Flowers for a dead cat’s grave

This work is an autobiographical look at life with a cat.

The project includes oil paintings, a cartoon story and a wood sculpture installation.

Cats are bystanders and protagonists in the works. In the paintings, cat figures bear witness to human contradictions. Alongside the drawings, I wrote stories about my own life and the changes in the world. The installation features a shamanic creature in a closet and a glass bottle. The bottle contains a memory of our late cat: cat poop.

Installation view, Gallery K, Vantaa 2023.

Flowers for a dead cat’s grave. Installation: wood, cat poop, dried flowers 100 x 30 x 40 cm, 2022

Cats in my life. Ballpoint pen and watercolor on paper, 54 x 38 cm, 2022.

Cats in my life. Ballpoint pen and watercolor on paper, 54 x 38 cm, 2022.

Bystanders and passers-by. Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 cm, 2018-2022.
In the ancient animistic worldview in animals and plants were believed to contain spirit beings who oversaw world events. A modern animal is an intermediary for human emotions, a social entertainer and a commercial product.