Anhava + Archives | Selected works on paper

Outi Heiskanen, Smoking Angel, 2001, drypoint, etching, 45 x 37 cm framed. Photo: Jussi Tiainen

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Our November exhibition focuses on works on paper: gems from Galerie Artek’s collection are presented alongside new works by selected artists represented by Galerie Anhava. The exhibition includes such international and Finnish names as Jean GorinJoan MiróPiet MondrianHenry MooreVictor VasarelyOuti HeiskanenPentti KaskipuroMatti Kujasalo and Sam Vanni. These are accompanied by new works on paper by Karoliina HellbergElina Merenmies and Anna Tuori. In addition to the individual prints on display, visitors can explore graphic portfolios from our sales collection in the showroom, including works by Sam Vanni and Jorma Hautala, among others.

A significant section of the exhibition consists of prints that were transferred from Galerie Artek to Galerie Anhava’s ownership in the 1990s. Under the direction of Maire Gullichsen, Galerie Artek became in the 1950s one of Finland’s most international and prestigious art galleries, and it was there that Ilona Anhava began her career as gallerist. During its years of operation, Galerie Artek introduced numerous masters of French art to Finnish audiences, as well as emerging leading figures of Finnish constructivism. In 1991, with the support of Galerie Artek, Ilona Anhava founded her own gallery, and in 1997 the two art galleries merged.

Coinciding with the exhibition at Galerie Anhava, works by Hellberg, Merenmies and Tuori are also on view at the British Museum in London as part of an exhibition of Nordic paper-based art, purchased as part of the museum’s recent programme for the acquisition art from the Nordic countries. Each of the three artists is known for their delicate and distinctive hand, and for the ability to imbue even the smallest work on paper with immense expressive power and layered depth.

 

Jorma Hautala (b. 1941) is one of the foremost Finnish classics of colourist concretism, carrying forward the legacy of Bauhaus and Russian concretism in his work. He held the position of artist professor from 1995 to 2000 in the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1989 was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal. Hautala has created numerous public artworks and murals across Finland, and he has work in the collections of the Library of Congress, British Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Albertina Museum in Vienna, Gothenburg Art Museum, Alvar Aalto Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. Most recently, Hautala’s work has been shown at Hämeenlinna Art Museum (2024–2025), Kunstsilo in Kristiansand (2024–2025), EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art (2024–2025), and Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art in Vaasa (2023).

Karoliina Hellberg (b. 1987) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, in 2015, and received the Pro Arte award from the Didrichsen Art Museum in 2018. She has held solo exhibitions in Helsinki, Copenhagen, London, Reykjavik, Stockholm, and elsewhere. Her work has featured in group exhibitions at the British Museum, London (2025); Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne (2025); Gallerí Úthverfa, Ísafjörður (2025); Amos Rex, Helsinki (2021); Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (2021); EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art (2021) and Kuopio Art Museum (2018). Her work is held in numerous collections, among them the British Museum, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Päivi and Paavo Lipponen Foundation, the Helsinki Art Museum HAM, as well as private collections in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, England, Belgium, Switzerland, and the United States.

Matti Kujasalo (b. 1946) is one of Finland’s most internationally renowned artists, and his extensive body of work holds an important place within the international constructivist movement. In recent years, his solo exhibitions have been presented at Galerie Friese in Berlin (2018; 2022–2023), Galerie Anhava (2020), and Galerie Denise René in Paris (2018). His works have also featured in group exhibitions at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art (2023–2024); 2024–2025), Amos Rex, Helsinki (2024), Kunstsilo, Kristiansand (2024), the Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere (2023) and LACMA, Los Angeles (2021). Through donations, works by Kujasalo have entered the collections of two museums in the United States, LACMA and The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. His works are also held by the Albertina Museum, Vienna; the Arithmeum, Bonn; EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art; HAM Helsinki Art Museum; the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation; the Josef Albers Museum; and Moderna Museet, as well as private collections in Finland, Europe, Japan and the United States.

Elina Merenmies (b. 1967) has work represented in major public and private collections in Finland, as well as those of several European art museums, including the British Museum and Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, and in numerous international private collections. In recent years, her works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions  at the British Museum (2025); Turku Art Museum (2024–2025); Amos Rex (2022); HAM Helsinki Art Museum (2022; 2024); Nordiska Akvarellmuseet (2019); Norrköping Art Museum (2017–2018); and the Serlachius Museums (2017–2018). Alongside her artistic practice, Merenmies has served as rector of the Free Art School in Helsinki since 2020. A book surveying her work from the past twelve years, Everything Shows, was published in November 2024 in conjunction with her solo exhibition of the same name at Turku Art Museum.

Anna Tuori (b. 1976) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, in 2003, and she also studied at L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1999–2000. In addition to Galerie Anhava, she has held solo exhibitions at venues including Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve in Paris. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including the British Museum, London (2025); Måll, Karjaa (2024); Busan Museum of Art (2019); Efremidis Gallery, Berlin (2018); Norrköping Art Museum (2017); and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (2015). Tuori has been nominated for both the Ars Fennica and Carnegie Art Award prizes. In addition to private collections, her works are held in several public ones, including those of the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Sara Hildén Art Museum, and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.

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