A hot spring and droplets resting on flowers stirred the body and mind into intense ink painting.

Merita took part in an exhibition curated by Gian-Ruggero Manzoni at the Abbazia di San Galgano.

Koskimies studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence under Professor Andrea Granchi, in the school of visual arts and new media.

Merita appeared for the third time at Galleria BE’19 in Helsinki.

Koskimies took part in an event presenting Finnish film, visual art and design at Galleria Ulisse in Bogliasco.

Merita joined Professor Mauro Betti’s painting laboratory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.

In Florence, Merita practiced fresco painting under Prof. Calogero Saverio Vinciguerra and took part in the academy’s fresco exhibition.

Koskimies took part in Prof. Massimo Orsini’s program corpo.opera, exploring the semiotic nature between the bodies of the artist and the work.

Koskimies wrote about art at Villa Lante in Rome.

By the labyrinths and Etruscan tombs. A rushing river, wild boars’ gleaming eyes in the jungle. Ghosts rattle the door and cats meow.

How many times have we climbed the hills of Grassina, watched the setting sun in the garden, alone or with fellow artists.

The Atelje-Azur residency in Puglia. Narrow alleys and white houses proclaim the magic of the South. A nocturnal Easter procession stops you, silences you.

Residencies and cities inspire Koskimies. The first artist exchange took place at Schloss Plüschow Castle in Germany.

The dazzling light of early spring. Merita painted landscapes in the young artists’ residency program at Art Centre Salmela.

Koskimies took part in the Finnish Artists’ Association’s 105th annual exhibition with the painting Woman Gives Birth, acquired by the Oulu Art Museum.

Prague, that dark-toned city and the green river Vltava. The boy sleeps in his pram, the mother paints, the teacher cooks goulash in the studio.

Merita studied figurative painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Professor Antonín Střížek.

Koskimies studied conceptual art and performance at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Professor Miloš Šejn.

The performance “War Wrapped in Lace” presented in Prague reflected on the Yugoslav War and, at the same time, on the search for one’s own identity.

In Joensuu, Merita took part in a performance directed by artist Anneli Heliö, inspired by Hugo Simberg’s work “The Wounded Angel.”