1436" width_o="1200" height_o="1436" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ba6adce5499cf2a9791350e6f8222e742a747eb1669f0f40ae6bdb2b560bab9/Taru-Happonen-20241030-013.jpg" data-mid="245471411" border="0" alt="Disguise, 2024, acrylic, marble powder, pearl pigment on linen, 100x120x5cm" data-caption="Disguise, 2024, acrylic, marble powder, pearl pigment on linen, 100x120x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ba6adce5499cf2a9791350e6f8222e742a747eb1669f0f40ae6bdb2b560bab9/Taru-Happonen-20241030-013.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1449" width_o="1200" height_o="1449" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e291d0eb9377f67dabca533534fea9fbcfe3d82e69ab397ff4a99149a46e53fd/Taru-Happonen-20241007-002-8.jpg" data-mid="245471415" border="0" alt="Compound Eye, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 100x120x5cm" data-caption="Compound Eye, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 100x120x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e291d0eb9377f67dabca533534fea9fbcfe3d82e69ab397ff4a99149a46e53fd/Taru-Happonen-20241007-002-8.jpg" /> <img width="1400" height="1177" width_o="1400" height_o="1177" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fd9c3154c8296b436ef1de895bb15880afb01e3d7c55f18a12a287415a5fcee/Taru-Happonen-20241007-001-2.jpg" data-mid="245471418" border="0" alt="Reptilian Humanoid, 2024, oil, acrylic, iridescent pigment, gneiss powder, marble powder on linen, 180x150x5cm" data-caption="Reptilian Humanoid, 2024, oil, acrylic, iridescent pigment, gneiss powder, marble powder on linen, 180x150x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8fd9c3154c8296b436ef1de895bb15880afb01e3d7c55f18a12a287415a5fcee/Taru-Happonen-20241007-001-2.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1176" width_o="1000" height_o="1176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b8926a24be06c602de6d6c8b7f615d63767f1b77695fcee6a7255574e948c5d/Taru-Happonen-20241030-010.jpg" data-mid="245471439" border="0" alt="Blink, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 35x43x3cm" data-caption="Blink, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 35x43x3cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b8926a24be06c602de6d6c8b7f615d63767f1b77695fcee6a7255574e948c5d/Taru-Happonen-20241030-010.jpg" /> <img width="1100" height="1306" width_o="1100" height_o="1306" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/013017e0e25d04f3b4dacbd1b727fde7629b48dbfa9307c05517c4e1035b606e/Taru-Happonen-20241007-003-3.jpg" data-mid="245471410" border="0" alt="Reflex Bleeding, 2024, oil, acrylic, pearl pigment on linen, 100x120x5cm" data-caption="Reflex Bleeding, 2024, oil, acrylic, pearl pigment on linen, 100x120x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/013017e0e25d04f3b4dacbd1b727fde7629b48dbfa9307c05517c4e1035b606e/Taru-Happonen-20241007-003-3.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72ad290fb9d57ac5dd7b8af1b98720342392c6c7581e4c44ee78a41b970007b1/Tongue-1-3.jpg" data-mid="245471421" border="0" alt="Tongue 1, 2024, aluminum powder, mineral resin, epoxy, 75x96x37cm" data-caption="Tongue 1, 2024, aluminum powder, mineral resin, epoxy, 75x96x37cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72ad290fb9d57ac5dd7b8af1b98720342392c6c7581e4c44ee78a41b970007b1/Tongue-1-3.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cece401cd060dc80c5b235c705880bcf2c031deddd123f30b65d70f0366a23d8/Tongue-3-1.jpg" data-mid="245471428" border="0" alt="Tongue 3, 2024, aluminum powder, mineral resin, epoxy, 79x58x61cm" data-caption="Tongue 3, 2024, aluminum powder, mineral resin, epoxy, 79x58x61cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cece401cd060dc80c5b235c705880bcf2c031deddd123f30b65d70f0366a23d8/Tongue-3-1.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/027980d91f83c1d202c95ec252cd846cd6d9dba636f493e30f9f405a25dcce5e/Tongue-3-4.jpg" data-mid="245471431" border="0" alt="Tongue 3, 2024, detail" data-caption="Tongue 3, 2024, detail" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/027980d91f83c1d202c95ec252cd846cd6d9dba636f493e30f9f405a25dcce5e/Tongue-3-4.jpg" /> Exhibition text (EN) Time is the one thing that can’t be stopped. Like a sharp blade, it silently cuts through hard and soft, constantly advancing. Nothing is capable of jolting it even the slightest bit, but it changes everything. (Excerpt from Liu Cixin’s novel The Dark Forest, translated by Joel Martinsen)Visual artist Taru Happonen explores a complex, ever-changing world from both a cosmic and microscopic perspective in her exhibition Taxidermy Surfaces. Blending sci-fi and real-world elements, she combines the peeled skins of creatures with recurring motifs such as eye shapes, plant cells and circuitry. The works featured in the exhibition employ a diverse array of materials such as pearlescent pigments, aluminium powder, oil paint, marble powder and mineral resin, mixing together materials traditionally associated either with painting or sculpture. Organic and synthetic elements are inextricably intertwined in both the material presence and content of Happonen’s art. (FI) Aika oli ainoa asia, joka saattoi jatkaa kulkuaan kenenkään estelemättä. Kuin äänetön, terävä miekka se leikkasi kahtia kaiken kovan ja kaiken pehmeän ja jatkoi sitten väsymättä matkaansa. Mikään maailmassa ei voinut sen kulkuun vaikuttaa, kun taas se itse muutti mennessään kaiken. (Ote Liu Cixinin romaanista Synkkä metsä, kääntänyt Rauno Sainio) Kuvataiteilija Taru Happosen näyttely Taxidermy Surfaces tarkastelee