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CURRENT EXHIBITION                                                                                                       UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS                                                                                              SEPTEMBER 11 – OCTOBER 4, 2026 | OPENING: SEPTEMBER 10, 5-8 PM                                                     EVENTS

JUNE 5 – AUGUST 9, 2026 | OPENING: JUNE 4, 5-8 PM                                                                        AUGUST 14 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2026 | OPENING: AUGUST 13, 5-8 PM                                                                               TOMÁŠ                                                                                       MA K A SIINI SUNDAY DIA LOG UES
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                       JONNI                                                                                                                    RAFA                                                                                                                                                                                                          The walls are filled with art and the space with conversation during
                       C H E AT W O O D                                                                                                         MACARRÓN                                                                                                                                             MAIN HALL                                                Makasiini Sunday Dialogues. Every four weeks, three artists come togeth-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              er for an open discussion about their exhibitions, their practices, and the
                                                          MAIN HALL                                                                                                                MAIN HALL & STUDIO II                                                                                             Tomáš Jetela, one of the most significant contempo-      ideas shaping their work.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     rary Czech painters, combines figurative imagery with    The conversation moves between the artworks, the artists’ perspectives,
                                                          Jonni Cheatwood is a Los Angeles based painter who                                                                       Rafa Macarrón is a Spanish artist who displays ana-                                                               abstract approach, which he explores through paint-      and the wider questions surrounding contemporary art today.
                                                          mixes oil, oil sticks, acrylics and textile in his works. The                                                            tomical figures with their stretched forms and extend-                                                            ing, drawing and collage. His striking expressionism is  After the discussion, the dialogue continues in the exhibition spaces.
                                                          canvases are built out of pieces of fabrics, which are uni-                                                              ed proportions. The paintings are full of representa-                                                             concentrated on the human inner life, revealing it as    SUNDAY AUGUST 16 AT 2 PM
                                                          fied together almost like a puzzle. Cheatwood’s original                                                                 tions, which are peculiarly scaled. Macarrón’s visual                                                             constantly evolving. Jetela’s works are personal in the  RAFA MACARRÓN | ANETTA LUKJANOVA
                                                          inspiration for painting started in graffiti, moving on-                                                                 anguage of human condition is based on reality, yet                                                               manner he treats his subjects.                           SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13 AT 2 PM
                                                          wards to the action painting of abstract expressionism.                                                                  in a surreal way..                                                                                                                                                         TOMÁŠ JETELA | RIIKO SAKKINEN | PERTTU MÄKELÄ

                       SAMI                                                                                              A N E T TA                                                                                                        RIIKO
                       LUKKARINEN                                                                                        L U K J A N O VA                                                                                                  SAKKINEN

                                                          STUDIO I                                                       STUDIO I                                                                                                          STUDIO I

                                                          Sami Lukkarinen’s art is based on pictures he finds            Anetta Lukjanova works mainly in the medium of oil                                                                Riiko Sakkinen is known for his drawings and paintings
                                                          from the internet, pixelates and then paints with oil          paintings and public murals in a large scale. Her works                                                           highlighting the world’s economic and social problems.
                                                          colours. The exceptional and detailed surface texture,         combine themes from mysticism, reality and pop cul-                                                               Sakkinen’s ‘turborealism’ challenges the traditional
                                                          particular understanding of colours and an organized           ture, bringing forward almost magical version of con-                                                             pictorial storytelling and uses characters and products
                                                          composition give a baseline to these contemporary              temporary figurative realism.                                                                                     from popular culture, turning the product’s message on
                                                          works bordering on impressionism.                                                                                                                                                its head.

                       LUIS                                                                                                                                                                                                                PERTTU
                       GISPERT                                                                                                                                                                                                             MÄKELÄ

                                                          STUDIO II                                                                                                                                                                        STUDIO II

                                                          Luis Gispert is a Cuban American artist whose work                                                                                                                               Perttu Mäkelä’s works move between figurative and ab-
                                                          spans photography, sculpture, film, and painting.                                                                                                                                stract art. The nature seems to be ever-present, and the
                                                          Across mediums, he has examined the aesthetics of                                                                                                                                inspiration comes from the meadows the artist himself
                                                          subculture, aspiration, and value in American life, of-                                                                                                                          has planted and that are full of life during the Finnish
                                                          ten bringing vernacular forms into dialogue with art                                                                                                                             summer months. Mäkelä’s clear lines and seamlessly
                                                          history and questions of identity.                                                                                                                                               blending colors bring out delicate and multidimensional
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           compositions.
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