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Twenty years asking what the human spirit is actually capable of.
Some artists make beautiful objects. VESA makes maps of the inner world.
For over two decades, he has built a visual language where painting, the human body, and digital technology serve a single purpose: genuine inquiry into what it is to be fully human in an age that keeps offering substitutes.
The process was developed in 2008. At the time, there was no established language for art that moved between physical and digital registers without privileging either. That language has since emerged. The work predates it.
The work is large in scale and larger in intent. Collected by founders, ministers, and cultural leaders across three continents. Not because it decorates spaces. Because it turns them into portals for the right questions.
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Phygital Immersion Art
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Artevo series / Diasec print
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Large scale fabric print
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Immersive rooms
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Digital layered process: Brittany Kaiser collab
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Diplomatic Relations: H.E Amna Fikri
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Virtual Reality Exhibit
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World wide press
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Museum of Digital Art
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Keynote stages
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Making moving sculptures
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Traditional gallery exhibits
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Symphony visual at House of Finlandia
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Völvan with Composer Leif Segerstam
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Story driven art
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Varjo / Virtual Reality Art
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Robot Exhibit
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Custom frames
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VIP Access Locations
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International Awards
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Recognised pioneering
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Art Dubai Fair
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Bodies in motion
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Augmented Reality / Cermak-Eisenkraft Gallery exhibit
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Visions
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YLE / Evening News
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Painted on top of the print
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Health focus at Biohacking London
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Multiple award winning artist
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Keynotes that matter
Abstract 1
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Joy
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Miami II
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Transporter
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Rune
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Miami
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When I Was Lips
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Cannes
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Shake Sphere
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Break free
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Cote D'Azur
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Transporter
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Tunnel Vision
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Miami III
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Entrance
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Enter The Forrest
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Remembering
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Yin
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Cocooned
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Breaking Pattern
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Holding Pattern
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Red Framed Sunset
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Pyramid
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Finland
ABSTRACTS I
VESA’s abstract creations merge paint, photography, and digital collaging into layered visual experiences that bridge the tangible and the virtual. Each work begins with the physical textures of paint and photography, then evolves through intricate digital composition into unique pieces that carry both depth and narrative.
These works are not confined to canvas or screen—they expand into phygital forms: museum-grade prints, large-scale installations, and applications on cars, chambers, and architectural spaces. In the digital realm, they live as NFTs, animated pieces, and immersive metaverse environments, transforming into multisensory journeys that can be collected, exhibited, and experienced worldwide.
Artevo Series
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Mohenjo Daro
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Beginning of a New Era
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Flower of Life
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Purity
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As Above, So Below
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The Flood
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Escapist
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Fractal
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Elusive Obvious
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Garden Party
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Lioness
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Kintsugi
ARTEVO SERIES
The Artevo series transforms the human body into a living canvas, blending bodypainting, photography, and digital collaging into striking narrative works. Each piece begins with hours of meticulous paint applied directly to the model, captured through photography, and then expanded digitally into layered compositions that fuse myth, archetype, and contemporary storytelling.
From physical to digital spaces.
From keynotes to multi-layered production
Testimonials
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“Vesa’s art is amongst the most integrally advanced in the history of Western abstraction – no small claim, but one backed up by the works themselves. Rather than abstraction as a fleeing from life, his works are a diving into the incarnate mystery of human being — direct celebrations of the fullness of Life.”
— Michael Schwartz, Professor of History and Philosophy of Art, Augusta State University, March 2014
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“Kivinen’s work had no points of reference. Unlike most local artists, Kivinen wasn’t recycling successful foreign approaches and adapting them within a local context. He wasn’t replicating a preexisting genre or playing out well-known devices. Whether for better or for worse, Kivinen is – as childish as this may sound – an original.”
— Rory Winston, Cultural editor of the New York Resident August 2014
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“When Finnish artist Vesa Kivinen captures your “portrait,” he doesn’t just hint at the contents of your soul—your deepest fears, desires, triumphs, and avenues of personal expression. Vesa brings them all to the surface, creating collage imagery that reveal more about his subjects than even the subjects themselves thought possible. While he is not the first to do this kind of work, he may very well be the best.”