kompleksista ja jatkuvasti muutoksessa olevaa maailmaa kosmisesta mittakaavasta ja mikroskooppisen läheltä. Teoksissa kohtaavat scifi ja todellisen maailman elementit. Olentojen kuoritut ihot yhdistyvät toistuvaan silmän muotoon, kasvisoluihin ja virtapiireihin. Näyttelyn teoksissa on käytetty laajasti erilaisia materiaaleja, kuten helmiäispigmenttejä, alumiinijauhetta, öljyväriä, marmorijauhetta ja mineraalihartsia. Perinteisesti joko maalaus- tai veistotaiteeseen liitetyt materiaalit sekoittuvat teoksissa keskenään. Samalla myös orgaaninen ja synteettinen kietoutuvat toisiinsa erottamattomasti sekä materiaalien että sisältöjen kautta. (SV)Tiden var det enda som kunde fortsätta sin gång utan att någon hindrade det. Som ett ljudlöst, skarpt svärd klöv den itu allt hårt och allt mjukt, och fortsatte sedan outtröttligt sin väg. Inget i världen kunde påverka dess förlopp, men den själv å sin sida förändrade allt genom sin gång. (Utdrag ur Liu Cixins roman The Dark Forest,&nbsp;översatt från engelska av Mats Forsskåhl) Bildkonstnären Taru Happonens utställning Taxidermy Surfaces granskar den komplexa och ständigt föränderliga världen i en kosmisk skala och på mikroskopiskt nära håll. I verken möts science fiction och element ur den verkliga världen. Varelsernas skalade hud kombineras med återkommande former av ett öga, växtceller och strömkretsar. I verken på utställningen har konstnären använt ett brett spektrum olika material som pärlemorpigment, aluminiumpulver, oljefärg, marmorpulver och mineralharts. Materialen som traditionellt förknippats med antingen måleriet eller skulpturkonsten blandas i verken. Samtidigt flätas också det organiska och det syntetiska samman på ett oskiljaktigt sätt genom både material och innehåll. https://taruhapponen.com/A-Dream-in-Four-Colours Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:13:03 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/A-Dream-in-Four-Colours A Dream in Four Colours 2026-2027Kiasma Collection Exhibition Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (FI) Curated by&nbsp;Satu Oksanen, Saara Hacklin, and Saara KarhunenExhibition artists: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Uzair Amjad, Riikka Anttonen, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Milla Aska, Dara Birnbaum, Dineo Seshee Bopape (Raisibe), Louise Bourgeois, Taru Happonen, Pakui Hardware, Åke Hellman, Ingela Ihrman, Appu Jasu, Alice Kaira, Antero Kare, Shoji Kato, Marjaana Kella, Minjee Hwang Kim, Jussi Kivi, Ville Laurinkoski, Iisa Lepistö, Leena Luostarinen, Olli Lyytikäinen, Kaari Martikainen, Elina Merenmies, Henry Moore, Pasi Myllymäki ja Risto Laakkonen, Marika Mäkelä, Bruce Nauman, Minh Ngọc Nguyễn, Frans Nybacka, Nam June Paik, Laila Pullinen, Sepideh Rahaa, Heli Rekula, Jani Ruscica, Oskari Ruuska, Hermanni Saarinen, Cindy Sherman, Marianna Simnett, Päivi Sirén, Frank Stella, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Mari Sunna, Jenna Sutela, Jenni Toikka, Osmo Valtonen, and Annu Vertanen Installation photos: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen &amp; Pirje Mykkänen Artwork photos: Angel Gil <img width="2000" height="793" width_o="2000" height_o="793" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dbd9fbb8a58e51f327e558be9c4ed6168a3848a0eece97de0410e030eb243c8/4_Uni_Happonen_Kivi_01.jpg" data-mid="246220228" border="0" alt="A Dream in Four Colours, 2026-2027, Kiasma Collection Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (FI), Artworks: Taru Happonen (on right), Jussi Kivi (on left) " data-caption="A Dream in Four Colours, 2026-2027, Kiasma Collection Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (FI), Artworks: Taru Happonen (on right), Jussi Kivi (on left) " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3dbd9fbb8a58e51f327e558be9c4ed6168a3848a0eece97de0410e030eb243c8/4_Uni_Happonen_Kivi_01.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1581" width_o="2000" height_o="1581" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ce2278fceecb123151f18fc2fc8bad079a08109325c28e8b64481c0e08168c3/panoraama-07.jpg" data-mid="246220300" border="0" alt="A Dream in Four Colours, 2026-2027, Kiasma Collection Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (FI), Artworks: Taru Happonen" data-caption="A Dream in Four Colours, 2026-2027, Kiasma Collection Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (FI), Artworks: Taru Happonen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ce2278fceecb123151f18fc2fc8bad079a08109325c28e8b64481c0e08168c3/panoraama-07.jpg" /> <img width="1517" height="2000" width_o="1517" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26ec6bd2a7ddea598e5760386d7eddcb5ad8bfbccca74fa55d1dd4c6d0b9d534/_PM_0663.jpg" data-mid="246219294" border="0" data-scale="79" alt="A Dream in Four Colours, 2026-2027, Kiasma Collection Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (FI), Artwork: Taru Happonen" data-caption="A Dream in Four Colours, 2026-2027, Kiasma Collection Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (FI), Artwork: Taru Happonen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26ec6bd2a7ddea598e5760386d7eddcb5ad8bfbccca74fa55d1dd4c6d0b9d534/_PM_0663.jpg" /> Works included <img width="1400" height="1234" width_o="1400" height_o="1234" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/363fc9e5254deb1e8a71be7f8f3380fa60bc188c647fc3622184f71b6f87b796/Taru-Happonen-20241030-007-3.jpg" data-mid="245467966" border="0" alt="Taxidermy Scraps, 2024, oil, acrylic, aluminum powder, marble powder, pearl pigment on linen, 