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Exhibition #87 – Pause
17.2.–25.3.2023
A momentary stop, a pause, a light, silent breath. -
Lokal Creators / Rasmus Palmgren
Rasmus Palmgren is a designer who seeks new perspectives for everyday objects, always on the lookout for clever, innovative and simple solutions and a fine balance between material, aesthetics, usability and production. Over the years we have had the joy to exhibit his unique, sculptural furniture pieces.
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Bloom 2023 / Open Call
We are delighted to be having our seventh 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.
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Lokal Creators / Matti Pikkujämsä
Matti Pikkujämsä is an esteemed freelance illustrator and artist since, working in the interface of art and illustration. We visited his make-shift studio in his Helsinki apartment just before we started setting up his solo exhibition Variations.
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Factory 2: Renata Schirm / Myriad
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 colour, and its relation to light.
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Lokal Creators / Outi Martikainen
Outi Martikainen is a classically trained textile artist. Her works are influenced by craftworks and the practice of observation, which is so central to art. Martikainen often finds her materials in everyday life and gives them a new purpose.
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Exhibition #86 – Matti Pikkujämsä / Variations
13.1.–11.2.2023
Matti Pikkujämsä’s solo exhibition reflects the secrets and charms of repetition. -
Lokal Creators / Sasha Huber
Sasha Huber is a visual artist of Swiss-Haitian heritage. Huber’s work is primarily concerned with history’s influence on the present and focuses mainly on the ramifications of colonialism. We visited her studio as she was working on her new pieces for our Jewel exhibition, as well as her Tailoring Freedom series.
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Institut Finlandais: Listening to the Forest that Grows (Season II)
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.
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Exhibition #85 – Jewel
25.11.2022–7.1.2023
The yuletide gem – eternal – brilliant – immeasurably valuable -
Lokal Creators / Linda Linko
Linda Linko is a Helsinki-based visual artist, who creates images that are linked to momentary experience. We visited her studio just as she had emptied it out to fill the Lokal Gallery space for her solo exhibition Blush.
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Exhibition #84 – Linda Linko / Blush
28.10.–19.11.2022
Linda Linko’s Blush ensemble of paintings and drawings has followed her for many years, waiting for the right moment to be presented.