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Hannu Väisänen at Kunsthalle Helsinki

Hannu Väisänen at Kunsthalle Helsinki

November 5–January 8

HANNU VÄISÄNEN: 12 CEILINGS 
KUNSTHALLE HELSINKI

Kim Simonsson at La Biennale de Lyon

Kim Simonsson at La Biennale de Lyon

September 14–December 31, 2022

Kim Simonsson's works at The Lyon Contemporary Art Biennal

Emma Helle and Leena Nio at Mänttä Art Festival

Emma Helle and Leena Nio at Mänttä Art Festival

June 12–August 31, 2022

Emma Helle and Leena Nio takes part in the Mänttä Art Festival

Marjatta Tapiola and Heikki Marila at Laukko Manor

Marjatta Tapiola and Heikki Marila at Laukko Manor

June 6–August 8, 2022

Marjatta Tapiola: Kallot | Heikki Marila: Apokalypsis

 

Anna Fasshauer at Pilane Sculpture park

Anna Fasshauer at Pilane Sculpture park

May 14–18 September, 2022

Anna Fasshauer's sculptures on view at Pilane

Riiko Sakkinen at Hotel and Restaurant Museum

Riiko Sakkinen at Hotel and Restaurant Museum

June 3–August 14, 2022

Riiko Sakkinen's 'Molotov Cocktail Happy Meal' at Hotel and Restaurant Museum 

Kim Simonsson's giant sculptures take over the center of Lille

Kim Simonsson's giant sculptures take over the center of Lille

May 14 to October 2, 2022

Kim Simonsson's works are part of the Lille3000 cultural festival

Marianna Uutinen at Amos Rex

Marianna Uutinen at Amos Rex

April 2–August 21, 2022

Marianna Uutinen takes part in a group show at Amos Rex

IM MEMORIAM DONALD BAECHLER

IM MEMORIAM DONALD BAECHLER

Galerie Forsblom greatly regrets to announce the passing of artist Donald Baechler (1956-2022).

Johanna Ehrnrooth's exhibition at the Kuva/Tila gallery of Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts

Johanna Ehrnrooth's exhibition at the Kuva/Tila gallery of Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts

February 11–28, 2022

Johanna Ehrnrooth’s versatile career as an artist is in focus at the Kuva/Tila gallery.

Bernar Venet's retrospective at Tempelhof Flughafen, Berlin

Bernar Venet's retrospective at Tempelhof Flughafen, Berlin

January 29 – May 30, 2022

Bernar Venet: 1961 – 202, 60 years of performance, paintings and sculptures.

Adam Saks at The Nordic Watercolour Museum

Adam Saks at The Nordic Watercolour Museum

September 26, 2021–January 16, 2022

Adam Saks at the New Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow

Adam Saks at the New Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow

November 23, 2021–March 13, 2022

Jussi Goman's exhibition at Ronneby Kulturcentrum

Jussi Goman's exhibition at Ronneby Kulturcentrum

November 13, 2021–January 9, 2022

A sculpture by Bernar Venet in the Serlachius Museum Gösta's park

A sculpture by Bernar Venet in the Serlachius Museum Gösta's park

Last Monday, the sculpture by the French sculptor Bernar Venet was unveiled at the Serlachius Museum's Gösta Park.

Leena Nio at Espoo Museum of Modern Art

Leena Nio at Espoo Museum of Modern Art

Leena and Kalle Nio’s first collaboration, Painting Machine at EMMA.

Heikki Marila at Laukko Manor

Heikki Marila at Laukko Manor

May 5–September 26, 2021

Heikki Marila is celebrating 30 years as an artist at Laukko Manor.

Hannu Väisänen's exhibition at Ateneum

Hannu Väisänen's exhibition at Ateneum

Hannu Väisänen and Schillmark Variations at Ateneum, Helsinki

April 13–August 8, 2021

A documentary about Kaj Forsblom

A documentary about Kaj Forsblom

A documentary about gallerist Kaj Forsblom and his colorful life on Yle Teema.

Jarmo Mäkilä talks about his current exhibition

Jarmo Mäkilä talks about his current exhibition

Watch the video where Mäkilä talks about his art and the current show

Jenny Carlsson's exhibition at Ronneby Kunsthalle

Jenny Carlsson's exhibition at Ronneby Kunsthalle

November 14, 2020–January 10, 2021

Kaarina Kaikkonen at Gallery Hanaholmen

Kaarina Kaikkonen at Gallery Hanaholmen

September 26–February 28, 2021

Jenni Hiltunen in a group show at Kerava Art Museum

Jenni Hiltunen in a group show at Kerava Art Museum

September 5, 2020–January 10, 2021

Im Memoriam: Ron Gorchov (1930-2020)

Im Memoriam: Ron Gorchov (1930-2020)

Galerie Forsblom greatly regrets to announce the passing of Ron Gorchov.

