Exhibition Archive

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.

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.”

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.”

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.

7.12.2024 – 18.1.2025
In the wintertime exhibition, wood and ceramics complement each other. The pitch black and glossy white wooden surfaces and the tones of red clay brick alongside porcelain are windows to other worlds – they bring play, warmth and comfort to the middle of this season.

18.10.–16.11.2024
In this exhibition two artists, Sasha Huber and Petri Saarikko, come together to explore themes of otherness and connection.

30.8.–12.10.2024
Petri Ala-Maunus, Arni Aromaa, Roma Auskalnyte, EGS, Mariam Falaleih, Artor Jesus Inkerö, Jussi Juurinen, Anssi Kasitonni, Outi Koivisto, Veera Kulju, Ilkka Kärkkäinen, Laura Pehkonen, Ari Pelkonen, Antti Tanttu

7.6.–24.8.2024
Sari Bremer, Heli Hiltunen, Pasi Karjula, Aimo Katajamäki, Ritva Kovalainen, Lotta Mattila, Jonas Lutz, Kim Simonsson

26.4.–1.6.2024
Anew dawns nature
As the axis of the Earth
Turns to the sunlight
Every year within
The old, perished ones spring up
New existences

8.3.–20.4.2024
Matias Karsikas, Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen, Milla Vaahtera
The spring anthem, composed by three contemporary artists, is sung in their own distinct voices.

19.1.–2.3.2024
Ville Aakula & Guests
All the people and experiences we encounter in life plant a seed in us; through acceptance they blossom and thus we all become florists.

24.11.2023–13.1.2024
Renata Schirm’s (Jakowleff) Monotone exhibition is a look at the gaps, the relationships and rhythms between pieces of a whole, their ability to reveal the essential despite the insignificance of the parts.

6.10.–18.11.2023
It’s that time of year. Reflect, preserve and savor. It’s time to make jam, to bottle the summer harvest in a precious compote.

1.9.–30.9.2023
The exhibition explores human-shaped landscape, climate and Nature from varying distances.

9.6.–26.8.2023
A compilation of an entire summer; the will of seedlings, cyclical growth, the wonders of nature, the faith hidden in a seed, quick bursts.

5.5.–3.6.2023
Lokal’s biannual young artists’ exhibition

31.3.–30.4.2023
The Year of the Rabbit exhibition by Aimo Katajamäki and Pan Jianfeng depicts change, optimism and new opportunities.

17.2.–25.3.2023
A momentary stop, a pause, a light, silent breath.

13.1.–11.2.2023
Matti Pikkujämsä’s solo exhibition reflects the secrets and charms of repetition.

25.11.2022–7.1.2023
The yuletide gem – eternal – brilliant – immeasurably valuable

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.

23.9.–22.10.2022
The exhibition expresses affection and admiration towards everyday life, other beings, all of Creation and humanity.

12.8.–17.9.2022
The satellite of the Onoma co-operative’s summer exhibition Hidden approaches multisensory experiences through art, design and craftsmanship.

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.

9.4–14.5.2022
Water, as a current moving eternally forward, is the central theme of our 10 year anniversary exhibition.

11.2.–2.4.2022
To go from a frozen to a liquid state, to become free of the effect of cold as a result of exposure to warmth, to be warm enough to melt ice and snow, to abandon aloofness, reserve, or hostility, or to become mobile, active, or susceptible to change.

26.11.–22.12.2021
Our theme for this winter reflects heat, warmth, the home, sharing stories with our loved ones over a meal, and our primal human relationship with fire.

9.9.–2.10.2021
Antrei Hartikainen’s exhibition Fragile is themed around the fragility of man and nature.

5.8.–4.9.2021
Spark presents new local glass, as interpreted by the young and organic generation.

6.5.–5.6.2021
Bloom is Lokal’s biannual youth exhibition; an established platform for young blossoming creatives to present and sell their work in a curated group exhibition context.

7.–30.4.2021
Inka Bell, Renata Jakowleff, Linda Linko, Paula Pääkkönen, Jenni Rope & Sami Ruotsalainen

17.–27.3.2021
The artists challenge existing notions of language and form(s) (or formlessness) of both the ‘man-made’ and materials sourced from nature.

4.2.–13.3.2021
Artist, illustrator and graphic designer Aimo Katajamäki moves his world two blocks away from his studio, and into Lokal.

18.11.2020–23.1.2021
The Itkupaju exhibition intertwines Itkupaju, a large textile piece by Outi Martikainen, with a sea of candles, and other accompanying art pieces.

22.10.–14.11.2020

We live in a time in which sensing, touching and analog experiences are limited.

20.8.–31.10.2020
Miniatyr Keramik is like a home built into the Lokal gallery space; filled with ceramic miniature sculptures and small ceramic items.

