ART

Laura Karolina (b 1987) is a self taught visual artist living and working in East Helsinki. She earned her Master’s degree in the University of Helsinki majoring in Art research and Aesthetics. As a way of procrastinating graduating, she rediscovered her love for drawing and painting.

Currently she is heavily inspired by a Japanese 1970s underground movement named  “Heta-Uma”, which could be translated as “bad-but-good”. Furthermore she enjoys everything weird, absurd and surreal + she also likes yoghurt. She feels that the most underrated way to make actual change is happening on many subtle levels within the flow of everyday life.

“For me art isn’t all that serious, but rather a way to retreat from everyday demands.. I believe in kindness and maybe my intention is to further contribute to a friendlier and sillier atmosphere through bright colors, simple shapes and a humanistic vibe.” :o)

Laura Karolina describes her work done for Post Bar:

2022 was quite a rough one, and thus I wanted to create something representing some shy optimism for the upcoming year: A friendly genie in the bottle granting the viewer three wishes.

Maybe today it’s some coffee and cake.