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Niina Lehtonen Braun is a Helsinki-born visual and performance artist based in Berlin. Her distinctive visual language combines text and collage with ink paintings and drawings. She also creates ink painting animations. Lehtonen Braun’s works have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world. German publisher Kerber Verlag has published three of her artist’s books: Mother Said (2013), These Foolish Things Remind Me of You (2016), and Let Go Girl (2021). Her fourth artist’s book, My body is my studio, was published in 2026 by Argobooks (Berlin). Together with Tellervo Kalleinen and Mirka Raito, Lehtonen Braun is a member of the performance collective JOKAklubi, known for its visually rich performances that bring together guest stars, music, and talk show elements.

Tellervo Kalleinen is a visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated as MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2003. She works with video, performance, intervention and events. Most of her works are participatory and based on creative collaboration. Since 2003, she has worked with Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen. The works of the artist duo are participatory by nature. Most recent works tackle the human relationship with society through means of film. Kalleinen and Kochta-Kalleinen have participated in exhibitions around the world, including Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria (2010), MoMA P.S.1 in New York (2008), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2010) and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (2014). Kalleinen and Kochta-Kalleinen won the prestigious Ars Fennica Award in 2014.