230x200x6cm" data-caption="Taxidermy Scraps, 2024, oil, acrylic, aluminum powder, marble powder, pearl pigment on linen, 230x200x6cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/363fc9e5254deb1e8a71be7f8f3380fa60bc188c647fc3622184f71b6f87b796/Taru-Happonen-20241030-007-3.jpg" /> <img width="1300" height="1558" width_o="1300" height_o="1558" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69f9f87d117f656e64a8115ef0f6a05843dcab6f5cbc2276113c16f6c995ed31/Taru-Happonen-20241030-004.jpg" data-mid="245467967" border="0" alt="Cyclone, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 150x180x5cm" data-caption="Cyclone, 2024, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 150x180x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69f9f87d117f656e64a8115ef0f6a05843dcab6f5cbc2276113c16f6c995ed31/Taru-Happonen-20241030-004.jpg" /> Exhibition text (EN) A Dream in Four Colours presents curated selections from the Finnish National Gallery’s collection of approximately 43,000 works. This exhibition departs from a single unifying theme, instead inviting visitors to approach art intuitively, without seeking to explain or define it. Meanings shift and shimmer, evoking ineffable experiences that resist explanation and linger beyond words. The exhibition brings together many works that have not been on display at Kiasma for many years. In total, works by 49 artists are included. (FI) Näyttelyä voi katsoa kuin unta. Merkitykset liukuvat ja muuttavat muotoaan, kuten unissa, joissa koettua on vaikea sanoilla tavoittaa. Nelivärinen uni esittelee teoksia Kansallisgallerian 43 000 teoksen kokoelmasta. Kahteen kerrokseen levittäytyvässä näyttelyssä on mukana 49 taiteilijaa. Esillä on teoksia, joita ei ole pitkään aikaan nähty Kiasmassa. Näyttelyn kantavana ajatuksena on innostaa lähestymään taidetta ilman pyrkimystä selittää sitä: kohtaaminen nykytaiteen kanssa voi olla merkityksellinen silloinkin kun kokemusta ei osaa pukea sanoiksi. https://taruhapponen.com/Beyond-Matter Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:13:49 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/Beyond-Matter Beyond Matter 2025, group exhibitionGaa Gallery, New York (US) Artists: Taru Happonen, Johanna Härkönen, Emma Jääskeläinen, Eeva Lietonen, Frans Nybacka, Kerttu Saali,&nbsp;Teemu Salonen, and&nbsp;Eetu SihvonenInstallation photos: Matthew ShermanArtwork photos: Angel GilText: Sabrina Tamar <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7760e12aaf5732fb1ecc9ad2712fd1ea7da765f55d1e46febf500e6a047816e5/251121_GaaGallery_BeyondMatter_02.jpg" data-mid="245469750" border="0" data-scale="96" alt="Beyond Matter, 2025, group exhibition, Gaa Gallery, New York (US)" data-caption="Beyond Matter, 2025, group exhibition, Gaa Gallery, New York (US)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7760e12aaf5732fb1ecc9ad2712fd1ea7da765f55d1e46febf500e6a047816e5/251121_GaaGallery_BeyondMatter_02.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/527115fe546709202b96a89fb39a1d92c96b6dd72f0c19e2d27f52167cb6c51f/251121_GaaGallery_BeyondMatter_010.jpg" data-mid="245469751" border="0" data-scale="96" alt="Beyond Matter, 2025, group exhibition, Gaa Gallery, New York (US)" data-caption="Beyond Matter, 2025, group exhibition, Gaa Gallery, New York (US)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/527115fe546709202b96a89fb39a1d92c96b6dd72f0c19e2d27f52167cb6c51f/251121_GaaGallery_BeyondMatter_010.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e33d8a6034929a1e4398df93be765225773cef676f49c4eb0b440f00a60faae7/251121_GaaGallery_BeyondMatter_013.jpg" data-mid="245469752" border="0" data-scale="96" alt="Beyond Matter, 2025, group exhibition, Gaa Gallery, New York (US)" data-caption="Beyond Matter, 2025, group exhibition, Gaa Gallery, New York (US)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e33d8a6034929a1e4398df93be765225773cef676f49c4eb0b440f00a60faae7/251121_GaaGallery_BeyondMatter_013.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/413f2085a3a32ac7bf0f9e189f34561c19b422c670632cabc4cb56086b0ba776/251121_GaaGallery_BeyondMatter_014.jpg" data-mid="245469753" border="0" data-scale="96" alt="Beyond Matter, 2025, group exhibition, Gaa Gallery, New York (US)" data-caption="Beyond Matter, 2025, group exhibition, Gaa Gallery, New York (US)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/413f2085a3a32ac7bf0f9e189f34561c19b422c670632cabc4cb56086b0ba776/251121_GaaGallery_BeyondMatter_014.jpg" /> Works included <img width="1200" height="1429" width_o="1200" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f00472556f1bc298e1b5a7c51570bcc3ef2a2f591bfbbc1c389d952d0a387d40/Taru-Happonen-20250601-009.jpg" data-mid="245470210" border="0" alt="Synthetic Dermis, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder,&nbsp;marble powder, pearlescent pigment on linen, 43x35x3 cm" data-caption="Synthetic Dermis, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder,&nbsp;marble powder, pearlescent pigment on linen, 43x35x3 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f00472556f1bc298e1b5a7c51570bcc3ef2a2f591bfbbc1c389d952d0a387d40/Taru-Happonen-20250601-009.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1429" width_o="1200" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58329a69b3f8455033109b45eec2b36b047ca6b40103bda9e710ab082eae3afe/Taru-Happonen-20250816-008-2.jpg" data-mid="245470200" border="0" alt="Trypophobia, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 180x150x5cm" data-caption="Trypophobia, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder on linen, 180x150x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58329a69b3f8455033109b45eec2b36b047ca6b40103bda9e710ab082eae3afe/Taru-Happonen-20250816-008-2.