Henna Asikainen
hennaasikainen.bsky.social
Henna Asikainen
@hennaasikainen.bsky.social
Artist
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Silvia Hassouna provides a fascinating, critical and moving accompaniment to the works by Theo Panagopoulos and Henna Asikainen.

Lintukoto and The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing were on show at The NewBridge Project in Newcastle from 1-29 November 2025.
Lintukoto and The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing   — Corridor8
How do we tell stories of ongoing dispossession and displacement? How do we mark beginnings and ends of colonial tragedies that are still unfolding? The
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December 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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All journeys are made to reach a state of stillness, reflected in 'Lintukoto', Ben Ponton and @usueruiz.bsky.social's soundtrack to @hennaasikainen.bsky.social's new installation of the same name, and featured in the latest edition of A Duck in a Tree, now out as a podcast here: bit.ly/47L1ruh
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
September 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
What a besutiful write-up of the exhibition - I am so grateful and moved
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Henna Asikainen: Lintukoto/Haven — Corridor8
On a bright blustery Saturday in June 2024, I followed the coastal path above the sands and mudflats of Half Moon Bay in Heysham to attend a drop-in nest
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June 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Now open ✨To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World
Presented by @hennaasikainen.bsky.social with Roua Horanieh for Moomin's 80th Anniversary, and created with migrant communities from Gateshead & Newcastle to raise awareness of climate emergency and displacement during @refugeeweek.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World 🍃🌱
Opening 11 Jun 2025

Baltic presents a new installation by @hennaasikainen.bsky.social & Roua Horanieh for Moomin's 80th Anniversary. Created with migrants and displaced communities, this exhibition explores home & belonging through local foraged materials.
June 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Announcing a new artistic commission coming to Baltic from 11 June 2025 🌱
“To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World” by artists ‪Henna Asikainen‬ and Roua Horanieh is presented as part of Refugee Week and #Moomin80, celebrating 80 years of the Moomin stories.
www.baltic.art/moomin
May 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Gathering my treasures to take to Edinburgh for Fallow Land exhibition.

Sycamore root
Soil/soul

#artandecology
May 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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March 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My 'Lintukoto' exhibiton is currently on at Lancaster Arts.

Lintukoto is an idea from Finnish mythology: a warm, safe haven located at the far edge of the world. A paradise-like, mythical place where birds migrate to spend the cold winter season.
Head over if you are in Lancaster direction ✨
March 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Killing Ditch – A beautiful and thought-provoking project by an amazing photographer. Check out the Kickstarter campaign to help bring this book to life! The intro video alone is worth watching. Consider supporting if you can!
The Killing Ditch - A photo book by Damien Wootten
A photographic exploration of Hadrian's Wall ditch and its wider symbolism.
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March 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Nice article on @artsprofessional.co.uk by Almir Koldzic, co-founder and director of Counterpoints Arts ‘Reflecting the Experience of Displacement’. It also mentions the Moomin commission I am working on.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Reflecting the experience of displacement - Arts Professional
Almir Koldzic is director of Counterpoints Arts, an organisation focused on migration and social change. Here he shares the special contribution refugees and migrants can make in shaping a more equal ...
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March 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Our latest digest features the creative and scholarly work of Ruth McAreavey and @hennaasikainen.bsky.social as they navigate the contours of migration and belonging through a series of walks with refugees along Hadrian’s Wall. #rural
Asikainen & McAreavey: Rurality and Belonging — The Rural Reconciliation Project
In ‘We Are Here Our Hearts Are There’: Rurality, Belonging And Walking Together , Henna Asikainen (independent artist) and Ruth McAreavey (Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, UK)...
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December 3, 2024 at 4:01 PM