30.10. — 22.11.2026

Painting as a Passage

Yes, the particles of the world can be connected in ways that defy my reasoning.

The duduk plays a long note

I eat a pointed pepper at my desk, leaving behind its stem, filled with pale, flat, round seeds. Where is the beautiful plant that grew such a fine fruit? 

Far away, far away.

The nutrients of the pepper rush into my bloodstream and give me the strength to paint.

The shape of the seeds spins from the brush onto the canvas, intertwining with different motifs from my surroundings.

On the threshold of sleep, I find myself looking at red-and-black images.

Passage is an exhibition inspired by the cave-like character of Forum Box’s Parvi space. The installation consists of oil paintings and contemporary portable cave paintings — plaster works, or Portables.

Linda Roschier (b. 1979) is a Helsinki-based painter working within the expanded field of painting. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki in 2020 and her Master of Arts degree from the University of Art and Design Helsinki in 2009.

For Roschier, painting functions as a passage between self and other, the visible and the invisible, the present and the timeless. In recent years, her practice has increasingly focused on the ability of plant seeds to shape landscapes, and on their parallel with painting as a fragile yet powerful object that carries time.

Like souls, objects and materials also seem to have their own routes from the invisible into the visible.

Roschier has held solo exhibitions in Finland and abroad. Her most recent solo exhibitions include DAWN at the Gallery of the Finnish Painters’ Union in Helsinki in 2023, Secrets at Gallery Snow in Berlin in 2023, and Bardo at Gallery Huuto in Helsinki in 2020. Her work has been presented in group exhibitions including Modern Love at Helsinki Contemporary (2021), Tähtiä ja madonreikiä at HAA Gallery (2025), at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, and Reliefs for Animals at Galleri Rostrum in Malmö (2024). Roschier’s works are held in the collections of the Finnish State Art Commission, Poikilo Museums, the Finnish Art Society, and private collections. In 2025, the Helsinki Saskiat awarded her a recognition grant.

www.lindaroschier.com

The completion of the exhibition has been supported by the Uusimaa Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation.