Exhibitions

Circle is an art exhibition with works that grow from the beliefs, celebrations, customs and object culture of Northern European people, interpreting traditions without prejudice, searching for new meanings.

Dinner Party is an international group exhibition and artistic dialogue between five artists: Eepi Chaad, Inka-Maaria Jurvanen, Kelly Moran, Susan Plum and Chasity Porter.Techniques vary from collage to drawing and original prints.

Photographic artist and researcher Leena Saraste (b.1942) has photographed in various parts of the world during her long career. In the early 1980s, Saraste was one of the first female photographers in the Palestinian territories, Syria and Lebanon, among other places. In 1983, Saraste compiled her photographs into a journalistic photo book, Rakkaani, Palestiina (Tutkijaliitto, 1983).The small-scale exhibition will revisit the everyday life of Palestinians in the 1980s, which was overshadowed by uncertainty and violence. However, the images also reflect hope and warmth.

The exhibition Love Bears All Things consists of ceramic sculptures and an installation, explores life as a family member of someone with mental health challenges. Exhibition opening on Tuesday Feb 18th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Warm welcome!

The Animal Garden is an exhibition of works by three artists and one composer that transports its viewers to the edge of wonder. Exhibition opening on Tuesday January 28, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Warm welcome!

Onni Aaltonen's photography exhibition tells the story of a trip to North Korea at the turn of 2016–2017. It was only possible to travel to the closed dictatorship by taking part in a organized tour, the program of which was planned by North Korean tour operators. he exhibition focuses on the question of how to perceive a pre-framed reality.

Iiris Hälli is a Helsinki-based painter whose studio is on Harakka Island off the coast of Helsinki. As a watercolorist, Hälli has developed a personal style of painting in this difficult technique.The opening of the exhibition will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, from 5-7 p.m. A warm welcome!

The 11th Hour is a multisensorial exhibition consisting of photography, moving image, sound and installation. The exhibition explores tensions between nature, the built environment and human beings while questioning their separation. The opening of the exhibition will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, from 5-7 p.m. A warm welcome!

Mikko Palonkorpi's photography exhibition in the Tile and Cellar Galleries focuses on the mountain people and their habitats of South Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan). The different eras in the photographs appear layered: thousands of years of history and modern times mix with each other.

Minna Pinola’s photography exhibition "In the Presence of Hope" celebrates the privilege, uniqueness, and unpredictability of life through intimate portraits. Life is light and shadow, and it happens today. In this project, Minna Pinola has interviewed and photographed 12 individuals who live their lives with illnesses without a cure and bravely share their experiences of when an incurable diagnosis enters life as an unwelcome guest.

Transit / Umbra is an exhibition consisting of house-like sculptures by ceramic artist Niko Mankinen and on view in Laterna Magica's Tile and Cellar Galleries 13-30 November. Exhibition opening on Tuesday, November 12th from 5 p.m to 7 p.m. Warm Welcome!

MONOLITH is a journey of introspection, exploring the genesis of my own identity as a son, a man, a father. It revolves around the themes of abandonment, absence, blame and acceptance. MONOLITH is released as a book in November 2024 by the renown korean publisher Datz Press. Book launch event and discussion with the artist 15.11.2024 at 17-19.

Exhibition opening on Tuesday October 22nd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Warm welcome! Juha Kaila's exhibition of mokuhanga - Japanese style woodcuts presents works which have been inspired by Finnish and Japanese nature.

The works in the Marras exhibition blur the border between life and death, which at this time of year is blurred anyway. A down-to-earth welcome to the opening of the exhibition on Tuesday 22 October 2024 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m! We encourage the public to dress with a seriousness appropriate to the November theme and season. Dress code: funeral, macabre, haunting, compost and the like.

Photos taken by renowned documentary film-makers Anastasia Lapsuyi and Markku Lehmuskallio are on display in the exhibition in Laterna Magica's Book Gallery. What they both have in common is that they are not photographers. The photos were taken while working on movies. A photograph captures a blink of the eye in the flow of time. Meet the artists on the last day of the exhibition on Oct 19th, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.