We are delighted to present Passed, Mari Sunna's first solo exhibition at galerie burster berlin.
Mari Sunna (*1972 in Espoo, Finland, based in Helsinki) treats in her figurative paintings soul states that are very familiar to us. She makes a range of emotional conditions such as longing, loneliness and emotional vulnerability, but also joy and high spirits, the oscillation between emotional highs and lows and everything in between, perceptible in a sensitive and very ethereal way.
Sometimes there are soft, fragile, hovering figures, sometimes only their tender, round faces, satisfied, charming, resting in themselves, melancholically dreamy, or in deep insecurity, sometimes funny, rebellious or just pretty angry, the gaze often turned directly towards the viewer.
Sunna's very own expressive, precise and sensitive handwriting is always recognizable. A handwriting that reveals her instinctive sense for the absolute essentials.
