Meet the Artist: SANTERI TUORI
Sunday 23 February, 13.00–15.00
Artist’s tour to the exhibition 13.30
On Sunday 23 February, at 13–15, Santeri Tuori will be present at the gallery to discuss and answer questions about his artistic practice. At 13.30 the artist will give a tour to his exhibition Immediate Nature, on view until 2 March.
Tervetuloa | Välkommen | Welcome!
Photo: Timo Setälä
Essi Kuokkanen‘s solo show will take place at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki, from 10 October 2025 until 1 March 2026.
In Kuokkanen’s paintings, the thoughts and feelings that swirl around in our subconscious take physical form. Everything is connected in a dreamlike way, the boundaries between species are blurred, the inanimate comes to life, and living beings split into pieces. At times, a sadness emerges beneath the apparently carefree surface. The artist describes her method of working as circular motion, in which images, painting, and naming the piece blend together to form something new. The exhibition is curated by Kiasma’s curator Max Hannus.
Works by Kuokkanen were previously seen at Kiasma as part of the international ARS22 show of contemporary art, as one of the few Finnish artists.
Image:Essi Kuokkanen, I Like the Way It Stings, 2018
Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen
Artist duo Grönlund–Nisunen’s solo exhibition Häiriötiloja / Interferences opened at Ars Nova in Turku. The exhibition brings together a contrapuntal mix of works, where curious experimentation meets analytical reflection. Häiriötiloja / Interferences runs until 25 May 2025.
Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen are known for their kinetic installations and sculptures that combine space, light and sound. The duo’s professional backgrounds are in architecture and music. The works are often site- or situation-specific in nature and based on everyday observations. They are connected to physical phenomena, including electric currents, radiation, gravity, magnetism and the properties of matter and sound. They are experiments, a form given by the artists, focusing on the essentials. Although the works are industrial, minimalist and even cold, they require a sentient observer.
Image: Grönlund – Nisunen, Frozen globe, 2023, 20 x 20 x 20 cm, round stainless-steel container, frozen gel, white painted pedestal and freezer.
Photo: Santino Lamorte