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Artists and Writers in Finland
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Frame Contemporary Art Finland
Frame is an advocate for Finnish contemporary art. We support and promote international projects, facilitate professional partnerships, as well as act as an information centre for Finnish contemporary art. Frame coordinates Finland's participation in the Venice Biennale. Frame distributes funds from the Ministry of Culture and Education to promote Finnish contemporary arts internationally. With our grants we support international exhibitions, publications, participation in art fairs as well as art professionals’ international travels.
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Helsingin Taidehalli Kunsthalle Helsinki
Kunsthalle Helsinki is a non-profit exhibition space founded by various Finnish artist and art associations in 1928. Presenting annually 5–7 major exhibitions and a cross-disciplinary public programme, the main focus of the exhibition programme lies in contemporary art, as well as design and architecture. The Kunsthalle has been a central place for changing exhibitions since the beginning, and does not hold a permanent collection.
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Espoon Kuvataidekoulu
Espoo School of Art is an art school for children and youth from 5 years to 20 years of age. It offers a wide range of systematically progressing studies in visual arts. We implement the national curriculum for the comprehensive course in visual arts and the Act on basic art education. The school was founded in 1979, and has some 1200 students today. The teachers are art educators, working artists, industrial designers, architects and photographers. The school offers teaching at several studios in different parts of Espoo. Espoon kuvataidekoulu on kannatusyhdistyksen ylläpitämä koulu, joka perustettiin 1979. Koulu antaa lakisääteistä laajan oppimäärän mukaista kuvataiteen perusopetusta 5–20-vuotiaille espoolaisille. Oppilaita on 1200. Opettajat ovat kuvataideopettajia, taiteilijoita, arkkitehteja, valokuvaajia ja taideteollisuuden ammattilaisia. Opetuspisteitä on eri puolella Espoota.
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Galleria Mabd
Galleria MABD on oululainen taidegalleria, joka esittelee kotimaista ja kansainvälistä nykytaidetta ammattitaiteiljoilta. Kolmen viikon välein vaihtuvat näyttelymme ovat myyntinäyttelyitä. Galleriamme löytyy Kolmiotalosta, Torikatu 4. Galleriamme on avoinna ke-pe klo 13-18 ja la-su klo 12-16. Näyttelyihimme on aina vapaa pääsy.
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Miklagardarts
MiklagårdArts, founded in 2015 by Ceyda Berk-Söderblom, is a facilitator, enabler, and connector to promote transnational and transcultural collaborations. It facilitates artistic interventions and advocates for diversity, equity, inclusivity, climate justice and internationalization in the Finnish art scene. MiklagårdArts stands for a structure where collaboration becomes a sustainable and meaningful practice to design impactful projects and diverse content in partnership with existing arts and cultural institutions. WE FACILITATE artistic interventions to merge internationalism and locality. We promote artistic interventions with the established arts and cultural institutions of the city to make Helsinki more international and diverse. WE BUILD BRIDGES to unleash the potential between arts & well-being and arts & economic growth; we want to unlock the territorial borders between tech developers and traditional cultural institutions. WE CURATE & INITIATE tailor-made artistic ideas and stimulate creative clashes that arise when one confronts an unknown artistic milieu. We are curious and open-minded. We want to inspire creative minds and souls for innovative multi-genre projects that will enrich the practices of Finnish arts and cultural institutions. WE CELEBRATE diversity, equity and inclusion and believe inclusive values will foster cognitive diversity in the Finnish art scene. We want to help build a healthy and supportive society by cultivating understanding and compassion through the arts. WE SEEK TO SPARK SUSTAINABLE working structures for independent cultural players. We are innovative. We promote new forms when it comes to artistic work, structure, business models, and the dialogue between arts & audience. Acquiring new ways of artistic collaborations will help us achieve an accurate understanding of the world where culture continuously develops alongside human beings.
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Virtual Art Gallery
Exhibit your art online — unlimited by reality. Online art as it should. Curated collections in a familiar gallery setting. Spatial context & true scale. The next best thing to being there. Art exhibitions accessible whenever & wherever with any browser.
