Johanna Naukkarinen (b. 1988) is a visual artist and photographer whose work focuses mainly on feminist image research, particularly on images at the intersection of the history of medicine and the history of art.
She examines the power relations embedded in historical and contemporary images through her photographic and mixed-media art practice. Her critical, colorful, and often ironic works revolve around the concept of women as objects of the scientific gaze. In her work, she plays with vintage scientific aesthetics and contemporary techniques.
The main focus of Naukkarinen’s work has been on female hysteria and gender roles in historical anatomical imagery.
Naukkarinen graduated from the Fine Art Photography programme at the Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences and completed her MA in Media Studies at the University of Turku.
Naukkarinen held her graduation exhibition at Turku Art Museum Studio in 2016, followed by seven solo exhibitions, including shows at B-Galleria (2019), Galleria Huuto (2020), Yö Galleria (2021), GalleriA (2022), and Photographic Centre Peri (2024). Her works are represented in the collections of Turku Art Museum, Kuopio Art Museum, and the Turku City Art Collection.
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