Showing in London for the first time, Blue Shop Gallery presents Roy Aurinko’s solo show ‘Territorial Behaviour’. This brand new body of work from the Finnish painter explores ideas around boundaries and borders, inspired by a frustration with digital discourse, depicted in paint and mark pushed onto the surface. Aurinko explores contemporary themes of communication as a way to explore and further understand the ways we intuitively and defensively guard our thoughts and opinions. The chasm between all of our own human experience, the blank space between islands of paint. Roy Aurinko (b. 1972) lives and works in Heinola, Finland. He graduated as a Master of Arts from the University of Lapland in 2007. Aurinko's abstract paintings incorporate elements of drawing, and are created using a mixed-media technique combining oil, acrylic, pastel and cement. The work process and the feel of the material are present in Aurinko’s works. Often channelling childhood memories, Aurinko’s works aestheticise this subject, evoking emotions ranging from nostalgia to environmental responsibility. He draws from varied sources of inspiration, with literary and art historical references such as Greek Mythology and the concept of the sublime hidden in his abstract compositions. "A scientific approach undergirds my relationship to painting. It’s utterly beautiful how theories are put together, tested and certified in science. I’d like to think a similar kind of method applies to my artistic work. Observation, experimentation, analysis.” He has exhibited artworks in numerous group and solo exhibits across Europe and the United States. His works are currently held within significant private and public collections, including the Finnish National Gallery and Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva.