Jonni Cheatwood’s exhibition ”It Might Be Me” will be closing today. Visit the gallery before we close at 4 pm! Starting tomorrow, the gallery is closed until next Thursday, as we install Harri Puro’s new show. Jonni Cheatwood All I Know Is It Wasn't a Sunday, 2021 Oil, oil stick and acrylic on primed fabric and sewn canvas 190 x 320 cm 74.8 x 126 inches #jonnicheatwood #makasiini #makasiinicontemporary #laartist #youngartist #painting #oilpainting #textileart #finland #kissmyturku #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart

It is the last weekend of the LA-based artist Jonni Cheatwood’s exhibition ”It Might Be Me”. We are open today until 4 pm, welcome! In Jonni Cheatwood’s new exhibition, humor and warmth, understanding and care for others as well as himself is apparent in how all the people are presented, but also in the works’ titles, such as “You Don't Gotta Be Anything Else Right Now”. The settings and situations in Cheatwood’s paintings feel like they are taken out of a family photobook. Although the people depicted here aren’t specifically always his own relatives or friends, the works are still about people he can relate to. Each painting here has a piece of the artist’s own personality – hence the show’s title “It Might Be Me”. Jonni Cheatwood You Don't Gotta Be Anything Else Right Now, 2021 Oil, oil stick and acrylic on sewn primed fabrics 160 x 190 cm 63 x 74.8 inches #jonnicheatwood #makasiini #makasiinicontemporary #laartist #youngartist #painting #textileart #oilpainting #finland #kissmyturku #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart

Jonni Cheatwood’s exhibition is closing this week. Visit the gallery before Sunday to see the new works! Jonni Cheatwood They Call Me an Original, but I've Never Heard That Before, 2021 Oil, oil stick and acrylic on primed fabric and sewn canvas 152 x 122 cm 60 x 42 inches #jonnicheatwood #makasiini #makasiinicontemporary #laartist #youngartist #oilpainting #painting #textileart #finland #kissmyturku #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart

Despite changing the style of painting from abstract to figurative, the works in the new exhibition by Jonni Cheatwood share traits with his past works; like the use of gestural movements - the painter’s “sweet spot” as he describes them – in the faces of the characters. Jonni Cheatwood It Might Be Me 3, 2021 Oil and acrylic on canvas 51 x 41 cm 20.1 x 16.1 inches #jonnicheatwood #makasiini #makasiinicontemporary #laartist #youngartist #painting #textileart #finland #kissmyturku #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart

Visit Jonni Cheatwood’s ”It Might Be Me”, which is on view at Makasiini Contemporary until January 9! Abstract expressionism has made way for a figurative approach in Cheatwood’s newest series. “I came to the point of realization that my abstract works didn’t share much about me personally and I felt that I can tell a greater story of myself and heritage through figurative works.”, he tells. Jonni Cheatwood Not My Chair, 2021 Oil, oil stick, acrylic and dye on primed fabric and sewn canvas 152 x 122 cm 59.8 x 48 in Opening hours during the rest of the week: December 31: 11-16 January 1: Closed #jonnicheatwood #makasiini #makasiinicontemporary #laartist #youngartist #painting #textileart #finland #kissmyturku #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart