Monster Mother
Hinni Huttunen & Taru Kallio
20.2.-9.3.2025
Detroit Stockholm
The exhibition Monster Mother is a collaboration of two visual artists, Hinni Huttunen and Taru Kallio, both originally from Pieksämäki, a small city in eastern Finland. The artists also share the experience of living abroad, as Huttunen is based in Stockholm and Kallio in Oslo.
Besides sharing the same hometown, both artists focus on the topic of motherhood in its widest meaning in their latest works. Huttunen and Kallio have both recently become mothers, which has become an essential part of their artistic process. They approach the topic through their personal experiences, using absurdity and humor.
Themes related to the body are also at the center of their work. In Kallio’s paintings, you meet characters from a world of visions: moons and suns with enigmatic faces, figures shrouded in tree leaves and vines, and bright flames with eyes that gaze back. Huttunen’s new works depict a moment before a huge turn of events and the time after. The works are about waiting, strangerhood, being afraid and being in love.
Monster Mother marks their first collaboration, where the artists will merge their practices of photography and painting. Together, they will create an installation that combines the size and materials of their work with the gallery space at Detroit Stockholm.
Hinni Huttunen (b. 1990) a visual artist working with video and photography. She feels passionate about portraiture, romance and never-ending embarrassing emotions. Huttunen graduated as a Bachelor of Culture and Arts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences in 2014 and as a Master of Fine Art from Kungl. Konsthögskolan in Stockholm in 2018.
Taru Kallio (b. 1986) is an artist living and working in Oslo. With a BA from the Lahti Institute of Fine Art, Finland (2011), and an MFA from the Bergen Academy of Arts (KMD) in 2017. She has developed an artistic practice that explores humanity through the lens of storytelling. Kallio draws inspiration from myths, narratives, and the collective unconscious, working through various media, including painting, drawing, video, text, and sculptural elements.
Opening:
Thursday 20.2.2024 at 17:00 - 20:00.
Opening hours:
Wed-Fri 15:00 - 18:00.
Sat-Sun 13:00 - 16:00.
And by appointment.
Address:
Detroit Stockholm
Roslagsgatan 21
11355 Stockholm
Contact:
Hinni Huttunen
+46707991124 (SE)
+358408456082 (FI)
hinni.huttunen@gmail.com
https://www.hinnihuttunen.com/
@innih
Taru Kallio
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