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Didrichsen Art Museum
Art Museum in western Helsinki, in Kuusisaari. Designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell in 1957 - initially the home of art collectors Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen and their family - and later extended with a museum wing. Changing exhibitions 2-3 times a year. Collections consist of Finnish and international modern art as well as ancient Pre-Columbian and Asian artefacts. Exquisite sculpture park by Laajalahti Bay, Reacheable by boat. The museum has hosted a broad range of exhibitions, of which the shows by Edvard Munch, Vincent van Gogh and Kazimir Malevich have been most prestigious.
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Galleria Huuto Kalasatama
Galleria Huuto is an artist run space for art. Galleria Huuto is conducted by a non-profit collective Mehiläispesä ry – Bikupa rf, which consists of ca. 140 artist members. Galleria Huuto is focusing on professional and highly skillfull exhibitions at Galleria Huuto’s current location. Additionally Galleria Huuto executes artistic projects in Finland and abroad. Collective’s accomplishments in organizing exhibitions begun in 2002, when 25 young artists founded the first Galleria Huuto at Viiskulma, Helsinki. Huuto was back then one of the first artist run galleries in Helsinki and in Finland.
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Huutokauppa Helander I Auction House Helander
Helander is a Finnish auction house founded in 1994. We help our customers sell and buy a wide range of items, such as furniture, design, works of art and collectables. We also provide valuations, ranging from a few selected items to the entire property e.g. houses, storages and estates. All our auctions are online, and our showroom in Helsinki is open five days a week. We serve both domestic and international customers, and our customer base includes private individuals as well as various public authorities, other public entities and other organisations.
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Kaikuart Oy
KaikuArt on kahden naisen - äidin ja tyttären - yritys. Taiteilija Sanna Anttonen (Suomen taiteilijat ry:n jäsen) on tunnettu kauniiden ja harmonisten värimaailmojen luomisesta tavalla, joka säilyttää teosten yllätyksellisyyden. ”Nuoruudessani oli yksi haaveammatti: muotoilija. Elämä kuitenkin kuljetti toisin, en päässyt yhteen Suomen arvostetuimpaan taiteen opinahjoon. Lähdin siis liike-elämään mahdollisimman kauas taiteesta. Määränpää oli selvä, mutta polku toinen. Vapaa-aikani kuitenkin täyttyi käsillä tekemisestä erilaisin materiaalein - tästä hyvä esimerkki on lasityöt. Kaikki muuttui, kun tyttäreni Inka ilmoitti tarvitsevansa taidemaalauksen. Parin kuukauden kuluttua tauluja oli kymmenittäin ja tarvikkeita pienen puodin verran. Illat kuluivat erilaisia tekniikkavideoita katsoen ja viikonloput käytäntöön soveltaen. Tiesin tulleeni kotiin", Sanna kertoo. Sannan tyttären, Inka Leskisen (VTM) rooli KaikuArtissa on viedä taide lähemmäs kuluttajaa ja tehdä sen hankkimisesta yhtä luontevaa, kuin minkä tahansa muun design- tai sisustusesineen. “Uskomme, että taide luo kotiin tai liiketilaan tunnelman ja yksilöllisyyden, mikä saa sen erottumaan kaikista muista. Ajatuksena on, että jokainen on itse oman elämänsä paras galleristi. Lopulta on tärkeintä, että valittu teos tuo katsojille inspiraatiota, kauneutta ja iloa”, Inka kokoaa. KaikuArtin taidetta voi löytää asuntomessutaloista, hotelleista, sisustusliikkeistä, kodeista, julkisista tiloista ja yrityksistä. “Saamme usein kuulla, kuinka asiakkaiden ensimmäinen taideostos on tapahtunut KaikuArtilta”, Sanna ja Inka kokoavat.
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Seni Illustrations
Hi, welcome to Seni Illustrations! My area of expertise is producing stunning illustrations for businesses that practise social and environmental responsibility. I collaborate closely with clients to translate their concepts into illustrations that perfectly express their brand and message. Let us use the power of illustration to tell your story.
