Recent Works on Paper

"All day I hear the noise of waters Making moan, Sad as the sea-bird is, when going Forth alone, He bears the winds cry to the waters’ Monotone. The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing Where I go. I hear the noise of many waters Far below. All day, all night, I hear them flowing To and fro." - James Joyce I work in all mediums, analog and digital, human and mechanic, rich and poor, shit and Scheiße, sound and picture; not too slow, a bit too fast. I am interested in analog works that read very quickly and equally quickly create the position of being able to think about the thought that the work just raised; a sense of peace, agency and ownership of one’s own point of view. -Veli-Matti Hoikka Veli-Matti Hoikka was born in Rovaniemi, Finland in 1986. He received an MFA from the University of Southern California (2015); a Bachelors of Art in Photography from the Lahti Institute of Design, Finland (2012); and studied photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2011). Exhibitions include Very Soft, Gayle and Ed Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2015); MFA Group Show, Gayle and Ed Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2015); Suits, Antinsali, Lahti, Finland (2012); Picture Texas, Galleria OyOy, Lahti, Finland (2010); Albania, Museum of Cultures, Helsinki, Finland (2010); Private Space, AKTO Art & Design College, Athens, Greece (2009). In 2013 he self-publish a photo book titled: Request for Evidence Response, Review and Other Stories on Whatever is Between Us. Veli-Matti Hoikka was active with Reserve Ames from 2015-2019 where he produced photographs and managed all archival matters for the curatorial, exhibition and publication program. The artist moved to Los Angeles in 2012 where he lived and worked until his death in 2019. Recent Works on Paper was curated by Reserve Ames with support from the Veli-Matti Hoikka Foundation.

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