GABRIELLA PRESNAL

Espoo, Finland

Voyager

Gabriella Presnal (they/them) is an artist who has primarily worked with mediums such as painting, video, sculpture & installation and has also done projects using 360 videos, AR (Augmented Reality), as well as applied fine arts. At the root of many of their works, there is an ongoing conversation with themself on how they exist within dynamics like relationships, spatiality, land, and culture. Their works are especially inspired by their life experiences such as living in countries like the US, Canada, Sweden, and Finland. Presnal has recently graduated with a Bachelor in Media & Art and is continuing their studies at Aalto University & Aalborg University in Finland and Denmark respectively (double degree split each year between the universities) studying a Nordic Master in Visual Studies and Art Education. Presnal had their first solo exhibition in 2019 for Pride Month in Helsinki next to the Senate Square during Pride month (next to 100k person parade). In recent, they have most notably exhibited in galleries and festivals such as Himmelblau Gallery, ARS108, Pinni47, Musikkitalo, and more in Southern Finland. As well as internationally in Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) in Korea, Post Office Projects in Australia, DigitalBigScreen in Slovenia, Leopoldo Gotuzzo Museum of Art (MALG) in Brazil, and other exhibitions in Italy, Cyprus, & New York, USA. They also have an upcoming solo exhibition at Galleria Ars Liberia in Kuopio (June ‘24).