Katja Skinnari - Blind spot

Katja Skinnari's second private exhibition in Helsinki is named Blind Spot. She graduated in 2002 as an artist and at the moment she studies in Lahti arts institute. During the fall 2011 she studied in Hanoi, Vietnam University of Fine Arts.

"Blind spot means for me a thing that is very close and visible, but for some reason it is unseen. Proverb ”one has to go far to see close by” could be thought of painting and life, like an attempt to find one's own blind spot when painting. Painting opens completely new prospects to life. It isn't necessarily about any direct messages and sometimes it's only about colors, but experience may still be a starting point for something new. Works in the exhibition ”Blind spot” are not trying to explain anything nor do they take a stand. They are attempts to control color and to create a new world and to create tension to both canvas and mind of the viewer.

"Street art, Vietnamese lacquer painting, wood drawing and photography have all influenced my art."