Essu Koskinen

Gallery

Enlarge image: To the Garden that I made, 2026. Yellow flowers, scattered petals, and small fungi glowing against a deep black ground.
To the Garden that I made2026
Enlarge image: Sweet escape, 2026. A russet rooster and two chicks emerging from a smoky field of pink, violet, and black.
Sweet escape2026
Enlarge image: Gretel’s Red Woods, 2026. A luminous forest floor of red mushrooms beneath a curtain of dripping pink light.
Gretel’s Red Woods2026
Enlarge image: Some days are magic, 2025. Bright mushrooms scattered through a dreamlike yellow and pink landscape.
Some days are magic2025
Enlarge image: The Oracle, 2024. A dark, feathery bird form crowned by a vivid burst of pink against black.
The Oracle2024
Enlarge image: Rise and Shine, 2024. A richly colored rooster standing in a starry woodland among glowing mushrooms.
Rise and Shine2024
Enlarge image: Little Retrospective — Installation I, 2023. A white gallery interior with a line of dark and jewel-toned paintings on two walls.
Little Retrospective — Installation I2023
Enlarge image: Little Retrospective — Installation II, 2023. An angled gallery view of a large pink painting, with a second work receding along the wall.
Little Retrospective — Installation II2023
Enlarge image: The Way Back, 2023. A pale pink sky hovering above a narrow black horizon and an ochre-green field.
The Way Back2023
Enlarge image: The Empress, 2022. A white chicken posed regally against a soft charcoal-black background.
The Empress2022
Enlarge image: Ennustuksia, 2022. A gallery corner with sculptural pink and black flowers and a sequence of small dark works.
Ennustuksia2022
Enlarge image: Self Portrait, 2021. Black-and-white portrait of Essu Koskinen seated backward on a chair, wearing a white shirt.
Self Portrait2021
Enlarge image: Fever, 2021. Two skull-like faces nestled together in a dense field of pink and white blossoms.
Fever2021
Enlarge image: The Rabbithole, 2021. A dark, curling forest opening onto a glowing path of red mushrooms.
The Rabbithole2021
Enlarge image: Paradise, 2021. A blue-black forest reflected around a vivid red current and a patterned golden shore.
Paradise2021
Enlarge image: Femina, 2020. A circular, flower-like painted form in layered pink, cream, and a touch of gold on white.
Femina2020
Enlarge image: Talo, jonka tyttö rakensi — Cover, 2020. A closed black artist’s book with a small white title centered on its cover.
Talo, jonka tyttö rakensi — Cover2020
Enlarge image: Talo, jonka tyttö rakensi — Open view, 2020. The artist’s book opened in a fan, revealing dark figurative paintings across its pages.
Talo, jonka tyttö rakensi — Open view2020
Enlarge image: Veil of Odilon Redon, 2020. Pale, floating forms glimmering in deep green-black water beneath a small hovering figure.
Veil of Odilon Redon2020
Enlarge image: Helena, 2019. A bowed, pale-veiled figure cradling a dark shape, surrounded by deep red and pink flowers.
Helena2019
Enlarge image: Dia De Los Muertos, 2019. A faceless white figure framed by a dense wreath of flowers on a black ground.
Dia De Los Muertos2019
Enlarge image: Blooming, 2019. A sequence of dark floral paintings installed along a warm wood-paneled gallery wall.
Blooming2019
Enlarge image: Saint’s and Fairytales, 2019. Paintings displayed inside a wooden chapel beneath a dramatic row of pointed windows.
Saint’s and Fairytales2019
Enlarge image: Spectator, 2018. A pale horned figure emerging from a field of muted brown and flower-like eyes.
Spectator2018
Enlarge image: Queen of Hearts, 2018. An ethereal pale figure with a long dark braid beneath a turbulent clouded sky.
Queen of Hearts2018
Enlarge image: One Flew Over, 2018. A grayscale face looking outward beneath a dense, nest-like crown dotted with white lights.
One Flew Over2018
Enlarge image: Stay with Black Rabbit, 2018. A large black rabbit sitting upright against an intense yellow field.
Stay with Black Rabbit2018
Enlarge image: Ars Kalmari, 2016. Two paintings hung against patterned wallpaper in a historic villa interior.
Ars Kalmari2016
Enlarge image: White Queen, 2017. A spectral white figure emerging from turbulent violet, blue, and crimson brushwork.
White Queen2017
Enlarge image: Shine, 2017. A moonlit blue forest scattered with white lights above a rust-red woodland floor.
Shine2017
Enlarge image: Paintings — Group Exhibition, 2017. A spare white gallery with one dark painting in the foreground and smaller works beyond.
Paintings — Group Exhibition2017
Enlarge image: Lights Will Guide You Home, 2017. A red and violet night forest opening toward a bright ember-colored clearing.
Lights Will Guide You Home2017
Enlarge image: Rainbow dash, 2017. A spectral blue-white horse dissolving into a pale, loosely brushed landscape.
Rainbow dash2017
Enlarge image: Black Mirror, 2016. A deep black oval void encircled by thick, swirling strokes of pink, cream, and brown.
Black Mirror2016
Enlarge image: Greta’s Garden, 2016. A dark field of crimson flowers whose long stems drip downward into black.
Greta’s Garden2016
Enlarge image: Trust More, 2016. A low black and pink horizon beneath a luminous white ground washed with faint rose.
Trust More2016
Enlarge image: Alice, 2016. A curled blue figure resting in a pale pink and gray dreamlike space.
Alice2016
Enlarge image: You are not alone, 2016. A vivid green clearing alive with orange, pink, and white forms beneath a dark canopy.
You are not alone2016
Enlarge image: Growth, 2016. Dense magenta growth and dark rounded forms beneath a veil of dripping pale light.
Growth2016
Enlarge image: Russel’s House, 2015. Red-spotted mushrooms clustered in a deep blue-black forest beside a small shadowed house.
Russel’s House2015
Enlarge image: Andre’s House, 2015. A small luminous green house hovering within dark blue and turquoise brushwork.
Andre’s House2015
Enlarge image: Follow the White Rabbit, 2015. A pale pink path curving between black banks toward a dense blue forest.
Follow the White Rabbit2015
Enlarge image: Circus, 2014. A shadowy circus tent and string of tiny lights emerging from a dark brown-green haze.
Circus2014
Enlarge image: Swaddled, 2014. A dark hooded silhouette held inside folds of pale cloth against muted blue and burgundy.
Swaddled2014