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.
13.1.–11.2.2023
Matti Pikkujämsä’s solo exhibition reflects the secrets and charms of repetition.
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.
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.
25.11.2022–7.1.2023
The yuletide gem – eternal – brilliant – immeasurably valuable
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.
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.
Päivi Keski-Pomppu is a fine jewellery designer based in Helsinki, Finland. We visited her studio, where she works on both her jewellery as well as her sculptural pieces.
The Lokal Kollektion products are designed collaboratively with some of our favourite makers. These objects are a family of future classics.
Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and researcher. We visited her studio as she was preparing her pieces for the Sinua sinua rakastan exhibition.
23.9.–22.10.2022
The exhibition expresses affection and admiration towards everyday life, other beings, all of Creation and humanity.
Matti Pikkujämsä (b. 1976) works between art and illustration, making free paintings and drawings in addition to commissions.
