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Sami Parkkinen - Photographs from series Limbo
At MARKET 2020 Galleria Heino presents a solo show by Finnish photographer Sami Parkkinen (b. 1974) with photographs from his series LIMBO.
Sami Parkkinen´s photographs and sculptures investigate the human consciousness and notions of spirituality as well as society´s need to re-invent and re-build itself.
Since 2009, Sami Parkkinen has exhibited at a number of museums and galleries, including the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibition at London´s National Portrait Gallery (2015), Circulation(s) - Festival de la jeune photographie européenne in Paris (2016). During both of these exhibitions, Parkkinen´s works were displayed in large-scale poster reproductions at underground stations in Paris and London. He has also had an exhibition at the Finnish Museum of Photography in 2010 and in Spring 2021, the Finnish National Museum’s main exhibition will feature works from Sami Parkkinen’s series Father and Son (2012–2020). Parkkinen´s art is featured in a umber of collections including Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art and the Finnish Museum Photography, Finnish State and Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation.