Ukrainian-Finnish Comic Art Project Exhibition - Helsinki Comic Festival

The exhibition brings together Ukrainian and Finnish contemporary comic artists and emphasizes the importance of supporting Ukraine. The project is realized by the Ukrainian publisher Vydavnytstvo, the contemporary comics association Kutikuti, and the Helsinki Comic Festival. The comics will also be published in the magazine Kuti at the end of the year.

The theme of the Helsinki Comic Festival this year is "Together". The festival now features Ukrainian comic art for the first time - the country has a growing comic culture.

The following artists participate in the exhibition:

Terhi Ekebom (b. 1971) is a Helsinki-based comic and visual artist, illustrator and muralist who won the Puupäähattu award. Her work often contains nature motifs and depictions of emotions.

Ivanda Jansone (b. 1982) is a Helsinki-based comic and visual artist specializing in wordless storytelling. Her most famous publication is Black and White Masterpiece (2023).

Ivan Kypibida (b. 1995) is a Lviv-based illustrator, comic artist and art lecturer. His illustrated work A Short History of the Long War (2025) is the most well-known Ukrainian comic and has been translated into several languages, including Finnish. Other works include A Short History of Ukrainian Feminism (2022) and A Short History of Ukrainian Literature (2024).

Ton Melnyk (b. 1988) is a Kyiv-based textile and comic artist and activist who has lived in Finland since 2022. His work addresses queer themes, community, history and war. He is working on a long documentary comic about the Holodomor through his grandmother's story.

Sofija Sulii (b. 1995) is a Lviv-based comic artist who has published several comics in her home country and internationally, including the book A Short History of Ukrainian Borscht (2023).

Aino Sutinen (b. 1983) is a Helsinki-based comic artist, illustrator and editor-in-chief of the magazine Sarjainfo, specializing in documentary subjects.

Sofija Tomilenko (b. 1998) is a Kyiv-based children's book author and comic artist whose latest work is A Short History of Ukrainian