Galerie Anhava (FI)

Galerie Anhava focuses on contemporary Finnish and Nordic art, with an active role in providing representation at an international level. The gallery’s exhibition program engages with visual art across all media. Galerie Anhava is committed to the long-term representation of its artists and aims to be part of an ongoing dialogue between artists, institutions and audiences alike.

Fredrikinkatu 43
00120 Helsinki
Finland
(+358) 9 669 989

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Curated for
CHART

For CHART 2024, Galerie Anhava will present a booth revolving around a dialogue – curated piece by piece between established artists and emerging artists, whose reputations are growing amongst audiences in the Nordic region. Looking at visual connections, similarities between different artists' approach to artistic practice and common use of materials, the presentation will include works by Kari Cavén, Heli Hiltunen, Elina Merenmies, Noora Schroderus, Karoliina Hellberg and Jani Hänninen.

Elina Merenmies, Liekki, 2021-22, tempera and oil on canvas, 38x51cm. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anhava

Heli Hiltunen, Pakoyrityksiä, 2020, acrylic and coloured pencil on paper, 83 x 63 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anhava. Photo by Jussi Tiainen

Jani Hänninen, Nobody Rides for Free, 2020, mixed media on canvas, 121 x 100,5cm. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anhava. Photo by Jussi Tiainen

Kari Cavén, Irtaimisto, 2017, mixed media, 163 x 123cm. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anhava. Photo by Jussi Tiainen

Karoliina Hellberg, Secret Chamber and the First Snow, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, 140 x 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anhava. Photo by Jussi Tiainen

Noora Schroderus, The Artist Series 11, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anhava.

Elina Merenmies (FI)

Elina Merenmies’s oeuvre is a unique and mystical universe. A rich and layered array of meanings, emotions, interior visions and recurring motifs come together in her works, executed with tempera, oil and ink. Merenmies’s works can be approached as gates to silence and the ultimate essence of being human. The themes she addresses in her works are profound and eternal. The impressive and gently ferocious views that Merenmies presents, in her precise and inimitable hand, investigate the human condition and existence more broadly.

Elina Merenmies (b. 1967, Espoo; FI) lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Merenmies’ works are represented in major public and private collections in Finland and in several Nordic art museums, including: ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art (Ishøj; DK), Uppsala Art Museum (Uppsala; SE), as well as in private collections in Europe and the United States. Her work has been the subject of numerous institutional exhibitions including: Amos Rex Art Museum (Helsinki; FI), Helsinki Art Museum (2022), Nordic Watercolour Museum (Skärham; SE), Norrköping Art Museum (Helsinki; FI) and Serlachius Museum (Mänttä; FI).