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="716" width_o="1200" height_o="716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00293ce37e1716127c7a6ec31fa9ecea044f7f524ba4cc6edc12b599b9470320/Taru-Happonen-20250601-011-2_diptyykki.jpg" data-mid="245469699" border="0" alt="Dextral and Sinistral, Diptych, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 54x43x3cm (x2)" data-caption="Dextral and Sinistral, Diptych, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 54x43x3cm (x2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00293ce37e1716127c7a6ec31fa9ecea044f7f524ba4cc6edc12b599b9470320/Taru-Happonen-20250601-011-2_diptyykki.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1438" width_o="1200" height_o="1438" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c9b9b79e0d0a8429a63378001c21d328957cec104233a0faefd4e2919d423ac/Taru-Happonen-20250816-002.jpg" data-mid="245470227" border="0" alt="Motherboard, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" data-caption="Motherboard, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c9b9b79e0d0a8429a63378001c21d328957cec104233a0faefd4e2919d423ac/Taru-Happonen-20250816-002.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1432" width_o="1200" height_o="1432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d104e2d40a882f84b2240ecb78586616bbf2a1c50aa40bc7c5fdc0104f59ab2d/Taru-Happonen-20250601-008-007.jpg" data-mid="245476260" border="0" alt="Post-mortem, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pearlescent pigment on linen, 43x35x3 cm" data-caption="Post-mortem, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pearlescent pigment on linen, 43x35x3 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d104e2d40a882f84b2240ecb78586616bbf2a1c50aa40bc7c5fdc0104f59ab2d/Taru-Happonen-20250601-008-007.jpg" /> Exhibition text (EN) Gaa is delighted to present Beyond Matter, a group exhibition of Finnish artists centered around the themes of nature and mysticism, exploring the intersection of material transformation, natural phenomena, and the unseen spiritual dimensions embedded in physical form. Here the boundaries between the material and immaterial dissolve. Including the work of Taru Happonen,&nbsp;Johanna Härkönen,&nbsp;Emma Jääskeläinen,&nbsp;Eeva Lietonen,&nbsp;Frans Nybacka,&nbsp;Kerttu Saali,&nbsp;Teemu Salonen, and&nbsp;Eetu Sihvonen, Beyond Matter seeks to reveal nature as both presence and process — a space where matter carries memory and spirit. Within the Kalevala (the Finnish national myth) the element of the sampo bears a trivalent meaning. A pillar to the cosmos, an ascending anchor of heaven’s vault; a wellspring from which boundless creations flow; or perhaps, most widely-recounted, a mill crafted by Ilmarinen, the god of air and sky, its three sides alchemizing salt, grain, and wealth from particles of nothingness. Bestowing prosperity to any in its possession, legend states this amorphous object was stolen from its mountainous stronghold, only to be broken and lost to the sea. Its remnants washed ashore, interspersed in the soil, scattered and fecund, yielding to the natural lushness of the land’s forests and fields. Coveted, imbued with mystical faculties, the sampo was so powerful that even when broken, its shards still provided, reaped and sowed. Sought by all, within all, but never found — a metaphor for desire’s impetus: generative of output, evasive of definition, and ultimately, beyond matter. These remnants of the sampo, their shapeshifting form and abundance so integral to Finnish mythology, find themselves here within the artistic medium. On Kerttu Saali’s canvases, color catapults as an energetic field, exalting the otherworldly within earthen phenomena. At other times the palette emerges as subdued hues, as within&nbsp;Eeva Lietonen’s paintings that rest on the brink of figuration and abstraction, wavering allusions to the domestic and the divine.&nbsp;Frans Nybacka&nbsp;transforms mundane likeness into worlds unmanifested, existing only at imagination’s edge. A familiar landscape belies an ominous, yet ethereal atmosphere. Substances of earth and of man — sanded wood, pulverized metal, powdered marble and glass — become dystopically surreal; these are&nbsp;Taru Happonen’s configurations on linen that yield a codified, pliant corporeality. Materiality becomes a vibrant conduit for the intangible, rather than a foundation or container. Beyond Matter unfolds as both invocation and inquiry — a contemplation of how the physical might hold the metaphysical and how nature offers a mirror for the unseen. Symbols are built to be shattered — a promise of another realm, a promise disintegrating upon attainment. In its wake, from the invisible fragments, something ineffable and unassuming emerges, returning&nbsp; anew, again and again.Sabrina Tamar Beyond Matter is organized in collaboration with The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and the Consulate General of Finland in New York through their partnership with the New Art Dealers Alliance. This collaboration is made possible with additional funding from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Finlandia Foundation National, and The Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. https://taruhapponen.com/Once-we-see-it Tue, 22 Jul 2025 04:29:24 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/Once-we-see-it