I won't let you in, but I can let you look at my stuff — PAULIINA TUOMIKOSKI - VISUAL ARTIST

I won't let you in, but I can let you look at my stuff, 2025-2026

Affinities & Materiality shared exhibition by Aalto Photography MA

My work (image and audio) , “I won’t let you in, but I can let you look at my stuff”, was shown in its first iteration in this shared exhibition. The next iteration will be shown alongside my colleagues’ works in conjunction with the Helsinki Photomedia Conference in April, 2026. A third iteration will be presented in a group show at the 60th anniversary exhibition of Porvoo Art Association in July, 2026.

Affinities & Materiality - a shared exhibition by Aalto photography MA at Galleria Toinen Silmä March 3-15, 2026. Artists: Adele Hyry, Aku Ratsula, Amelie Koerbs, Daria Craciun, Eleftherios Mikros, Emilia Anundi, Gustavo Juber, Jesper Dolgov, Joshua Cockroft, Karun Verma, Mariia Fusina, Michaela Cane, Pauliina Runola, Pauliina Tuomikoski, Spike Xu, Tiiu Hyyryläinen, Yaxin Liu. Curating: Karolina Pultowicz. Poster, desing & catalogue: Maya Kurella, Giulia Rossi & Nikita Gavrilenko.

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Stuff, clutter, mess, identity, intimacy, privacy, home, solitude, private-made-public. Within this series I play with the psychology of self-representation and the varying degrees of truthfulness in self-depictions as a counter to image-conscious, curated views. For me self-portraiture is a balancing act between the wish to stay hidden and the hope of being seen. A truncated, distorted photobiography, a cluttered repertoire of feats displayed, aspired, revealed, and exploited.

WOUND / wound