Flora Fauna Funga
works from 2007 to 2024

Riitta Ikonen

Annie Collinge

Karoline Hjorth

Anja Schaffner

Anni Koponen

Exhibition Opening Thursday August 1 from 5-8pm

with Riitta Ikonen & Karoline Hjorth Present

Originally from the deep forests of eastern Finland, Riitta Ikonen works through performance, wearable sculptures, participatory performances, and collaborating. After completing her MA at the Royal College of Art in London in 2008, she has exhibited internationally holding shows with Karoline Hjorth at Barbican Centre, Kiasma, Peabody Essex Museum and the London- and Pyeongchang Olympics. Ikonen lectures at schools and universities and advocates for interdisciplinary collaboration for actionable change. ‘Eyes as Big as Plates,’ a 13-year collaboration with Karoline Hjorth, is currently on view at the Koli National Park at the UNESCO biosphere reserve in Finland and in Austria as part of the European Capital of Culture events. @meteoriitta

Karoline Hjorth was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1980. She holds a bachelor’s degree in photographic arts (2006) and a master’s degree in international journalism (2009), both from the University of Westminster, London. She has exhibited and published internationally and, in 2005. She has published two solo books: ‘Mormormonologene’ 2011 (Press Publishing 2011) and ‘Algoritmeanekdoter’ (Press Publishing 2019). She became the artistic director of Fotografihuset, Oslo, in 2022. @karoline.hjorth