Aini Alastalo
Aini Alastalo is a designer whose work is based on delving into different materials.
Aini Alastalo is a designer whose work is based on delving into different materials.
Essi Nieminen is a Helsinki-based visual artist, musician and art educator, who works mainly in painting.
Iines Niemelä is a ceramic artist and designer, who addresses themes of continuity, contrasts and fragility, reflecting her observations of nature and her understanding of time.
Aino Tillonen is a Helsinki-based visual artist who works primarily in painting.
Lumi Tuomi is a Finnish-Karelian artist who works with photography, textile and hair-based works, and is inspired by the crossing of handcraft and contemporary art.
Mirella Salo’s work is a field study of colours, shapes and details, where painting, both as a material and as a practice, serves as the basis for a continuous process.
Santeri Mortti is an artist working with wood and embroidery.
6.9.–12.10.2025
Lokal’s biannual young artists’ exhibition | Onni Alanko, Aini Alastalo, Miro-Benjamin Lindström, Anni Eckerman, Amos Hagelstam-Tanttu, Hermanni Härmälä, Lassi Kontiainen & Yoonsik Kim, Waltter Mahlberg, Santeri Mortti, Iines Niemelä, Essi Nieminen, Riikka Peltola, Carlo Raymann, Mirella Salo, Aino Tillonen, Lumi Tuomi, Mira Vornanen
Janna Syvänoja is a visual artist from Helsinki. Nature, its materials and events are an inexhaustible source of joy and inspiration for her.
08–09/2025, Kontiolahti
Lokal’s curator Katja and interior architect Hanni were commissioned by Ulla-Maari Koivula in the spring of this year to conjure up even more harmony, beauty and art in the Usva house in Kontiolahti.
Paula Kasu is a Helsinki-based designer and a maker, specializing in millinery from exhibition and bespoke pieces to ready-to-wear hats.
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.