• SOMMARSTILLEBEN

    15.6.–24.8.2025
    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.

    May 8, 2025
    Events, Exhibitions

  • Lokal Creators / Henna Nuutinen

    Henna Nuutinen is an artist & designer working in Lahti, Finland. She is currently working on large ceramic sculptures dealing with themes of fragility and cohesion, reflecting on Nuutinen’s own relationship with nature. We visited her studio in Lahti to get a closer look at her most recent pieces as they were coming to life.

    May 6, 2025
    Creators

  • Institut finlandais: Almost All the Flowers in My Mother’s Garden

    Lokal x Almost All the Flowers in My Mother’s Garden marks the return of a collaboration between Lokal Gallery and Institut Finlandais. Discover a new selection of handmade art and design pieces curated in dialogue with Hilla Kurki’s photography exhibition at Institut finlandais 12.4.–2.8.2025.

    April 27, 2025
    Events

  • Exhibition #103 – Linda Linko & Milla Vaahtera / Serifs and Jellybeans

    4.4.–24.5.2025
    The works in Linda Linko’s and Milla Vaahtera’s exhibition form a common perspective on making art – through joy and a deep exploration of forms. Their work is united by a striving for optimism, without forgetting sensitivity. Both also perceive colours and shapes in the same way as typography. “We see the foot, the ends, the curve, the gravity and the relations – the positive and negative space. Eventually, the boundaries between typography, landscape painting, portraiture and glass sculpture fade awaym, as long as you look closely enough.”

    March 27, 2025
    Exhibitions

  • Lokal Creators / Didi NG Wing Yin

    Didi NG Wing Yin is an awarded wood artist based in Helsinki, originally from Hong Kong. He centres on woodworking in unique sculptural furniture and crafts characterised by his distinctive carving techniques. We visited Didi at Minestrone Workshop as he was preparing his last pieces for his exhibition Not Just Something.

    March 26, 2025
    Creators

  • Exhibition #102 – Didi NG Wing Yin / Not Just Something

    28.2.–29.3.2025
    “Through carving, I aim to reveal the unseen essence of wood. Every mark, texture, and cut represents my reflections on the material, inviting viewers to connect with the wood’s silent yet hidden language. Each artwork is a record of thinking through making, where each piece embodies my study of the nature of wood itself.”

    February 19, 2025
    Exhibitions, Uncategorized

  • Bloom 2025 / Open Call

    We are delighted to be having our eighth Bloom exhibition, Lokal’s biannual young artists’ exhibition. Bloom has become an established platform for young blossoming creatives to present their works in a curated group exhibition context.

    February 15, 2025
    Events

  • Juha-Pekka Laakio

    Juha-Pekka Laakio is a photographer and photo artist from Helsinki. In recent years, he has focused on food photography, photographing commissions as well as his own artistic projects.

    February 10, 2025
    Artist Index, Index

  • Lokal Creators / Armi Teva

    Armi Teva is a visual artist and designer living in Helsinki. Teva operates in various fields, including sculpture, illustration and public art pieces. The works are united by a playful style, bold use of colours and a passion for drawing. Ceramics is one material close to Teva. She held an exhibition of ceramic reliefs on Lokal’s White Wall at the end of 2024, and we visited her studio as she was wrapping up the year.

    January 30, 2025
    Creators

  • Santtu Mustonen

    Santtu Mustonen, a multimedia artist, explores emotions like excitement, distortion, and the surreal through sculptures, installations, paintings, and movement.

    January 24, 2025
    Artist Index

  • Exhibition #101 – Ilari Hautamäki & Santtu Mustonen / Once in a Hyper Moon

    25.1.–22.2.2025
    This unexpected exhibition presents a collection of works that explore three-dimensional textures, color combinations, and various techniques used to create texture-filled surfaces. The materials used by the artists, such as glass and paper, serve as the foundation for the pieces. The artworks blend the organic and industrial, as well as the controlled and spontaneous, in ways that reflect each artist’s unique approach.

    January 16, 2025
    Exhibitions