Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen - Preraphaelite Awaken III – Alexa as Veronica

Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen is a Helsinki-based artist and designer who works with textiles and ceramics. She received her doctorate from Aalto University in 2022. Her works have been widely exhibited in Finland, including for example EMMA, the Design Museum, and Lokal Gallery, and internationally in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Brussels, and New York. Her next solo will be in Tokyo 2026. In addition to exhibitions, she creates large-scale commissioned works—currently for the Virgil Abloh Foundation in Chicago. Her works are included in public collections such as the Finnish National Gallery and the Design Museum, as well as private collections worldwide.

"This hand-tufted mohair rya rug depicts Alexa Wilding, the muse of the Pre-Raphaelite artists, in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s 1872 painting Veronica Veronese.

Although the Pre-Raphaelites explored many significant themes, such as the negative effects of industrialization and humanity’s estrangement from nature, women were often portrayed as passive and aesthetic objects lacking agency. Korolainen’s work rebelliously covers this beauty ideal with hair — historically, abundant body hair was associated with witchcraft, dirtiness, and exaggerated sexuality. Here Wilding has taken on a furry three-dimensional form, as if “growing out” of the painting, emphasizing her agency."

Print Specifications

• Time-limited edition print run.
• 100% of profits go to the artist.
• The edition is available for 30 days.
• Worldwide shipping
• Includes certificate of authenticity  
• A3 size - 29 x 42 cm / 11.7" x 16.5"
• Includes a small white border for easy framing
• Archival Giclée print with an archival lifespan of up to 200 years
• Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art paper
• Printed in London and Düsseldorf by theprintspace
• Carbon neutral 🌱

Delphian Gallery’s Open Call is an annual free-to-enter online competition with the intention of discovering the most captivating and challenging work by emerging and early-career artists. This year's judging was incredibly hard, but we have managed to choose works by these 36 incredibly exciting artists for the 2025 winners exhibition.

These are available as prints for a limited time only. We don't take a commission from our open-call prints, with 100% of the profits going directly to the artist.