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Ekho Collective
Interdisciplinary collective of technologists, designers & artists. Currently creating immersive art piece 'Laila' with Finnish National Opera and Ballet, coming in 2020.
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Finnish Light Art Society Flash
WHO WE ARE The Finnish Light Art Society FLASH was established in 2017 to promote Finnish light art in Finland and internationally. The Society is an NGO, open for everyone interested in light art. The Society has close to two hundred members, coming from a wide variety of backgrounds, reflecting the diversity of light art: visual artists, lighting designers, VJ’s, architects and technical experts to name a few. WHAT WE DO The Society organizes the FLASH Light Art Biennale, which has its fourth edition in 2024 in Tampere, Finland. The aim of the Biennale is to enhance artistic content and quality in light art and create awareness. In addition to the Biennale, the Society organizes other exhibitions, education, events and residencies. Furthermore, the Society informs about and comments on issues related to light art. WHAT WE SHARE HERE On our LinkedIn page you’ll find information about FLASH’s activities and Finnish light art and artists, as well as selected open calls and exhibitions worldwide. Our page is a platform for discussion about light art and other topical issues of the field. MORE For more visual content follow FLASH on Instagram: Our Home page is mostly in Finnish for now: Banner photo: Artgeologists (2019) by Art Collective Kunst. Photo: Hannu Iso-Oja
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Grafiikanpaja Himmelblau Oy
Himmelblau Printmaking Studio is Finland’s leading professional printmaking workroom. At Himmelblau, the artworks are brought to life and displayed to viewers: we exhibit the production of artists in our own gallery and shed light on their visual origins through articles, pictures and publications. Himmelblau Printmaking Studio and its gallery space for changing exhibitions are located at the Finlayson factory area in Tampere by the Tammerkoski rapids.
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Ihme Helsinki
IHME Helsinki is an art commissioning agency. The Finnish word IHME means “miracle” or “wonder”. However, it is in daily use in a variety of phrases meaning something strange, weird, something that wakens curiosity. At the heart of IHME are annual commissions with international artists and partners that combine art, science and climatework. The mission of IHME is to promote the cultural change needed in environmental crisis. IHME Helsinki wants to promote art in an ecologically sustainable, democratic society as an important part of people’s lives and everyday existences. IHME Helsinki’s starting points are in contemporary art and one of the main contexts for its work is scientific collaboration. Contemporary art is a constantly changing activity: art does not just mirror the world, it also creates and shapes it. IHME Helsinki supports art and changes in the concept of art, it reshapes the idea of publicness and promotes sustainable operating models. Each year, in collaboration with an artist and Finnish and foreign partners the Foundation produces a work of art in public space in Finland and abroad. The Foundation generates new, experiential knowledge and produces discussions related to the themes of the artwork. The Foundation shares the content of the art that it produces with new audiences and through that content takes part in debates in society. The Foundation’s operations are international and aimed at everyone who is interested in cultural and ecological reconstruction.
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Stockholms Auktionsverk Helsinki
Stockholms Auktionsverk – the world's oldest auction house is now also in Helsinki. Auktionsverket was founded in 1674 and we are the oldest auction house in the world still operating. Today, we are a leading Nordic marketplace for art, antiques and design. Stockholms Auktionsverk Helsinki presents several fine art and theme auctions a year. All our auctions are held online, and viewings for the auctions are held at Eteläranta 14 in the heart of Helsinki. Contact us at info.helsinki@auktionsverket.com
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Gallery Halmetoja
Contemporary art gallery in Helsinki, Finland.
