nabbteeri - The Scavengers' Garden

The artist collective nabbteeri, considered among the most significant contemporary artists in the region, is well known both nationally and internationally. Their work is characterized by an experimental and ecological approach, often beginning with site-specific and locally found materials. Their solo exhibition at the Ostrobothnian Museum centers around the installation Mutant and Nondurable (2025), in which they use slide projectors. Insects and invertebrates take center stage as the artists explore the contradictions of art and the acceptance of the unfamiliar. The care of their own garden is an essential part of their artistic practice.

nabbteeri, based in Övermark in Närpes, consists of Janne Nabb (b. 1984) and Maria Teeri (b. 1985), who have collaborated since 2008. They were awarded the Young Artist of the Year prize in 2014 and represented Finland in the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2019 in the exhibition Weather Report: Forecasting Future. It was later also exhibited at the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art. In 2023, the art hall Färgfabriken in Stockholm presented nabbteeri’s work, and their site-specific piece A Suitable Host (2025) was shown as part of the most recent Helsinki Biennial on Vallisaari Island.

The exhibition is supported by the Finnish Heritage Agency.