Snow Collection Show VOL II βolla | about beingβ ββββββββ Until January 28 Introducing the artists: Melina Paakkonen Melina Paakkonen (b. 1989) is a Finnish painter based in Helsinki. She creates theatrical paintings portraying moments of play through stories. The motifs stem from the relationship between life and death, catastrophizing, and delightful, sometimes humorous, situations. Paakkonenβs works are characterized by the use of symbols, colourfulness and decorativeness. They also combine visual, art historical elements bringing them up to date. Paakkonenβs central theme is control and the loss of control. She seeks to create a space within the randomness and occasional inevitability of life where events can be viewed from a distance. Her paintings obliterate the line between everyday life and the carnival. They also blur any hierarchical boundaries between the figures depicted in her canvases, positing humans, animals and death as equal players on the stage of life. Paakkonen graduated as visual artist from the Art Academy of Turku University of Applied Sciences in 2019. Since then she has held numerous solo exhibitions such as Turku Art Museum, Galleria Halmetoja and ARTag in Finland. Besides many private collections, her works are included in Turku Art Museum / Lars GΓΆran Johnssonβs Collection and HAM Helsinki Art Museum Collection. Artwork: Ad ultimum, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 33 x 24 cm @melinapaakkonen Melina Paakkonen is showing four paintings at the Snow Collection Show olla | about being. The visiting hours are: Wed - Fri 2 - 7 pm Sat 2 - 6 pm And by appointment Email [email protected] or DM for enquiries #melinapaakkonen #snowcollection #snowcollectionshowvol2 #galleriasnow #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #berlin (at Snow) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnMRrf8t9r2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=