Artist's Statement


My work explores intense psychological themes. I am interested in the invisible struggles everyone faces and so I create images that are deeply emotional and reflect an inner turmoil. Much of my work is self-portraits where various parts of my body are shown but never my face. I deliberately use a soft pastel colour palette to create an unashamedly feminine aesthetic and set of ideas to highlight the truth that women are already bound, living under the weight of expectations and demands.


Ribbons are an important motif in my work, representing both the harnesses that hold us in place, keeping us stuck, and also the anguish we carry. It might be us keeping them, or it might be someone or something else putting them around us. 



Jenni Granholm Finland (2024)





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