— DL Cade, Editor in Chief of 500px, February 2016
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“It is a pleasure to recognize and appreciate Vesa’s work before he becomes a global star.”
— John Anthony West, Emmy Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker / Author
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“Vesa is credited for inventing an entirely new art form – Artevo is a combination of body painting, photography and image manipulation that allows to create works of incredible vibrancy and depth. I am a big fan of his Share series where extreme close-ups of single brushstrokes create a vortex-like effect with paints and textures melting into each other. His works are a symphony of emotions expressed through colour.”
— Natalia Rubinstein, Artist Champion at Rise Art
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“These are beautiful images and nobody would dispute it.”
— Jeremy Paxman, Journalist, BBC World, 2013
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“What occurs is a reinvention of cultural norms as we understand them. It is Postmodern in its very essence, but with an added element of natural rudimentary common in the Renaissance period, which counteracts futuristic notions. Great art usually involves the combination of beauty, imagination, and extraordinary skill, and artist Vesa Kivinen is no exception.”
— Lead Editor Aisha Farooq on Artevo / Veena Malik Project on DesiBlitz 8/2013
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“Beautiful and haunting.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté, Author and columnist for Vancouver Sun, Globe and Mail, 2012
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“Besides the great contemporary visionaries, Vesa is one of the few living artists who manages to sneak in through my visual faculties to stroke the soul I don’t even really believe I have. I was instantly smitten the first time I saw his work.”
— Dr. Toma Susi, Physicist, Vienna 2014
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“Your works have the sensitivity of Leonardo’s drawings and the dreamscape of Chagall.”
— Antti Heikkilä, Doctor of Traumatology / Author
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“Vesa is a unique artist with a high-frequency spiritual touch that is visible in all his creations, whether it’s paintings or videos, etc. There are so many layers and dimensions in his work. His art is absolutely amazing and intelligent in a divine way.”
— Anni Sennov – Spiritual Author, September 2014
DUBAI ART CARS
ART CAR PROJECT
Inquiries are reviewed individually.
Execution is
sequential.
This project changed how Dubai classifies vehicles. In collaboration with Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, the Art Car Project led the Roads and Transport Authority to create a new legal category for art vehicles. The first of its kind in the region.
Each Art Car begins as a single composition: oil painting and photography, composed digitally into a source work that is deployed simultaneously as a canvas, a digital original with on-chain documentation, and a wrap on a physical vehicle. One work. Multiple forms. The car carries the full weight of the source.
The project has been presented at the Museum of the Future and driven through the streets of Dubai.
You can commission VESA to turn your vehicle into an artwork.
Mirrors Series
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Voice
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Caramel (2022)
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Entity
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Wow
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Praying Mantis
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Cloud 9
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Yin
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Joy
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Ignition
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Shake Sphere
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Cosimo
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Mecha
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Kintsugi
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Portal
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Mandala
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Folder
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Lips
MIRRORS SERIES
The mirrors series is a merger of painting, photography, digital collaging and various surface printing as well as AR animation. The first applications of it were for the Dubai Art Car Project, and we are actively looking for new ways to apply it both in the physical and digital realms.
Art at the Edge of Distributed Systems
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BitRam
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Soldier of Fortune
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Fork and Flip
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The BR8VE
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I Am Satoshi Nakamoto
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Silk Road
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Refresh
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Compound Defiance
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The Split
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Streoscopic
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T(r)opical
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RedEye
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Compliance Is The New black
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Pushback
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Lakshmi (Resurrection)
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Truth Or Dare - The Currency of Ganesh
VESA has built a body of work at the edge of the questions that distributed systems raise but rarely answer.
Since 2016, VESA has built a body of work at the edge of the questions that distributed systems raise but rarely answer. What is value, and who determines it? What does ownership mean when the ledger is the record? What does authentication change about the relationship between an artist and a work?