4.6.–15.8.2020

Isolation made us long for meaningful gatherings. What is it that brings us together?

13.3.–31.5.2020
The white innocence of the polar spaces has always been treacherous.

17.1.–1.3.2020
The works in the exhibition ‘Muoto – Lögun’ by Tiina Koivusalo are based upon forms from Iceland and the Finnish archipelago.

22.11.2019–12.1.2020
Joulumanteli, i.e. Christmas almond, is a Christmas greeting in the form of an exhibition by Erja Hirvi and Pasi Kärkkäinen-Tunkelo.

7.–17.11.2019

Furniture, objects, lighting – contemporary design collection.

4.10.–3.11.2019
Coming Home III brings to Helsinki the works exhibited in Copenhagen at CHART Design 2019. 

23.8.–29.9.2019
The theme of this year’s TypoCraftHelsinki is “Kauno”, or “Joint Writing”.

13.6.–18.8.2019
What does the summertime in Helsinki sound like, and which are the colours that reflect from it’s rooftops at sunset?

17.5.–9.6.2019
“An Autumn Hike With Her” combines traditional graphics, photography and sculptures with movement and performativity.

7.4.–12.5.2019
Coming Home II presents works by the artists who are the heart of Lokal.

28.2.–31.3.2019

According to Immanuel Kant, beauty is not the quality we see in a peace of art or in nature, but a state of mind.

25.01.–24.02.2019

Inka Kivalo, Heli Tuori-Luutonen & Riitta Turunen. Three friends founded an artist trio with an aim to organise a series of joint exhibitions.

15.11.2018–20.1.2019
After having made their first appearance at CHART Design 2018 in Copenhagen, these treasured pieces are finally coming back home to show their splendour in Helsinki.

11.10.–11.11.2018
MESI (Eng. Nectar) is a dialogue between the two young artists Matias Liimatainen and Sanna Lehto.

23.8.–7.10.2018
BLOOM is Lokal’s biannual youth exhibition, featuring the works of artists and designers under the age of 30.

14.6.–19.8.2018
Jenni and Matti became friends when they were studying together in 1999. Blue Things is their first joint exhibition.

4.5.–10.6.2018
Designer duo Nathalie Lautenbacher and Naoto Niidome create out of unique artwork a miniature world in the Lokal Gallery.

7.–29.4.2018
Ananya and Aurea Tanttu (b. 1994 & -96) are real-life sisters raised in between continents and cultures. Their visual dialogue possesses an aesthetic which honours a forgotten romanticism.

3.–31.3.2018
Mix & Match combines emerging talent we’re excited about and established artists we already love.

20.1.–25.2.2018
Viiva, The Line, is a group exhibition featuring seven artists, who all in the their own technique and chosen material explore ‘the line’.

10.11.2017–14.1.2018
Satumetsä (Enchanted Forest) is a playful and a little quirky interpretation of the traditional Finnish fairytales.

7.9.–29.10.2017
The TypoCraftHelsinki journey started in 2015 with the TCH´15 exhibition in Helsinki.

30.6.–2.9.2017
Interior architect and awarded artist Hanni Koroma is celebrating her 20 year artist jubilee year.

2.–22.6.2017
ÄÄRILLÄ is a result of a year-long process of Mari Isopahkala and Sami Ruotsalainen designing together and as individuals, showcased together with Reeta Ek’s art prints.

4.–28.5.2017
Sisters Anna and Sandra Kantanen are exhibiting together for the first time, bringing together Anna’s everyday objects transformed into luxurious moments, with Sandra’s photographic series ”Distortions”.

31.3.2017–30.4.2017
A remote cottage in Nordic Iceland overlooking a dark, steaming pond with strange foliage and mysterious lava stones.

15.1.–19.2.2017
Taiteilijat O ry:n 10-vuotisnäyttely Oi Suomi, katso kommunikoi taideteollisen taiteen ammattilaisten viestin Suomelle. Eri medioin ja materiaalein puhalletaan yhteiseen kipinään keskellä pimeää kaamosaikaa.

20.11.2016–8.1.2017
Yhes, Together, is a group exhibition in which we celebrate togetherness in the theme of an abundant festive setting.

15.10 – 13.11.2016

Ville Tanttu – Taittuvan valon valtakunta

26.8-9.10.2016

Lokal’s annual youth exhibition, featuring artists and designers under the age of 30.

10.6 – 21.8.2016

Lokal gives a taste of the theme ‘growth’, by hosting selected artists from the main ONOMA exhibition (curated by Katja Hagelstam) in Fiskars.

24.2.2017–19.3.2017
The first in a series of three exhibitions, as part of Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen’s doctoral studies at Aalto university.