Once We See It 2025, group exhibition Gallery Bässen, Raasepori (FI) Artists: Taru Happonen, Riikka Anttonen, Ida Koitila, and Eetu Sihvonen.Curated by Inna Schwanck and Polina Joffe.Installation photos: Ahmed Alalousi <img width="1499" height="1000" width_o="1499" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3853b84b18b2dcaeda1c9face1952c5e0f3006a0c07e0ffef9d2e1ae100cf29/6.jpg" data-mid="236119102" border="0" data-scale="94" alt="Exhibition view, Once we see it, A group exhibition including works by Taru Happonen, Riikka Anttonen, Ida Koitila, and Eetu Sihvonen" data-caption="Exhibition view, Once we see it, A group exhibition including works by Taru Happonen, Riikka Anttonen, Ida Koitila, and Eetu Sihvonen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3853b84b18b2dcaeda1c9face1952c5e0f3006a0c07e0ffef9d2e1ae100cf29/6.jpg" /> <img width="1499" height="1000" width_o="1499" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9a27161697069f5016c292ce71aa5853d3b46c64e829ab0ab464b9411b327d1/3.jpg" data-mid="236119093" border="0" data-scale="94" alt="Exhibition view, Once we see it, A group exhibition including works by Taru Happonen, Riikka Anttonen, Ida Koitila, and Eetu Sihvonen" data-caption="Exhibition view, Once we see it, A group exhibition including works by Taru Happonen, Riikka Anttonen, Ida Koitila, and Eetu Sihvonen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9a27161697069f5016c292ce71aa5853d3b46c64e829ab0ab464b9411b327d1/3.jpg" /> <img width="1499" height="1000" width_o="1499" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/951871ae6c62fea04b0b295df8673737a93206c14fd850678d4f1c6a367ba55d/5.jpg" data-mid="236119098" border="0" data-scale="94" alt="Exhibition view, Once we see it, A group exhibition including works by Taru Happonen, Riikka Anttonen, Ida Koitila, and Eetu Sihvonen" data-caption="Exhibition view, Once we see it, A group exhibition including works by Taru Happonen, Riikka Anttonen, Ida Koitila, and Eetu Sihvonen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/951871ae6c62fea04b0b295df8673737a93206c14fd850678d4f1c6a367ba55d/5.jpg" /> <img width="1499" height="1000" width_o="1499" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8521859f5ab5dbc67bde1d56cbef707565b2f8005921584b09c88654ff0d21be/1.jpg" data-mid="236119087" border="0" data-scale="94" alt="Exhibition view, Once we see it, A group exhibition including works by Taru Happonen, Riikka Anttonen, Ida Koitila, and Eetu Sihvonen" data-caption="Exhibition view, Once we see it, A group exhibition including works by Taru Happonen, Riikka Anttonen, Ida Koitila, and Eetu Sihvonen" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8521859f5ab5dbc67bde1d56cbef707565b2f8005921584b09c88654ff0d21be/1.jpg" /> Works included <img width="1200" height="1293" width_o="1200" height_o="1293" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd3581229120251854323e611305273f1e5662685b0c1f98d91208a6bb889a74/Taru-Happonen-20250601-013-012-2.jpg" data-mid="238524443" border="0" alt="Arranged Remains, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x110x5cm" data-caption="Arranged Remains, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x110x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd3581229120251854323e611305273f1e5662685b0c1f98d91208a6bb889a74/Taru-Happonen-20250601-013-012-2.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="716" width_o="1200" height_o="716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00293ce37e1716127c7a6ec31fa9ecea044f7f524ba4cc6edc12b599b9470320/Taru-Happonen-20250601-011-2_diptyykki.jpg" data-mid="238524454" border="0" alt="Dextral and Sinistral, Diptych, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 54x43x3cm (x2)" data-caption="Dextral and Sinistral, Diptych, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 54x43x3cm (x2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00293ce37e1716127c7a6ec31fa9ecea044f7f524ba4cc6edc12b599b9470320/Taru-Happonen-20250601-011-2_diptyykki.jpg" /> <img width="1100" height="1307" width_o="1100" height_o="1307" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0327a2cdb685299985cfa6b309afc551dd635bac93cc7e22d61869316f6a73f/Taru-Happonen-20250601-014.jpg" data-mid="236121158" border="0" alt="Six pairs of hollow eyes, 2025, Acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" data-caption="Six pairs of hollow eyes, 2025, Acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0327a2cdb685299985cfa6b309afc551dd635bac93cc7e22d61869316f6a73f/Taru-Happonen-20250601-014.jpg" /> Exhibition text (EN) The summer 2025 exhibition at Gallery Bässen brings together a group of artists who explore material, texture and form, balancing structure and fluidity, rawness and precision. Through surprising and at times uncanny approaches to familiar elements, the works create a powerful dialogue between the organic and the constructed, lightness and weight, presence and absence. Each of the four artists – Riikka Anttonen, Taru Happonen, Ida Koitila and Eetu Sihvonen – brings a distinct approach to materiality, yet in the roughness of the space, the elements in each work begin to move through and toward each other. What feels heavy begins to float; the immaterial takes shape. The line between real and imagined, fantasy and history, begins to blur, opening up new ways to explore and inhabit space. The exhibition engages with and against the gallery space and the surrounding nature that’s constantly trying to creep in through the windows and cracks in the ceiling. It reflects on our human impulse to control nature, confine the flowing, contain the ephemeral, through a lens that is playful, but tinged with melancholy. https://taruhapponen.com/tm-gallery Thu, 24 Dec 2020 11:53:09 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/tm-gallery Andrew Colbert, Taru Happonen &amp;&nbsp;Santeri Lehto 2019 Group exhibition tm•galleria Helsinki (FI) Photos: Jussi Tiainen, Aukusti Heinonen <img width="1500" height="1011" width_o="1500" height_o="1011" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fa1c758df70d2f40bca21e17d944ef0624556a668afae35adc206404b4fcc25/TAS6828crop_1500px.jpg" data-mid="93015693" border="0" alt="Exhibition view" data-caption="Exhibition view" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fa1c758df70d2f40bca21e17d944ef0624556a668afae35adc206404b4fcc25/TAS6828crop_1500px.