NOON Projects is honored to present “Between Cheeks”, a solo exhibition by Finnish artist Artor Jesus Inkerö, opening on Saturday, January 18 from 6–8 PM. Known for their multidisciplinary practice, which incorporates poetry, painting, performance, filmmaking, and research, Inkerö investigates the fluid intersections of contemporary culture through language, drawing on themes of oral history, domesticity, queerness, the body, and relationships. At the core of Between Cheeks is an exploration of poetry and language’s power to critique, shape, and forge society and history. Inkerö’s series of autobiographical poetry paintings merges text and materials, using narrow horizontal canvases as a site for experimentation. Furniture and house paints—chosen for their connection to bodily fluids and domesticity—are scraped, layered, and painted over, evoking the cyclical nature of lived spaces, like apartment walls being repainted after a breakup. The poems, dripped and smeared onto the canvases in a process reminiscent of Jackson Pollock’s action painting, create a visceral interplay of text and texture. Works such as “Can we talk tonight?” and “In the park And by fire we found a mutual Sense of us…” evoke inner dialogue or conversations between new lovers, while “Before this we just licked them” and “On this flat earth we lay” reflect the fragmented ways we encounter language in modern life—through text messages, tweets, stranger-than-fiction news headlines, safety signage, and gossip. Inkerö’s works also engage with the historical canon of queer art, referencing Derek Jarman’s autobiographical paintings on HIV/AIDS and Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ text-based installations that span entire galleries. The exhibition further investigates metaphors of gaps, orifices, and holes, extending these ideas to themes of loss, ambiguity, and openings. These concepts resonate in Inkerö’s film A Taste of Every Dish You’ve Ever Eaten, commissioned by Somerset House in London. Created in collaboration with Juulia Haverinen and Sam Taskinen, the film combines poetry, operatic soundscapes, and a fragmented narrative. Described by Inkerö as a “poetic meditation” on memory, identity, and sensory experience, the film’s lyrics and dialogue reverberate throughout the gallery, reinforcing the exhibition’s focus on ambivalence and fluidity. Artor Jesus Inkerö is a Finnish visual artist whose work has been exhibited internationally, including at the New Museum (New York), Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (Aachen), and Helsinki Contemporary (Helsinki). They have participated in prestigious artist residencies, such as Somerset House (London), the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam), and currently at the MAK Center Residency for Artists and Architects (at the Schindler House), Los Angeles. Inkerö’s practice centers on themes of queer identity and belonging, expressed through exhibitions, performances, poetry, research, public art, and multidisciplinary projects Artor Jesus Inkerö: “Between Cheeks” Opening Saturday, October 18, 2025 6 – 8 PM 508 Chung King Road, Los Angeles On view through February 22, 2025 For more information contact info@noon-projects.com