Leena Kela
Finland
Performance artist, artistic director of the New Performance Turku Festival, director of the Saari Residence.
About the artist
Leena Kela is a performance artist (Doctor of Fine Arts), artistic director of the New Performance Turku Biennale and a director of the Saari Residence. In her works and research, she explores dialogue between corporeality and materiality in performance art. She makes performances that play with and twist our relationship with everyday objects, perceptions and phenomena. She has presented her performances internationally in performance art festivals, events and exhibitions in every continent except Antarctica.