Jessica Segall: Oddkin

Jessica Segall’s solo exhibition Oddkin presents multichannel video works and installations by the Brooklyn and NY based artist. The exhibition is open 24.1.2026—23.5.2026 in the exhibition space Halli of the Kunsthalle Seinäjoki.

Jessica Segall investigates threatened environments that can be hostile to humans. Segall’s works are sited in locations both exploited and wild. Where Human Energy (2023) is set in the vastness of oil fields, un(common) intimacy (2018) is filmed in private animal parks. The endangered ecological sites in Segall’s works are seen as attractive, fragile, dangerous and vulnerable at the same time. Her works reveal the fantasies and contradictions of human power relations with nature.

Segall works with a wide range of researchers, activists and non-human actors. Her thinking is guided by an interdisciplinary theory of queer ecology. Queer ecology is a theory and discipline that examines the power structures that both oppress and categorize gender, sex and nature. In her works, Segall performs herself and collaborates with other non-human actors. The visually striking works are both tactile and affective.

The title of the exhibition, Oddkin, refers to a concept developed by American theorist Donna Haraway. Haraway suggests that care, partnership and survival during the time of environmental crisis do not require blood or family ties. Unlikely alliances that transcend species boundaries can arise unexpectedly and are crucial for our earthly survival.

The exhibition opening will be held in conjunction with Kalevan Navetta’s Winter Day on January 23, 2026.

Jessica Segall (b.1978 Illinois) has exhibited her work internationally, including in The Fries Museum, The Coreana Museum of Art, The National Museum of Jewish American History and The Queens Museum of Art. Oddkin is Jessica Segall’s first solo exhibition in Finland.