Factory 2: Renata Schirm / Myriad
Renata Schirm《MYRIAD》
Gallery Factory2, Seoul
16.12.22–7.1.23
curated by Lokal + factory2
This project is a sequel to <Coming Home to Seoul>, a collaborative exhibition with Lokal Helsinki in 2021 where Renata Jakowleff Schirm participated with three small artworks.
The works Renata presents in her first solo exhibition in Korea are based on the composing techniques she has used in recent years, with which she has found ways to create objects that focus purely on the material and its essence: its texture, its color, and its relation to light. She uses repetition and volume to search for the material true essence and presence.
As the artist has sought to find the exact shape of the reflection and render it into a form of glass object, this exhibition plans to focus on the dynamics and relationships of Seoul’s December light and the reflections of Renata’s glass artworks serendipitously rendered in the space.
Photo credit Jeong Hae-min
Factory 2: Renata Schirm / Myriad
Renata Schirm《MYRIAD》
Gallery Factory2, Seoul
16.12.22–7.1.23
curated by Lokal + factory2
This project is a sequel to <Coming Home to Seoul>, a collaborative exhibition with Lokal Helsinki in 2021 where Renata Jakowleff Schirm participated with three small artworks.
The works Renata presents in her first solo exhibition in Korea are based on the composing techniques she has used in recent years, with which she has found ways to create objects that focus purely on the material and its essence: its texture, its color, and its relation to light. She uses repetition and volume to search for the material true essence and presence.
As the artist has sought to find the exact shape of the reflection and render it into a form of glass object, this exhibition plans to focus on the dynamics and relationships of Seoul’s December light and the reflections of Renata’s glass artworks serendipitously rendered in the space.
Photo credit Jeong Hae-min
Specially commissioned by Institut finlandais, Melissa Sammalvaara’s artwork Tuohi returns to be exhibited on the wall of Café Maa. The exhibition is complemented by a permanent collection showcasing craftsmanship that honors nature across generations designed for the Lokal Kollection in Helsinki by the following artists: Eija Koski, Saija Halko, Nathalie Lautenbacher, Renata Schirm, Yoshimasa Yamada, Alpo Ahokas and Tuohimuori.
Through this new curatorial proposal, Institut finlandais also wishes to slow down its exhibition cycle and inaugurate a new, more organic, flexible, and sustainable way of developing the program.
Listening to the Forest that Grows was inspired by the wish to share Finnish contemporary art and craftsmanship in France, and to support, in a more permanent way, the designers and creators working in Finland. The exhibition takes place in Institut finlandais’s unique space originally designed by Juhani Pallasmaa, entirely renovated by Pekka Littow’s Littow Architects, and decorated by Studio Joanna Laajisto in 2017-2018.
Listening to the Forest that Grows – Season II presents the following 14 artists:
Arni Aromaa
Bo Haglund
Saija Halko
Antrei Hartikainen
Renata Schirm
Leena Keränen
Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen
Eija Koski
Leena Kouhia
Linda Laitinen
Nathalie Lautenbacher
Melissa Sammalvaara
Sini Villi
Yoshimasa Yamada
Explore: Lokal Events
Lokal, Usva ja harmonia
08–09/2025, Kontiolahti
Lokalin kuraattori Katja ja sisustusarkkitehti Hanni saivat Ulla-Maaria Koivulalta keväällä tehtäväksi loihtia Kontiolahdella sijaitsevaan Usva-taloon entistäkin enemmän harmoniaa, kauneutta, taidetta. Lokalin kuraattori Katja ja sisustusarkkitehti Hanni saivat Ulla-Maaria Koivulalta keväällä tehtäväksi loihtia Kontiolahdella sijaitsevaan Usva-taloon entistäkin enemmän harmoniaa, kauneutta, taidetta. | Arni Aromaa, Jaea Chang, Sasha Huber, Pasi Eerik Karjula, Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen, Linda Linko, Outi Martikainen, Henna Nuutinen, Carlo Raymann, Anna Rikkinen & Milla Vaahtera
Factory 2: Correspondences, Helsinki
2.–20.7.2025, Lokal
In this iteration of Correspondences at Lokal, the artists engage with nature through the work of their hands, allowing different experiences of time and place to overlap and intertwine within a shared space. As they quietly respond to one another—through gazes, gestures, and unspoken dialogue—the exhibition becomes a momentary commune, where enduring relationships from distant places gather briefly and tenderly.
SOMMARSTILLEBEN
15.6.–24.8.2025
Lokal tekee tänä kesänä koko kesän mittaisen tutkimusmatkan Billnäsiin, vanhaan ruukkikylään Helsingin länsipuolella. Sommarstilleben -näyttely juhlii Lokalin perusarvoja ja tuo kauneutta taideteoksina, käsityönä ja käsintehtyinä kodintarvikkeina tilaan, jossa edelleen voimakkaasti kaikuu sen ainutlaatuinen historia. Asetelmat ovat oodi pohjoismaisen kesän maagiselle, ohikiitävälle luonteelle. Runsaus koostuu useiden suomalaisten ja suomessa asuvien nykytaiteilijoiden ja kädentaitajien teoksista, toteutettu eri välineillä ja materiaaleilla, vaihtelevissa mittakaavoissa ja aihepiireissä.
Institut finlandais: Almost All the Flowers in My Mother’s Garden
Lokal x Almost All the Flowers in My Mother’s Garden on jatketta Lokal Gallerian ja Institut Finlandaisin pitkäaikaiselle yhteistyölle. Tutustu uuteen käsintehtyjen taide- ja designteosten valikoimaan, joka on kuratoitu Hilla Kurjen valokuvanäyttelyn rinnalle Institut Finlandaisissa 12.4.–2.8.2025.