Tuula Lehtinen’s paintings transport to the Baroque era – to salons and parlours draped in heavy folds of fabric that divide space, conceal and reveal, and create tension between the visible and the hidden. Her evocative handling of space and the luminous radiance of light infuse her works with a mysterious, almost theatrical atmosphere. 

Lehtinen’s art is a meditation on the relationship between light and space – on that fleeting moment of illumination when light animates the painting, completing the composition in a quiet gesture of revelation.

Beauty is a core theme in Lehtinen’s practice – yet her exploration of this theme is charged with contradiction and provocation. 

Traditionally equated with femininity, superficiality, or even deceit, beauty has long been contrasted with the masculine ideals of truth and intellect. 

Lehtinen subverts these conventions, seeking to liberate beauty from its inherited associations. In her hands, painting becomes an act of emancipation – a ritual of liberation for the artist herself.

Tuula Lehtinen (b. 1956) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 1980 and served as Professor at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design in Norway 2007-2010. 

Galerie Forsblom

28.11.2025-11.1.2026
Tue-Fri 11.00–18.00
Sat-Sun 12.00–16.00

Free entry