21.8.-14.9.2025

The gateway into the depths rests in the embrace of the forest, beneath the roots of being.

Terhi Ekebom’s exhibition explores what lies beneath the surface and within the earth through tree roots. The delicate mirrors of depth engraved on plexiglass and the ceramic works create a coherent whole with the sound of the roots composed by Sebastian Boulter and Leila Kourkia’s dance. 

Ekebom’s works make use of recycled and found materials. For her ceramic works, she has collected broken glass and melted it, making it unbroken again. The dimness of depth revealed through breakage is also explored through the lines of light engraved on plexiglass. Drawing and the use of lines connect the different elements.

But what is depth – should we even look into it?

Through Kourkia’s body, the question of the nature of depth becomes physical. At the opening, she will give a dance performance, in which movement reflects the themes of Ekebom’s exhibition and the feel of the materials used in the works.

Terhi Ekebom (b. 1971) is a Helsinki-based artist and illustrator. She holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Art and Design Helsinki (TaiK, now part of Aalto University) and a bachelor’s degree in design from EVTEK (now known as Metropolia University of Applied Sciences). As an artist, Ekebom is an open-minded experimenter in the fields of illustration, comics, mural painting and installations. She has had several solo exhibitions and taken part in group exhibitions in Finland and elsewhere in Europe as well as in Brazil, Japan and China.

Ekebom’s debut comic book, “A Cow’s Dream”, was published in 2001. Since then, she has published several comic books and participated in international anthologies. The Finnish Comics Society awarded her the Puupäähattu prize in 2014. She is also interested in murals and has created public art works for the Main Library of the University of Helsinki and Korkeakosken koulu in Kotka and in collaboration with the Kerava Art Museum. Her newest public art work will be unveiled in Tuusula in the autumn of 2025.

Sebastian Boulter (b. 1974) is a painter and musician from Jyväskylä. He holds a master’s degree in painting from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels and upper secondary qualifications in music and prop making. Since 2000, he has had several solo exhibitions and taken part in group exhibitions in Finland, Russia, Baltic countries, the Caucasus, Greece and Central Europe.

Leila Kourkia (Master of Arts in Dance) is a dance artist based in Helsinki. She has been active in the field of contemporary dance in Finland and abroad since 2007. Her work as a performer and choreographer takes place within the contexts of dance, theater, and visual arts.

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