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Helsinki Contemporary is thrilled to invite you to the opening of Artor Jesus Inkerö’s exhibition Home Is Where My Mouth Is. The event will take place on Thursday, January 11, from 5 to 7pm.

Helsinki Contemporary begins the new year with a solo exhibition featuring previously unseen works by Artor Jesus Inkerö. In these debuting works, images and actions materialize as words, and text functions as gesture. Using house paints on paper, the artist has inscribed phrases that are deeply personal, observing and associative. Besides invoking linguistic structures, the handwriting – by virtue of its material – suggests home renovation or remodelling. The exhibition additionally marks the premiere of Inkerö’s new video piece made in collaboration with various artists. Inkerö’s moving images and texts are combined with music composed by Juulia Haverinen and performed by opera singer Sam Taskinen.

’Home Is Where My Mouth Is’ runs through February 11.
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Artor Jesus Inkerö (b. 1989) is a Finnish visual artist whose works have been exhibited in New Museum in New York, Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, SALTS gallery in Basel, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki and NOON Projects in Los Angeles. They have participated in artist residencies, such as the Somerset House in London and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. In their art practice, Artor Jesus Inkerö focuses on topics of queer identity and belonging through exhibitions, performances and public art works and projects. Thank you to The Finnish Cultural Foundation for supporting the artist’s work.

Artor Jesus Inkerö, 'Architectural Sodomy', 2023, house and furniture paint on paper, 146 x 105 cm
Photo: Jussi Tiainen