Stitched Graphic Novels – Hanneriina Moisseinen 20.4.–2.6.2024

Hanneriina Moisseinen has been using stitching and other craft techniques in her work for a couple of decades. The exhibition includes selections from Moisseinen’s oldest production as well as brand new, previously unpublished works. A special feature of the exhibition is the theme of handicrafts, which connects the graphic works and is reflected in the choice of materials and techniques as well as in the topics of the works.

Moisseinen has published several graphic novels  on original themes that lie at the intersection of personal and collective memory. Among the best known of these are Father (2013), which deals with the unexplained disappearance of a person, and Kannas (2016), which depicts the experiences of animals, a young refugee woman and a soldier who has lost his mind, in the Second World War.

The exhibition is supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.

Hanneriina Moisseinen

Hanneriina Moisseinen (b. 1978 in Joensuu) is a graphic novel artist with a background in fine arts and has Master of Arts. In addition to the Puupäähattu Prize of the Finnish Comics Society, she has been awarded the State Prize for Comic Art, the William Thuring Award of the Finnish Art Society and the Akseli Gallen-Kallela Award of the Kalevala Society.