Marko Vuokola takes part in the upcoming Nordic Review group show at Galleri 21 in Malmö, Sweden. In 2013, Malmö’s art scene gathered for a large manifestation of Nordic contemporary art. Göran Green, the original initiator of the 2013 gathering, has invited eight artists from the neighbouring countries to meet again in Malmö. The exhibition will take place from 26 September to 19 October 2025.
Image: Marko Vuokola
2/69 076, 2023
archival pigment print, Diasec mount
2x 34 x 22,7 cm
Works by Jani Hänninen, Antti Laitinen, Elina Merenmies and Mari Sunna are featured in Hämeenlinna Art Museum’s group exhibition Spirit and Passion – Art as Ecstasy. The artworks in this exhibition offer a re-interpretation of many of the motifs commonly seen in religious art, in icons and in myths, and the traditions that shape them. The sensual and the ecstatic are directly present in the subject matter but also revealed in the riotous colour palettes and the sheer freedom that characterises the artists’ brushwork and compositional arrangements. The exhibition runs until 21 September 2025.
Image: Elina Merenmies, Dead Irwin, 2000, ink on paper, 31 x 24 cm
In Tampere, works by Kari Cavén, Matti Kujasalo, Elina Merenmies and Vesa-Pekka Rannikko are featured in Sara Hildén Art Museum’s exhibition From the Beginning. The exhibition runs until 31 August 2025.
From the Beginning offers perspectives on the changes in Finnish visual art and the diversification of the means of representation, taking a thematic approach to the art of the 21st century. There is a group of works on nature and the environment, a series of themes that introduce the finiteness of life and its darker shades, and a group of paintings and sculptures on the theme of translucency. The exhibition includes some of the most iconic works of Finnish art, as well as works recently acquired for the museum’s collection.
Image: Kari Cavén, UHO, 2008, steel