Aapo Nikkanen is an artist, researcher, and hypnotherapist.. In 2024, he earned a hypnotherapist's degree and runs a hypnotherapy cabinet in Paris. Alongside his artistic practice, Nikkanen researches and periodically writes about new technologies. His work has been exhibited internationally for the past 10 years, including Le Crédac, Palais de Tokyo and Fondation Ricard in Paris, Design Museum in Helsinki, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Casa Encendida in Madrid, and de Appel Art Center in Amsterdam. This is the second time Nikkanen shows his work in Iceland, in 2010 he had a solo exhibition at OPEN titled These Trying Times.