Exhibitions

There have been many twists and turns in Kari Holopainen's artistic path. Its sidepaths reach music, book art, painting, print and photography. Holopainen is best known for developing and teaching Polymer photogravure as well as for his uniquely exquisite books and photo portfolios, which combine methods from both photography and print-making. Kari Holopainen's exhibition Polku – Path, and the book by the same name will collect together the many paths of Holopainen's career. Exhibition opening and book launch on Tuesday November 17th From 3-7 PM. Meet the artist at the gallery on November 21st from 1-3 PM.

Symbolism from the cloud of unknowng. A mysticism of Decadence and the Fall.Images which attempt to be as windows to outsides, to other sides. Becoming otherness. Apokalypsis; identity in decay, flowers grow in ruins. Kalsa is an aesthete and occultural artist existing in Helsinki. Exhibition opening on Tuesday October 27th, 4-7 PM. Warm Welcome!

Anna Mattila's exhibition ”Tilaton….tilassa, Spaceless....In a Space” consists of digital photographs, which are like notes from a journey. The exhibition opening on Tuesday October 27th 2020, 4-7 PM. Warm Welcome!

Laura Kautovaara's debut exhibition Perfect Strangers will be seen in Laterna Magica's Book Gallery space in October. It consists of artist portraits and of songs as paintings, from Little Richard to Deep Purple.

The exhibition in Laterna Magica tile and cellar galleries in October is called Boys of Summer and it presents themese of youth, getting old, those past summers and feeling of nostalgia. Antti Närhi has documented his friends at summer meetings for nearly fifteen years and on film he has caught both warmth and humor as well as the omnipotence of youth.

In our tile and cellar galleries in late September we will have wood-fired ceramic sculptures by Leena Juvonen. The exhibition is called Muinaiset kivet, Ancient Stones. Juvonen's sculptures are like pieces of bedrock, round stones with indentations made by ash.

How Little is Enough is an exhibition of ceramic art by Leena Mäki-Patola.  

In our Tile and Cellar Galleries we will have an exhibition by Jenni Haili called Other I presenting several series of works, which reflect the themes of identity, otherness and fear while they also include themes from fairytales and play. The exhibition consists mostly of Jenni Haili's photography but there are some curated works from Anna Englund, Jonas Haili, Marika Hyvärinen, Jaakko Kilpiäinen, Jyrki Kirjalainen and Ulla Sangervo.

Jarmo Lehtinen's photography exhibition Gottfried's world consists of gelatin silver prints . Lehtinen takes his black and white photographs with analogue cameras which some consider to be vintage gadgets these days.  Lehtinen's debut novel Keskusteluja Gottfried koiran kanssa (Conversations with Gottried the dog) was launched together with the exhibition opening.

Markku Joutsen had his exhibition originally scheduled in March 2020 just when the pandemic hit and everything, this exhibition included had to close. Now we have a new chance to take a closer look at Joutsen's fascinating bromoil prints in Laterna's cellar gallery in July 2020. Markku Joutsen does not have an exhibition opening on July 21st, but will be present at gallery on July 25th from 10 AM to 3 PM whole day.

Our July exhibition in Book Gallery is a selection of Erkki Salomaa's photography from the 21st century. The black and white photographs are taken in metropols and smaller cities around the world. These photographs are also part in a book published this summer. World Street the photography book includes over 100 of Erkki Salomaa's photographs from over 40 years 1979-2019. Exhibition opening and book launch at the gallery on Tuesday July 21st 2020 from 5 PM to 7 PM. Warm welcome. ‍

Mika Jokinen is an anaesthesiologist who during spring of 2020 worked in the special ward M2 in Meilahti hospital, which was set up to treat patients with covid-19. Jokinen photographed his colleagues and the every daylife in the hospital ward during the epidemic and his unique photographs can be seen for the first time in an exhibition at gallery Laterna Magica from June 24th until July 18th 2020.  

In our Book Gallery we will have an exhibition Portaits and stories by the Kapybara collective. Kapybara collective was established in 2016 and consists of artists Heidi Wikström and Tuula Turunen. The collective works with photography, sound and dance in multidisciplinary projects which often engage with topics such as fairytales and imaginary worlds. In this exhibition the collective takes a closer look in the imaginary worlds of small toys.

This group exhibition presents fine art prints from Toimela print maker courses which are lead by Sari Bremer. The exhibition covers several techniques used in fine art printing such as etching, aquatint, wood carving and carborundum.