About
Artist Statement
Alexandra Rosa Koskinen is a 24 year old Finnish Peruvian artist currently based in Helsinki. She has a Master’s in Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art Theory (VICCA) from Aalto University obtained in July 2024. A Honours Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts, Painting obtained in June 2021 from the University of the Arts London (UAL). In May 2018 she completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma with a (Gold) Presidential Scholar distinction for academic achievement.
Through her practice Koskinen seeks to use the human form as a means to process the strangeness and absurdity of the collective human experience. Embedded with themes of morality, memory and (cultural) identity, she explores the edges of what we define as a shared consciousness and subconscious through distortions and surreal transformations of my subjects in the hopes of achieving emotional resonance and above all encouraging self reflection. Koskinen works primarily with oil paint and relies heavily on text based work as a foundation for her images. The recollection, resurfacing and redesign of these narratives is key to her practice.
Exhibitions
2024 (November) Solo Exhibition: Redi Vapaakaupungin Olohuone, Helsinki Finland
2024 (August- September) Group Exhibition: Intent (HIAP) Suomenlinna, Helsinki Finland
2024 Uncanny/Outoa- Solo Exhibition: Galleria Duetto Kalevankatu 15, Helsinki Finland
2024 Group Exhibition: Monoma and Helsinki Urban Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2024 Solo Exhibition: Sushi Bar and Wine, Helsinki Finland 2023 Stories of Ecologies - Group Exhibition: Villa Lill Kallvik, Vuosaari Finland
2021 Final Call - Degree Show: Wimbledon College of Art, London England
2020 Group Exhibition: Copeland Gallery, Copeland Road 133, London England
Co-Curated Exhibitions
2024 (October) Shewings - Väre V2 Gallery, Aalto University, Helsinki Finland
2024 (August- September) *Intent* - HIAP, Suomenlinna, Helsinki Finland
2024 Quien Bien Quiere Tarde Olvida - Väre V2 Gallery, Aalto University, Helsinki Finland
2023 Stories of Ecologies - Villa Lill Kallvik, Vuosaari Finland
2023 A Fog is a Cloud that Touches the Ground - Vuosaarentie 7, Helsinki Finland
2021 Final Call - Wimbledon College of Art, London UK
2019 Samoilua - Galleria Duetto, Kalevankatu 15, Helsinki Finland
Link to Artist CV - Here