
Jenni Rope
Hiirenporras (pieni vihreä), 2023
Casein tempera and spraypaint on canvas
100 x 90 cm /39 x 35 in
JROP_067
Jenni Rope
Shakki, 2022-2023
Casein tempera and spraypaint on canvas
60 x 50 cm /24 x 20 in
JROP_069
Jenni Rope
Silmänpako, 2023
Casein tempera and spraypaint on canvas
150 x 130 cm /59 x 51 in
JROP_061
Jenni Rope
Palko, 2023
Casein tempera and spraypaint on plywood
101 x 62 x 3 cm /40 x 24 x 1 in
JROP_079
Jenni Rope
Piilopaikka, 2020
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
180 x 190 cm/70.87 x 74.80 inches
Jenni Rope
Maanalainen, 2020
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
150 x 140 cm/59.06 x 55.12 inches
Jenni Rope
Mobile 5, 2018
Polystyrene, acrylic, fishing line and brass screw
133 x 46 x 5 cm/52.36 x 18.11 x 1.97 inches
Jenni Rope
Taukoamaton (Incessant), 2018
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
30 x 35 cm / 11.81 x 13.78 inches
JROP_016
Jenni Rope
Sade (Rain), 2018
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
30 x 35 cm / 11.81 x 13.78 inches
JROP_005
Jenni Rope
Pauhu 3 (Rumble 3), 2018
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
30 x 25 cm / 11.81 x 9.84 inches
JROP_020
Jenni Rope
Pauhu 2 (Rumble 2), 2018
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
25 x 25 cm / 9.84 x 9.84 inches
JROP_019
Jenni Rope
Ruoho kasvoi (The Grass Grew), 2018
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
60 x 50 cm / 23.62 x 19.69 inches
JROP_015
Jenni Rope
Utelias vihreä (Curious Green), 2018
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
90 x 60 cm / 35.43 x 23.62 inches
JROP_012
Jenni Rope
Nurkan takana (Around the Corner), 2018
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
100 x 90 cm / 39.37 x 35.43 inches
JROP_006
Jenni Rope
Tähtiä ja pölyä 2 (Stars and Dust 2), 2018
Acrylic and spraypaint on canvas
35 x 30 cm / 13.78 x 11.81 inches
JROP_008
Photo: Aleksi Poutanen
Born in Lahti, Finland 1977 | Lives and works in Helsinki
Jenni Rope is a versatile artist who also works as a print designer and creator of art books and public artworks. Originally trained as a graphic designer, Rope has designed prints for clients, including Marimekko. She is the founder of flipbook publisher Napa Books, and she has created visuals for art and picture books for WSOY, Etana Editions, and Rooftop Press. Her public artworks are at the Helsinki University Library (Kaisa House) and the Kalasatama Health and Wellbeing Center in Helsinki. She is the 2016 Finnish Art Society’s William Thuring Prize winner.
Rope’s organic forms evoke impressions of human life, plants, and natural phenomena, sometimes combined with human-made structures. Rope is intrigued by synesthetic fusions of images, sounds, and words. She sees movements of wind and water captured in her brushwork and imagines whispering, rustling, and rumbling sounds flowing from the canvas. Movement is also a key element in her mobiles, which sway gently in a meditative rhythm. In their emphatic spatiality, these floating, spinning creations are the perfect companions to Rope’s paintings. They are like three-dimensional, ever-fluctuating paintings that can be viewed from 360°.