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="686" width_o="600" height_o="686" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b9b659fbc17ec73b32fab8225dad54e7bba9bf85ae51bd470cfee54957d1b58/TaruHapponen_Symbiosis2_21x24cm_OilAcrylicAndDeadPineTreeOnLinen_2019_600px.png" data-mid="128120733" border="0" data-scale="59" alt="Symbiosis 2, 2019, oil and&nbsp;acrylic on linen, dead pine wood, 31x24x7 cm" data-caption="Symbiosis 2, 2019, oil and&nbsp;acrylic on linen, dead pine wood, 31x24x7 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/7b9b659fbc17ec73b32fab8225dad54e7bba9bf85ae51bd470cfee54957d1b58/TaruHapponen_Symbiosis2_21x24cm_OilAcrylicAndDeadPineTreeOnLinen_2019_600px.png" /> Symbiosis 2 2019 oil and&nbsp;acrylic on linen, dead pine wood 31x24x7 cm <img width="900" height="899" width_o="900" height_o="899" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0d2e3ff5aa0841301a9d8231bbfdf982ca4c2f83a618d4336e849c03afaca74/TaruHapponen_Organism_130x130cm_OilAndAcrylicOnLinen_2019_900px.jpg" data-mid="128120696" border="0" data-scale="81" alt="Organism, 2019, oil and acrylic on linen, 130x130x4 cm" data-caption="Organism, 2019, oil and acrylic on linen, 130x130x4 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/e0d2e3ff5aa0841301a9d8231bbfdf982ca4c2f83a618d4336e849c03afaca74/TaruHapponen_Organism_130x130cm_OilAndAcrylicOnLinen_2019_900px.jpg" /> Organism 2019 oil and acrylic on linen 130x130x4 cm <img width="800" height="660" width_o="800" height_o="660" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e33964620075f6bcc62f695539cf6bc8ed574c5c13bdae91e348f4c0c168fd74/TH6837_800px.jpg" data-mid="93015691" border="0" alt="Exhibition view" data-caption="Exhibition view" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e33964620075f6bcc62f695539cf6bc8ed574c5c13bdae91e348f4c0c168fd74/TH6837_800px.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="584" width_o="800" height_o="584" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2714f937d74f529e19e57336b931262925139f5033a9f96599716eacbeed568/TaruHapponen_OneThirdHumanTwoThirdsPlant_800px.jpg" data-mid="128120694" border="0" data-scale="86" alt="One-third human two-thirds plant, 2019, oil and acrylic on linen, 75x55x2 cm" data-caption="One-third human two-thirds plant, 2019, oil and acrylic on linen, 75x55x2 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/c2714f937d74f529e19e57336b931262925139f5033a9f96599716eacbeed568/TaruHapponen_OneThirdHumanTwoThirdsPlant_800px.jpg" /> One-third human two-thirds plant 2019 oil and acrylic on linen 75x55x2 cm <img width="800" height="852" width_o="800" height_o="852" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07e625969e4d9bb7e4df0827fa889cfba9ba85cec06c3ec1a6357f9ed5e190e8/TaruHapponen_Symbiosis1_51x58cm_OilAcrylicAndDeadPineTreeOnLinen_2019_800px.png" data-mid="128120697" border="0" data-scale="85" alt="Symbiosis 1, 2019, oil and&nbsp;acrylic on linen, dead pine wood, 51x58x23 cm" data-caption="Symbiosis 1, 2019, oil and&nbsp;acrylic on linen, dead pine wood, 51x58x23 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/07e625969e4d9bb7e4df0827fa889cfba9ba85cec06c3ec1a6357f9ed5e190e8/TaruHapponen_Symbiosis1_51x58cm_OilAcrylicAndDeadPineTreeOnLinen_2019_800px.png" /> Symbiosis 1 2019 oil and&nbsp;acrylic on linen, dead pine wood 51x58x23 cm <img width="1500" height="925" width_o="1500" height_o="925" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eee19496e4a0087c3e40f07fec1ec0782952fbeeff3daddfa56d4e50060cb852/TAS6831crop_1500px.jpg" data-mid="93015692" border="0" alt="Exhibition view" data-caption="Exhibition view" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eee19496e4a0087c3e40f07fec1ec0782952fbeeff3daddfa56d4e50060cb852/TAS6831crop_1500px.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1296" width_o="1200" height_o="1296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca7172fb21737d5edb1c70611ebcdc28eb4e24bc8637cfdfc041cdf390523bc5/TaruHapponen_MatingRitual_185x200cm_OilAndAcrylicOnCotton_2019_1200px.jpg" data-mid="128120695" border="0" data-scale="84" alt="Mating Ritual, 2019, oil and acrylic on cotton, 185x200x4 cm" data-caption="Mating Ritual, 2019, oil and acrylic on cotton, 185x200x4 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca7172fb21737d5edb1c70611ebcdc28eb4e24bc8637cfdfc041cdf390523bc5/TaruHapponen_MatingRitual_185x200cm_OilAndAcrylicOnCotton_2019_1200px.jpg" /> Mating Ritual 2019 oil and acrylic on cotton 185x200x4 cm <img width="800" height="1003" width_o="800" height_o="1003" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b72e483e4c4c7c91d1cfc422cb828d12896cc8b5c6609744d1d15d5afe1f8e14/TaruHapponen_TheLastDance_120x150cm_OilAndAcrylicOnCotton_2019_800px.jpg" data-mid="128120728" border="0" data-scale="78" alt="Last