The Horizon of Forms

Katariina Kirves is an artist and graphic designer from Kangasala whose work combines the rhythms of nature, organic shapes, and the inherent will of materials. Her works move between painting, design, and installation, revealing the sensitivity and strength that can be hidden within everyday materials.

The exhibition The Horizon of Forms is built from painted and sculpted fabrics and plastics, many of which are recycled or rediscovered. The materials are allowed to live and take shape freely: the fabric extends beyond the frame, wrinkles, curves, and falls like a wave. This movement reveals how form and meaning are not fixed but constantly changing.

In her works, Kirves explores the layered and nuanced nature of life. For her, the horizon is a metaphor for a boundary that does not separate but connects – a space where colors, shapes, and experiences blend together. The pieces invite the viewer to pause but also to participate: some of them can be touched, allowing one to feel the texture of the surface and sense how the material reacts to light and movement.

The landscapes of the works are at once familiar and dreamlike. They reflect nature but also inner spaces – the feeling that everything around us is in constant transformation. Kirves highlights how beauty can emerge from imperfection and how the new life of materials can open new perspectives on our own thinking as well.

The Horizon of Forms is an exploration of the moments of journey and change from which life is built. It is an invitation to look beyond the surface and to see how form, material, and human can meet on the same horizon.