MY HEROES AND MONSTERS WALK HAND IN HAND, FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY GALLERY, HANCOCK, 2023

Finlandia University Gallery presented  “My Heroes and Monsters Walk Hand in Hand,” an exhibit by Finnish artist Camilla Vuorenmaa at the Finlandia University Gallery in the Finnish American Heritage Center (FAHC), Hancock, on April 20 to June 15, 2023. The exhibition brought together many of Vuorenmaa’s repeating themes. For example, she had several pieces in this exhibit that feature Carrie Fisher’s character Leia from the Star Wars movie series. In the painting Carrie/Leia, the face is divided, portraying the different sides of the actor Carrie Fisher and the character Leia Organa.

“I have always been interested in the different sides of each individual’s nature,” says Vuorenmaa. In this exhibition her carved wooden paintings were installed into the exhibition space with a pink string installation. The installation was spreading into different parts of the exhibition space. Exhibition was curated by Carrie Flashpohler.