Wooden shelves holding various ceramic and pottery pieces, including vases and bowls, in a rustic setting.

LOKAL GALLERY’S SUMMER EXHIBITION IN BILLNÄS

15.6.–24.8.2025
Ruukintie 8, 10330 Billnäs, Finland

This summer, Lokal makes an all-summer-long expedition to Billnäs, an old ironworks village to the West of Helsinki. Bringing beauty in the form of artwork, crafts and handmade homeware into a space which still starkly echoes its unique history, the Sommarstilleben exhibition is a celebration of Lokal’s core values. The still lifes are an ode to the magical, fleeting nature of the Nordic summer. The abundance consists of works in various mediums and materials, in varying scale and subject, by a number of Finnish and Finland-based contemporary artists and artisans. The exhibition is curated by Katja Hagelstam, and the exhibition architecture is by Hanni Koroma.

Artists and Makers:

Tiia Anttila, Jaea Chang, Antrei Hartikainen, Katy Hertell, Heli Hiltunen, Sasha Huber, Pasi Karjula, Paula Kasu, Réka Király, Inka Kivalo, Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen, Eija Koski, Nathalie Lautenbacher, Linda Linko, Jan Lütjohann, Jonas Lutz, Outi Martikainen, Akiko Mori, Santtu Mustonen, Naoto Niidome, Didi NG Wing Yin, Henna Nuutinen, Rasmus Palmgren, Paula Pääkkönen, Carlo Raymann, Anna Rikkinen, Kati Ruohomäki, Petri Saarikko, Renata Schirm, Kim Simonsson, Janna Syvänoja, Heli Tuori-Luutonen, Milla Vaahtera, Teija Vartiainen, Sini Villi
+ Vaarnii

Photos: Katja Hagelstam / Lokal

SOMMARSTILLEBEN

Pink coiled cord arranged on a flat surface resembling a human face with closed eyes and a nose.

Cherry Blossom

Wild silk, cotton cord filling
Size: 48 x 31 x 13 cm
Year 2025
Private collection

An abstract sculpture made of tightly coiled, yellowish rope arranged in an intricate, flowing pattern, mounted on a pink wall.

Sunflower

Wild silk, cotton cord filling
Size: 51 x 35 x 13 cm
Year 2025
Private collection

Green coiled climbing rope on a wooden surface.

June

Wild silk, cotton cord filling
Size: 54 x 35 x 13 cm
Year 2025
Private collection

A folded green and beige striped rug on a wooden floor.

Beryl

Handwowen silk rope
Size: 72 x 33 x 19 cm
Year 2025
Private collection

A modern interior scene with a pink table displaying various vases, a sculpture, and decorative items, with abstract paintings on the wall in the background.

LOKAL x SUOMITALO

HELSINKI DESIGN WEEK EXHIBITION

09/2025
Suomitalo, Helsinki, Finland

Lokal´s exhibition at Suomitalo, the main venue of Helsinki Design Week, is dedicated to applied arts. At its heart is the seamless union of aesthetics, function, and usability in objects, environments, and services. The goal is to enrich everyday life—not only by making it more practical, but also by enhancing it visually and experientially. In a distinctive way, Lokal has brought applied arts into the present, offering the field and its makers the artistic freedom to create.

At Suomitalo, participating artists and designers include Jaea Cheng, Sasha Huber, Paula Kasu, Inka Kivalo, Nathalie Lautenbacher, Linda Linko, Raija Malka, Santtu Mustonen, Renata Schirm, Milla Vaahtera and Sini Villi.

Photo: Katja Hagelstam / Lokal

Three blue flexible hoses hanging on a rough, textured beige wall with a shadow cast below.

VIRTAA! SUMMER
EXHIBITION

VIRTAA! UUTE 25 SUMMER EXHIBITION

5.6.–30.8.2025
Stockfors, Finland

Uute ry held a summer exhibition in the historic sawmill at Stockfors Village.
The theme of the exhibition was Virtaa (Currents), and the two-piece installation was inspired by the surrounding natural environment and the continuous flow of the river and landscape.

Currents is a series of two wall sculptures that reflects the cycle of nature and life. The works feature forms and curves, light and shadow, yet the flow of movement and the force that carries it forward are eternal.

Colorful woven wall hangings in various shades of beige, gray, brown, and peach arranged on a white wall in a minimalistic room with a white chair underneath the peach wall hanging.

LOKAL WHITE WALL

AMMONITES SOLO EXHIBITION

04.–06.2024
Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

The collection draws inspiration from ammonites - ancient marine creatures that lived millions of years ago. For protection, ammonites formed spiral chambers around themselves, expanding these structures as they grew. Over time, these chambers became beautifully calcified, their pearly surfaces preserved in fossil deposits across the ages.

The Ammonites collection consists of ten reliefs crafted from delicately shimmering wild silk, left undyed or lightly hand-dyed to enhance its natural beauty.

A modern, abstract sculpture made of layered, curved, grayish material with intricate folds and a textured appearance.

Asteroceras

Hand dyed wild silk, cotton cord
Size: 57 x 31 x 16 cm
Year 2024
Private collection

An abstract sculpture made of layered, flowing strips of material, resembling a stylized human face or head with smooth curves and folds.

Echioceras

Wild silk, cotton cord
Size: 61 x 33 x 13 cm
Year 2024
Private collection

A pink, ribbed fabric sculpture resembling an abstract, three-dimensional form with flowing, layered folds.

Endoceras

Wild silk, cotton cord
Size: 61 x 30 x 13 cm
Year 2024
Private collection

A three-dimensional abstract sculpture made of stacked, layered, curved gray shapes forming a complex, artistic design.

Arnioceras

Wild silk, cotton cord
Size: 48 x 34 x 14 cm
Year 2024
Private collection

View of an art gallery with large glass windows, artist's colorful abstract paintings on the white walls inside, and outdoor greenery including a fern plant near the window.

PURNU
SUMMER
EXHIBITION

BALANCE | Contemporary Art Summer Exhibition

17.6.- 13.8.2023

The participating artists are Petri Ala-Maunus, Terhi Heino, Sanna Kannisto, Sakari Kannosto, Tuomas A. Laitinen, Siina Levonoja, Ninni Luhtasaari, Pink Twins, Jenni Rope, Elina Ruohonen, Sirpa Särkijärvi, and Sini Villi.

In the works featured in the exhibition, the artists explore, among other themes, questions raised by existence, the relationship between humans and nature, and the tensions connected to it—such as climate change, biodiversity, species loss, and ecological transformation.