Dance, 2019, oil and acrylic on cotton, 120x150x4 cm" data-caption="Last Dance, 2019, oil and acrylic on cotton, 120x150x4 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/b72e483e4c4c7c91d1cfc422cb828d12896cc8b5c6609744d1d15d5afe1f8e14/TaruHapponen_TheLastDance_120x150cm_OilAndAcrylicOnCotton_2019_800px.jpg" /> Last Dance 2019 oil and acrylic on cotton 120x150x4 cm https://taruhapponen.com/Garden-1-5 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:55:20 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/Garden-1-5 Garden 1-5 2019 Series of ink on paper works. Exhibited in Organism solo exhibition at Gallery Uusi Kipinä in Lahti (FI). <img width="1100" height="830" width_o="1100" height_o="830" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/945a17b2884c790c2727271af055109a2befba82f60364ab1bd347835d5a0224/TaruHapponen_Garden1_403x303cm_2019_1100px.png" data-mid="93013398" border="0" data-scale="99" alt="Garden 1, ink on paper" data-caption="Garden 1, ink on paper" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/945a17b2884c790c2727271af055109a2befba82f60364ab1bd347835d5a0224/TaruHapponen_Garden1_403x303cm_2019_1100px.png" /> <img width="500" height="663" width_o="500" height_o="663" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0666117ce8852a404ece05c6c1bcf0b5f198bd16139a8cb23fea795652dc5dea/TaruHaponen_garden3.png" data-mid="128128561" border="0" data-scale="66" alt="Garden 2, ink on paper" data-caption="Garden 2, ink on paper" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/0666117ce8852a404ece05c6c1bcf0b5f198bd16139a8cb23fea795652dc5dea/TaruHaponen_garden3.png" /> <img width="600" height="695" width_o="600" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6597da5469e281cbf3de6091e42fb5a943ea8440f8d26c5b68549038eec5b07/TaruHapponen_garden2_265x31cm_2019_600px-1.png" data-mid="128128563" border="0" data-scale="86" alt="Garden 3, ink on paper" data-caption="Garden 3, ink on paper" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/f6597da5469e281cbf3de6091e42fb5a943ea8440f8d26c5b68549038eec5b07/TaruHapponen_garden2_265x31cm_2019_600px-1.png" />‘ <img width="600" height="661" width_o="600" height_o="661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a0f1f943f46b5e7a7a43413f35afce914774e6933b43c5229b4e39c4526027c/TaruHapponen_garden4.png" data-mid="128128564" border="0" data-scale="73" alt="Garden 4, ink on paper" data-caption="Garden 4, ink on paper" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/1a0f1f943f46b5e7a7a43413f35afce914774e6933b43c5229b4e39c4526027c/TaruHapponen_garden4.png" /> <img width="350" height="418" width_o="350" height_o="418" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/388e8c2d8fa38bcb980977b0edb3b9d6994d65c134e0e53dd3936ece3c7f6ab4/TaruHapponen_Garden5_350px.png" data-mid="128128565" border="0" alt="Garden 5, ink on paper" data-caption="Garden 5, ink on paper" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/350/i/388e8c2d8fa38bcb980977b0edb3b9d6994d65c134e0e53dd3936ece3c7f6ab4/TaruHapponen_Garden5_350px.png" /> https://taruhapponen.com/Homepage Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:41:29 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/Homepage <img width="1200" height="1438" width_o="1200" height_o="1438" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c9b9b79e0d0a8429a63378001c21d328957cec104233a0faefd4e2919d423ac/Taru-Happonen-20250816-002.jpg" data-mid="241251050" border="0" data-scale="84" alt="Motherboard, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" data-caption="Motherboard, 2025, acrylic, aluminium powder, marble powder, pigment on linen, 120x100x5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c9b9b79e0d0a8429a63378001c21d328957cec104233a0faefd4e2919d423ac/Taru-Happonen-20250816-002.jpg" /> Ongoing/Upcoming 27.2.2026–10.01.2027: A Dream in Four Colours Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Artgroup exhibition, Helsinki, FI14.5.–30.8.2026: Freshly PaintedSara Hildén Art Museum group exhibition, Tampere, FI 02.08.–29.08.2027: tm•galleria, solo exhibition, Helsinki, FI https://taruhapponen.com/Info Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:41:29 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/Info <img width="1000" height="1526" width_o="1000" height_o="1526" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0dd6803f6abe333dfe1387ebd85846bf7f09f06530b6f5f4e5b0a407efc8b8ca/DSCF4052-kopio-2.jpg" data-mid="241263411" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0dd6803f6abe333dfe1387ebd85846bf7f09f06530b6f5f4e5b0a407efc8b8ca/DSCF4052-kopio-2.jpg" /> Bio Taru Happonen (b. 1989) is a Helsinki-based visual artist working with painting, drawing, and sculpture. Influenced by natural sciences and science fiction, her work often incorporates recurring surfaces and structures found in nature. Different layers have been peeled into view. She explores a complex, ever-changing world from both cosmic and microscopic perspectives, employing a diverse range of materials. Organic and synthetic elements are intricately intertwined. Her artworks emphasize the significance of wonder, portraying the world as both intricate and in constant flux. The interplay of surfaces, forms, and materials in her pieces creates connections, highlighting the unity of life, continuity, and the deep layers of time. She earned a Master’s degree in 2023 from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki. Her works are included in the collections of Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, the Finnish State Art Deposit Collection, and the HUS Art Collection. CV Taru Happonenb. 