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Politics Of The Machines
Politics of the Machines (POM) is an international platform dedicated to exploring the shifting relations between humans, machines, and the ecologies of mediation that bind them. Since its inception, POM has brought together artists, theorists, researchers, designers, and technologists to examine how forms of agency, perception, and communication emerge across human and nonhuman systems. POM emerged from discussions about the persistent gap between academic structures and the innovative nonacademic practices of artistic and experimental research. This distinction, reinforced by formalized structures and a lack of inclusive frameworks capable of accommodating diverse forms of knowledge and creative production, continues to impact how institutions respond to experiments and the innovation capacity of the arts. POM positions itself against these limitations by fostering dialogue across a wide range of expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives, reaching far beyond conventional disciplinary or institutional boundaries. Its aim is the cultivation of a space where artistic, cultural, scientific, technological and theoretical practices can meet, challenge one another, and collaboratively rethink the conditions under which knowledge is produced. The thematic core of POM lies in examining how machines and technologies influence, contextualize, and transform artistic and cultural production, as well as our evolving perception of the world. POM investigates the histories, theories, and practices of machines in-between and beyond disciplines, engaging critically with the scientific and humanistic ideas that shape technological imaginaries. POM continues to investigate how the relationality and operationality of machines and systems are negotiated into cultural and social ontologies, how experimental artistic practices generate new epistemologies beyond entrenched dualisms, and what kinds of political, ecological, and conceptual stakes emerge from these negotiations.
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Akvart Galleria
AKVART galleriaosuuskunta ja AKVART galleria perustettiin 2009 ja se on edelleen maamme ainoa yksinomaan akvarellitaiteeseen keskittynyt taidegalleria. AKVART tarjoaa näyttelytilaa akvarellitaiteilijoille ja alan harrastajille. Galleriassa näyttelyt vaihtuvat kahden viikon välein.
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Hakoniemi - Luova Tila
Hakoniemi is a coniferous peninsula in North Karelia, located in the inland archipelago of Northern Saimaa. The creative space in Rääkkylä, Oravisalo, provides a framework for working and leisure, combining creativity and nature. The 1920s old farm has got a new life as a center of creative activity where you can organize workshops, events, marketing projects and tourist and accommodation services. Hakoniemi Residence Support Association maintains a residency in Hakoniemi. The farm was inhabited by painter Jorma Pajarinen for 16 years, and his studio and barn gallery were in the settlement. Hakoniemi with its surroundings is an ideal destination for artistic work. In addition to the lake nature of the inland archipelago, the proximity of the Russian border and the history of the region are strongly present. Nearby Salpapolku offers a piece of Finnish military history and varied archipelago nature. You can reach the archipelago via the bridges or the ferry.
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Helsinki Biennale
Helsinki Biennale is an independent art organisation based on collaboration between different artists. It operates on the border zone of art and design. Helsinki Biennale brings together interesting artists and builds up a platform to create new without a commercial goal or predetermined forms. This creates new ideas, interfaces, forms of co-operaton and activity, working methods, and "good stuff".
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Kollektiivi Hiekkalaatikko Osk
Kollektiivi Hiekkalaatikko osk on nuorien taiteilijoiden itseohjautuva yhteisö ja yritys, joka haluaa edistää luovuutta, taiteen tekemistä sekä omien kykyjen ja rajojen tutkimista. Tarkoituksenamme on mahdollistaa nuorien työskentely taiteiden aloilla heille sopivilla tavoilla. Tavoitteenamme on tukea itsenäisiä taiteilijoita ja toteuttaa yhteisöllisiä projekteja. Yhteisömme arvot perustuvat turvallisen tilan periaatteisiin ja syrjinnän vastaisuuteen.
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Kulttuurivoimala - Culture Power Station Ry
Kulttuurivoimala - Culture Power Station ry on yhteisö, ympäristö- ja mediataiteeseen keskittyvä yleishyödyllinen yhdistys. Kulttuurivoimala - Culture Power Station ry is an organization focused on communal, environmental and media art.
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Lost Favourite Records
Lost Favourite Records is an independent record label and music publisher, operating under the creative umbrella of Lost Favourite Ab, founded by Kasper Granroth. We share music made with love—artfully crafted and emotionally resonant. With roots in Helsinki and a studio residency in Berlin, we work closely with artists from around the globe to bring timeless releases to life. As both a label and publisher, LFR provides a supportive, forward-thinking space where artists can grow and thrive. We believe in long-term partnerships, fair and transparent contracts, and the lasting impact of music made with intention. Whether it’s an intimate single, a daring EP, or a genre-defying collaboration, Lost Favourite Records is here to elevate what matters most: the feeling behind the sound.
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