“Everyday life, figures, gray, charcoal, cheese puff, the two of us, frames, flowers, goldfish, doves, tears, snow, Marimekko stripes, mosaics, black bunny, armchairs, nonpareils, clouds, love, peace, dove of peace, sapphire, colors of the rainbow, eyes, sickle, champagne-filled chocolate ball, fountain, tattooed heart, steel, white bunny, hammer, wire fence, green jelly candy, lonely heart.

Sacred, genocide, wood, lace, strange land, unknown, nameless, peace, time, flower, war, nail, net, fabric, materials, bird of peace, Palestine, colors, Baroque, peace, Sebastiano, Pasolini, nature, Italian language, piece of wood, red, gold, human, society, Madonna, child, love.

From these, we have created fabric/mixed-media sculptures and oil paintings.

We hope that our work also reflects peace and love—things that are inevitably on our minds in these times.

– Kirsi Jokelainen & Johannes Kangas

Kirsi Jokelainen (born 1970 in Oulu) currently lives and works in Turenki. She studied at institutions including the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki from 1992 to 1998 (earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1998). Since 1995, she has held numerous solo exhibitions and has participated in many group and joint exhibitions, both in Finland and abroad (since 1992). Her most recent solo exhibitions took place at Galleria Live in Helsinki in 2022 and 2020. Kirsi Jokelainen has received several national and regional grants. Her work is held in numerous Finnish collections, including those of the Finnish State, the Helsinki Art Museum, the Oulu Museum of Art, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Paulo Foundation, the City of Tampere, the City of Oulu, and the Municipality of Janakkala. Kirsi has created five public artworks—either independently or as part of the collaborative team Jokelainen-Kangas—including a mural and artwork installation titled “maailmasta” (“About the World”) at the primary school of the Jyväskylä Teacher Training School (2003). Kirsi is a member of the Finnish Painters’ Union, the Helsinki Artists’ Association, the Forum Box cooperative, and Ars-Häme.

Johannes Kangas (born 1967 in Oulu) currently lives and works in Turenki. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1993 to 1998 (earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2006). Since 1995, he has held numerous solo exhibitions, and since 1992, he has participated in various group and joint exhibitions, both in Finland and abroad. His most recent solo exhibitions include those at Taidehalli Häme (window gallery, 2024) and GalleriaKone (2018). Johannes has received several national and regional grants. His works are held in numerous Finnish collections, including those of Kiasma, the State of Finland, the Helsinki Art Museum, the Sara Hildén Art Museum, the Oulu Museum of Art, the City of Oulu, the Tampere Art Museum, the City of Tampere, the Municipality of Janakkala, and the Academy of Fine Arts. Johannes has created five public artworks—either independently or as part of the collaborative duo Jokelainen-Kangas—such as the mural and art installation titled “maailmasta” (“About the World”) at the primary school of the Jyväskylä Teacher Training School (2003). He is a member of the Finnish Painters’ Union, the Helsinki Artists’ Association, and Ars-Häme.