Ourselves-exhibition, Misael Rojas & Gabriel Ebensperger

Ourselves is a visual dialogue between two friends who met twenty years ago, bonding over their shared photography project. Gabriel and Misael explore their identities through a series of hand-drawn portraits created during video-call sessions.

The exhibition is rooted on the idea that we understand ourselves partly through the eyes of another. Both artists come from Chile but nowadays live in different cultural contexts, one in their hometown of Viña del Mar and the other in Helsinki. Despite the distance, they continue to share similar emotions and experiences, shaped and refracted by their current environments.

Through conversations about growing up queer, navigating identity, and holding onto cultural roots, they have created self-portraits and ultimately portraits of each other, transforming these exchanges into visual form. This shared process of reflection and representation reveals aspects of the self that often stay hidden.

The exhibition features Misael and Gabriel’s hand-drawn portraits and a selection of dialogues from 2025.

15.1.–22.2.2026 (closed 8.2.)
Misael Rojas & Gabriel Ebensperger: Ourselves
Luonnos, Uudenmaankatu 13, Helsinki
Wed-Fri 12–17, Sat-Sun 12–16, free admission

Welcome to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Wed, January 14, from 5 to 7 pm at Luonnos gallery!