Enigmatic
May 19 – June 5, 2022
Featuring work by Milja Havas, Lassi Kontiainen, Leena Kouhia & Réka Király, Nina Villanueva, Linda Linko, Jennifer Lipkin, and Sofia Okkonen.
Enigmatic began nearly six months before the exhibition opened, when I came across Lassi Kontiainen's work and immediately felt called to collaborate.
From there, the exhibition unfolded slowly.
One artist led to another.
One conversation opened the next.
One work suggested another.
The process was never linear.
But the feeling guiding it remained remarkably consistent.
I've often been asked how I choose the artists for Marcy.
The answer has always been surprisingly simple.
I trust my instincts.
And no, intuition does not give me all the answers.
But it helps me recognise something before I can fully explain it.
I tend to see exhibitions long before they exist.
Sometimes as a colour.
Sometimes as a mood.
Sometimes as an atmosphere that has not yet found its form.
The title Enigmatic emerged from that feeling.
Something expressive.
Bold.
Elusive.
A quality that resists immediate definition, yet asks us to stay with it.
I wasn't searching for artists who do similar kind of work: I was listening for resonance. Works that could enter into conversation with one another while each remaining completely themselves.
That's what intuition has always been for me: A way of listening before something has language.
The Artists
Milja Havas
Lassi Kontiainen
Leena Kouhia & Réka Király
Nina Villanueva
Linda Linko
Jennifer Lipkin
Sofia Okkonen
Looking Back
Reading about this exhibition today, I recognise something that continues to shape every part of my work.
Intuition is not the opposite of discernment: it is one of its most beautiful expressions.
The more I have trusted my instincts, the more I have discovered that meaningful creation seldom begins with rational understanding.
It begins with recognising a feeling that asks to be followed…
Long before we have the language for it.
The Exhibitions
An exploration of art, belonging, emotional landscapes, and the many ways art can bring people together.
Hetki
2018
An invitation to feel belonging through art.
Sensual Closeness
2019
Exploring presence through the senses
Ripples
2019
An inquiry around how experiences continue living within us.
Unraveling
2020
An exploration of transformation through letting go.
Reframing
2020
An invitation to see with new eyes by reconnecting with intuition, presence, and the landscape within.
A Playful Approach
2021
Examining playfulness as a path towards discovery, freedom, and new ways of seeing.
Reflections
2021
A reflection on: not everything meaningful needs to be interpreted before it can be felt.
Together
2022
An invitation to trust that meaningful creation grows through relationships, generosity, and shared ways of seeing.
Enigmatic
2022
An invitation to trust intuition not as certainty: as a way of listening before something has language.
Caldera
2022
The inexplicable, cloud-like force of creation .
Bridges
2023
What if the things we create are creating us in return?
What it Means To Be Human
2025
What if our greatest creations are the ones that remind us what it means to be human?