1989, Lahti, FinlandLives and works in Helsinki Education 2023, Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (FI) 2016, Bachelor of Arts, Graphic design, Aalto University, Helsinki (FI) Solo exhibitions 2027, tm•galleria, Helsinki (FI) upcoming 2025, Vital Debris, Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo (FI)2025, Taxidermy Surfaces, Pori Art Museum, Poriginal gallery, Pori (FI)2024, Taxidermy Surfaces, Helsinki Art Museum, HAM gallery, Helsinki (FI) 2024, Cosmic Zoom, Taidekeskus Mältinranta, Galleria, Tampere (FI) 2022, Cosmic Zoom, Forum Box, Helsinki (FI) 2020, Other-than-human, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki (FI) 2019, Organism, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti (FI) 2018, Organism, Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki (FI) 2017, She, Kosminen Art Space, Helsinki (FI) Group and joint exhibitions 2026, Freshly Painted, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere&nbsp;(FI) upcoming 2026, A Dream in Four Colours, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (FI) ongoing 2026,&nbsp;Statutum est Hominibus Mori,&nbsp;Forum Box’s member artists,&nbsp;Harju Morgue, Helsinki (FI) 2025, Beyond Matter, Gaa Gallery, New York (US) 2025, Lorax, LIC-A Art Space, The Factory, New York (US)2025, Once We See It, Gallery Bässen, Raasepori (FI)2025, Small Seams Open Too, together with Aino Lintunen, Vallilan Panimon Galleria, Helsinki (FI)2025, Taidehaistelija Biennale 2025, Gallery Loisti, Helsinki (FI)2024, Versot, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki (FI) 2023, Solar Noon, Taattisten tila, Merimasku (FI) 2022, Supermarket Art Fair, tm•galleria, Stockholm (SE) 2022, Synthesis, Saatchi Gallery, curated by Delphian Gallery, London, (UK) 2021, Ebb and Flow, Galleria Kuva/Tila, Helsinki (FI) 2021, Kiertokulku, Galleria Ronga, Tampere (FI) 2021, Dandelion, Delphian Gallery, Basel Art Fair, Basel (CH) 2021, For the Love of, Hakola Studio, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki (FI) 2021, Top 100, The Auction Collective, London (UK) 2021, Kuvan kevät – MFA Degree Show, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki (FI) 2021, Kosminen Spring Salon, Kosminen Art Space, Helsinki (FI) 2020, Kosminen Salon, Kosminen Art Space, Helsinki (FI) 2019, Andrew Colbert, Taru Happonen &amp; Santeri Lehto, tm•galleria, Helsinki (FI) 2019, Freedom to Roam, Kruunuvuori forest, Helsinki (FI) 2017, Finnish Art Agency: The Superwood Festival, Hotel Rantapuisto, Helsinki (FI) 2017, Salonkikelpoiset, Atski Galleria, Helsinki (FI) Works in collections Kiasma Museum of Contemporary ArtHAM Helsinki Art MuseumFinnish State Art Deposit CollectionHUS Art CollectionFinnish Art Society – Art LotteryPrivate collections in FI, UK and AUT Residencies 2021, Ars Bioarctica, Finnish Bioart Society, residency program, Kilpisjärvi (FI) 2019, The Finnish Institute at Athens. residency program, Athens (GR) Memberships and positions of trust Forum Box (board member 2024-)Finnish Painters’ Union (2019-)Kuvasto ry (2021-) Grants and recognitions 2025, Kone Foundation (FI) 2025, Tiftö Foundation, travel grant (FI)2024, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Central fund (FI) 2023, &nbsp;Academy of Fine Arts, stipend (FI) 2023, &nbsp;Paulo Foundation (FI) 2022, &nbsp;Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse (FI) 2022, &nbsp;The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Uusimaa regional fund (FI) 2022, &nbsp;Arts Promotion Centre Finland (FI) 2022, &nbsp;Frame Finland (FI) 2021, &nbsp;Arts Promotion Centre Finland (FI) 2020, &nbsp;Arts Promotion Centre Finland (FI) 2020, &nbsp;Grafia ry (FI) 2019, &nbsp;Arts Promotion Centre Finland (FI) 2018, &nbsp;Grafia ry (FI) Media Trickster Magazine, 21.9. 2025, Taru Happonen: "Life, In Some Form, Might Always Go On", interview by Anne Vetik Art Summit, 1.6. 2025, Featured in “Interviewing the Interviewer: A Portrait of Charles Moore”, article by Carol Real Suomen Kuvalehti, 47/2024, Taxidermy Surfaces, exhibition of the week Radio Helsinki, 13.11.2024, Interview about Taxidermy Surfaces exhibition Niin &amp; Näin, Philosophical magazine No. 118 autumn 3/2023, the artist of the issue Turun Sanomat, 23.7.2023, “Taattisten tilan historia ulottuu 1500-luvulle asti...”, article by Heidi Horila Glorian Koti, 1/2023, Nousevat nimet, article by Elina Suomalainen HBL, 27.11.2022, “Konstrecension: I gränslandet mellan det naturliga och syntetiska”, review by Camilla Granbacka Edit Media, 25.11.2022, “Kosmisesta mittakaavasta ja taiteen tekemisestä viettinä”, interview by Sanna Lipponen Helsingin Sanomat, 18.11.2022, “Viikonlopun näyttelyissä katsotaan perhosen siiven kuvioita ja elämää koiran-pennun kanssa”, recommendation, text by Sanna Lipponen Finnish Painters, 14.4.2022, “Finnish Painters: An Ongoing Correspondence”, article by Mike Pinnington HBL, 10.12.2021, “Förändringarnas tid vid Konstuniversitetet”, review by Helen Korpak Uniarts, 2.12.2021, “Kuva/Tila -gallerian avajaisnäyttely Ebb and flow houkuttelee katsomaan maailmaa toisin”, interview by Susanna Bono Mister Mötley Magazine, 29.11.2021, “Afstuderen tijdens de lockdown – een zee van nieuwe stemmen V”, interview by Charlotte Cuny Marcy, 16.9.2021, interview by Antonia Hamberg Leon, 4/2017, feature https://taruhapponen.com/Contact-1 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:58:26 +0000 Taru Happonen https://taruhapponen.com/Contact-1 taru@taruhapponen.com ︎ Instagram