The works combine oil painting, photography, and digital composition, using blockchain and Web3 not as subject matter but as lens. The inquiry runs deeper than the technology: sovereignty, what we choose to verify, and what we choose to trust.
Collectors include Charles Hoskinson, Charlie Lee, Dr. John Demartini, Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, H.E. Amna Fikri, Saeed Al Darmaki, Tone Vays, Willy Woo, Coach K, and many others.
Abstract II
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Delicatessen
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Cavalry
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Golden Path
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Music
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Snow Garden
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Eternal: A Selfie
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Tree Of Life
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The Protector
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Persona
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The Battle
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A feeling On Your Skin
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Hot Penguin
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Everything Means Something Different
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Emoji
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Face Pressed Up Against a Glass
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Common Space
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Light Side of the Moon
In Studio
VESA was in Abu Dhabi being interviewed in studio by Ken Rutkowski
Public Speaking from Las Vegas To Hong Kong.
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World Blochain Summit Abu Dhabi
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World Crypto Con Las Vegas
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Tmrw Conference Belgarde
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Future Innovation Summit
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Biohacking Summit Helsinki
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Metadecrypt at Museum of the Future
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Theatre of Digital Art
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WOW Summit
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NFT Art Day Switzerland
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CC Forum London
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Mohammed Bin Rashid Library
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Future Blockchain Summit
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Outer Edge Riyadh
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WOW Summit Dubai
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Panel participation
PUBLIC SPEAKING
VESA’s transition into speaking emerged organically since 2014—offering audiences grounded insight from two decades of building. Represented by top Nordic speaking agencies, he brings contrsuctive perspectives shaped by lived experience, not just hype. From Vegas to Zurich, his talks spark cultural reflection and creative momentum.
VESA is represented by Speakers Forum, Scandinavia's biggest professional speaker agency, as well as MySpeaker Agency.
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Top Web3 Artist 2022
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Given by L'officiel Arabia
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NFT Artist of the Year 2023
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Given by AIBC Summit
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Grand Prize Winner / Korea
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All Awards
AWARDS
Notable Awards & Recognition
VESA's pioneering work in digital and phygital art has earned notable global recognition:
NFT Artist of the Year, AIBC Summit, Dubai — 13 March 2023
Web3 Artist Award, l’Officiel Arabia — October 2022
Grand Prize, World Artist Award, South Korea — 14 July 2022
The Senses Project
Season II
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Amanda N
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Amanda N
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Amanda N
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Sophie
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Beatrice
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Mona
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Joanna
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Jana
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Jana
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Jana
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Beata
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Iida
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Lila K
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Sara
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Joanna
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Emilia
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Veera K
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Erika
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Sepideh
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Laura
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Terhi
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Amanda
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Kuneli
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Sophie
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Sophie
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Anna
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Anna
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Melina
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Melina
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Irinja
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Essi
SENSES SERIES II
The Senses series is a collision of fashion modeling, Instagram culture, and a deep artistic wellness practice.
In fashion, models as well as entrepreneurs are often pushed toward unhealthy lifestyles. The shoots and projects commodify them—they're there to sell the perfume, the car, the makeup, whatever. On Instagram, influencers trade on their beauty, sexuality, and following to sell products.
The Senses project flips this dynamic. It’s not about the product. It’s about the person—down to their human core. Their childhoods, their traumas, their dreams. The art comes later. The “selling” happens once the piece is complete.
The experience itself is a unique and transformational.
Dedicated page for the project
VESA+SUPERWORLD METAVERSE GALLERY
In partnership with SuperWorld, VESA launched a metaverse gallery set in Luxor, bringing together art, culture, and technology in one immersive digital space. Explore curated exhibits under the iconic Egyptian sky, blend physical heritage with virtual innovation, and step into our vision of art without boundaries at vesa.superworldapp.com.
Year
05/05/2021
Press
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Forbes 2019
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CoinTelegraph
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Vice
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500PX
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BBC World
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Forbes 2018
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Suomen Kuvalehti
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Integral Institute 2013
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Helsinki Times
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Veena Malik Project Press
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