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Leonor Ruiz Dubrovin’s artistic exploration centers around the concept of identity. Her paintings depict through different portraits, scenes and embodiments the exaltation of the individual and the search for an authentic self. She is a double citizen by birth,Spanish and Finnish.This background has effected on her artistic interests: in her work, she deals with her own experience and tenet of being in a position where she attempts to reconcile between different traditions, manners and ideals of being. Her work is a way to reflect and paraphrase these experiences. 

The exhibition reflects on the construction of the self and the multifaceted ways in which personal identities are formed, restricted or enhanced, as well as how external perceptions and labels shape us. ”In our current era, the quest for genuine individuals has grown progressively challenging. Authentic qualities of character appear to be dwindling and endangered. In our societal landscape, the realm of social media has a way of distorting self-assurance, overshadowing our genuine nature. Consequently, many present themselves through a myriad of filters.”

Through her work, Dubrovin takes us on a journey to discover the hidden place where our sense of self is created. The exhibition will consist of oil paintings of varying sizes which, when combined, will form a narrative unit that will go beyond the real, promoting the irrational and dreamlike.

Leonor Ruiz Dubrovin (b. 1978, Madrid) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2008 and currently lives and works in Helsinki. Dubrovin’s contributions have been widely exhibited in Finland and abroad, including venues such as Helsinki Contemporary, Gallery Forum Box, Elverket Gallery and the Rovaniemi Art Museum in Finland, Galeria Modus Operandi, and the Finnish Cultural Institute in Madrid and the Toolbox Gallery and the Gallery Heike Arndt in Berlin. Her works are featured in several collections, including the Päivi and Paavo Lipponen Trust’s Art Collection deposited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the State Art Deposit Collection, the Finnish Art Society and the collections of Wihuri and Pro Artibus Foundations. She has received several awards, including those from the Stina Krooks and Grönqvistska Foundations.

Thank you to The Arts Promotion Centre of Finland and The Finnish Cultural Foundation for supporting the artist’s work. 

 

The exhibition is part of the Gallery Week Finland (Galleriaviikko), which will take place from 21 to 27 September. The programme consists of exhibitions and other events free to the public in galleries across Finland.
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