Veera Kulju

“The mirrors also suggest a portal into another realm – an escape from the harshness of this reality to a place where one can lay one’s head on the gentle moss and find some respite from this life.” Juliet Burrows, Hostler Burrows Gallery

“In popular culture, popcorn is a snack strongly associated with movies, children’s parties and nibbling while watching TV. It serves as a metaphor for detachment, being on the outside. Popcorn is eaten when events are watched from the sidelines.” Veikko Halmetoja, Gallery Halmetoja

"It is not black as death but life, night, depths of the earth's and deep waters." -Anni Kytömäki, Kivitasku

“The human impact is visible in the underwater forests too. Corals around the world are losing their colours. The main reason for the phenomenon never seen before is the climate change causing global warming and rising temperatures in the oceans. A bleached Coral is dying, and when it dies, the entire ecosystem it once maintained disappears..." Veera Kulju

"A forest can be shaped out of words or clay, and so too forests can bring together strangers. The connection can be bewilderingly powerful." Anni Kytömäki, author

"Sounds associated with the forest come close to playing the main role in a video installation, in which a dancer puts on a sculpture - like textile artwork." Veikko Halmetoja, Gallery Halmetoja

"But when the artist talks to me about their work, I see the piece as if illuminated by their emotion. The piece acquires meaning and depth, it stops being an object on a pedestal or wall. It becomes special." Aino Frilander, journalist