The Hidden satellite exhibition is part of the Helsinki Design Week program, and Lokal is also participating with additional workshops this year. Helsinki Design Week, the largest design festival in the Nordic countries, takes place 1st–11th September 2022.
Melissa Sammalvaara is inspired by nature and our relation to it, which shows in her mossy, luscious ‘rya’ artworks and the preference in ecological and second hand materials.
This both beautiful and functional kitchen got its design inspiration from a traditional planing bench, which has traditionally been used as a working desk.
12.8.–17.9.2022
The satellite of the Onoma co-operative’s summer exhibition Hidden approaches multisensory experiences through art, design and craftsmanship.
Melissa Sammalvaara is an adventurous artist and designer operating in Helsinki and various campsites around Finland.
Saija Halko is a Helsinki-based ceramicist and designer. She works in her studio on small scale production of ceramics. Her way of working is based on a deep knowledge of material and hands-on methods.
“Art can help one identify an emotion; to touch, be touching and to be touched.”
20.5.–6.8.2022
The cottage, or mökki, in Finnish, is a concept familiar to us all; a summer home, a dear place, a feeling of being. A home in the embrace of nature.
The group exhibition Listen to the Forest that Grows, the most recent collaboration between Institut finlandais and Katja Hagelstam of Lokal Gallery, presents a selection of artworks, craftsmanship, and design.
9.4–14.5.2022
Water, as a current moving eternally forward, is the central theme of our 10 year anniversary exhibition.
Jaea Chang is a Helsinki-based artist from South Korea, focusing on contemporary ceramics.
Paula Pääkkönen is a glass artist and glassblower working in the Nuutajärvi Glass Village.
