22.5.–14.6.2026

Opening 21.5.2026 18:00–20:00

This exhibition brings together work from the artist’s different collections; Proverb, Domestic and Uncanny. The Proverb collection visually translates different spoken cultural sayings, illustrating the absurdity in their literalness but also expanding their moral resonance in society. The Domestic collection explores the objectification of women in the domestic setting, blurring the lines between space and subject. Her latest work is defined by a focus on childhood; revolving around ideas of birth/rebirth, imagination, play, loss of innocence, societal expectations and gender roles. By placing these works in the same space, the exhibition is imbued with eeriness that appears in ironic distortions of reality striving for a retrospective look homeward that is nostalgic and sentimental, yet strange. 

The title of the exhibition ‘Pins and Needles’ references a painting with the same name, and pays homage to Nauman’s Feet of Clay while exploring the saying “to be on pins and needles”. The artist hopes that the exhibition will bring about the same mild discomfort, presence and relief.

Exhibition curated by: Lorena Articardi.

Artist Bio

Alexandra Koskinen (b.1999) is an artist and curator based in Helsinki. She currently works as programme assistant at Frame Contemporary Art Finland, managing the international visitor programme’s activities. Alexandra holds a Master’s degree in Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art Theory (ViCCA) from Aalto University (2024) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art, Painting from UAL, The University of the Arts London (2021). Her practice is rooted in surrealism, using the distortion and transformation of the everyday as a means by which to process the strangeness and absurdity of our collective experiences. Weaving in elements of morality, memory, identity, absurdity and the domestic, through oil painting, printmaking, sculpture and video work. Koskinen relies heavily on text based work (including fairytales, surrealist literature, biblical narratives and cultural sayings) as a foundation for her images, believing that the recollection, resurfacing and redesign of known narratives will encourage introspection and inspire new perspectives of the mundane.