Reima Nevalainen at the Porvoo Kunsthalle

Reima Nevalainen at the Porvoo Kunsthalle

Reima Nevalainen: Flood Recedes, Porvoo Art Factory, June 9–August 30, 2020

Jenny Carlsson's exhibition at Fabriken Bästekille

Jenny Carlsson's exhibition at Fabriken Bästekille

Jenny Carlsson's exhibition "Himmel lätt och tung som bly" at Fabriken Bästekille, Kivik, Sweden, from June 27 to November 11, 2020.

In the studio: Johannes Hägglund

In the studio: Johannes Hägglund

Collectors Agenda visited Johannes Hägglund in his studio.

C.QP's interview with Reima Nevalainen

C.QP's interview with Reima Nevalainen

Read C.QP's interview with Reima Nevalainen. 

In the Studio: Ines Stella

In the Studio: Ines Stella

Interview with Collectors Agenda

Donald Sultan's exhibition at Galerie Forsblom

Donald Sultan's exhibition at Galerie Forsblom

Due to the current situation, Galerie Forsblom had to cancel the exhibition with internationally established artist Donald Sultan at the gallery in Stockholm.

Kristina Riska working at Arabia Art Department

Kristina Riska working at Arabia Art Department

Video of Kristina Riska working with her ceramic sculptures at the Arabia Art Department.

Jarl Ingvarsson in group show at Hangmen Projects

Jarl Ingvarsson in group show at Hangmen Projects

March 6–April 4, 2020

Hangmen Projects presents the group show ALL CHEERED UP! Opening March 6, at 5–9pm.


Participating artists are Jarl Ingvarsson, Anastasia Ax, Helene Billgren, Jacob Dahlgren, Klas Eriksson, Éva Mag, Santiago Mostyn, Tova Mozard, Julia Peirone and more.

Jarmo Mäkilä in a group show at the Gallen-Kallela Museum

Jarmo Mäkilä in a group show at the Gallen-Kallela Museum

February 8–April 26, 2020

Artist Jarmo Mäkilä is participating in the Nordic Noir exhibition at the Gallen-Kallela Museum. The exhibition is an encounter of six Finnish and Norwegian artists.

'Inspiration – Iconic Works' at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

'Inspiration – Iconic Works' at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

February 20–May 17, 2020

Susanne Gottberg, Ola Kolehmainen, Jarmo Mäkilä and Heikki Marila are included in the newly opened exhibition at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Open until May 17, 2020.

Hans Andersson in group show at Solna Buisness Park

Hans Andersson in group show at Solna Buisness Park

February 20–March 31, 2020

A group exhibition produced by Ilja Karilampi, Fabege and Solna Business Park.

In Dialogue with Riiko Sakkinen

In Dialogue with Riiko Sakkinen

Riiko Sakkinen's talks about his art and about his up-coming exhibitions at Galerie Forsblom Helsinki and at the Natural History Museum.

EXPLORATIONS – Lars Göran Johnsson Collection at Turku Art Museum

EXPLORATIONS – Lars Göran Johnsson Collection at Turku Art Museum

January 24–May 17, 2020.

The museum exhibition includes works by artists represented by the gallery.

Jenny Carlsson in group exhibition at Bonniers Konsthall

Jenny Carlsson in group exhibition at Bonniers Konsthall

January 22–Mars 29, 2020

'The Trees, Light Green: Landscape Painting – Past and Present', opens Jan 22, 2020.

Ernst Billgren on Swedish Television

Ernst Billgren on Swedish Television

From January 9, 2020

Swedish Television has followed Ernst Billgren, his daughter Elsa and previous wife Helene, in their everyday life for one year. 

Katja Tukiainen takes part in LUX Helsinki

Katja Tukiainen takes part in LUX Helsinki

January 4–8, 2020

Katja Tukiainen takes part in LUX Helsinki with an interactive 12meter artwork Do-gooders. 

Isaac Julien - One of the Most Influential Artists of 2019

Isaac Julien - One of the Most Influential Artists of 2019

Galerie Forsblom is proud to be working with artist Isaac Julien and congratulate him to the award by Artsy as one of this year’s most influential artists.

 

Review of Jannis Varelas exhibition in Artforum Magazine

Review of Jannis Varelas exhibition in Artforum Magazine

Read the review of Jannis Varelas exhibition at Benaki Museum.

Marjatta Tapiola and Jarmo Mäkilä receives honorary memership of the Finnish Painters' Association

Marjatta Tapiola and Jarmo Mäkilä receives honorary memership of the Finnish Painters' Association

Congratulations to Marjatta Tapiola and Jarmo Mäkilä for their honorary membership of the Finnish Painters' Association!

Susanne Gottberg received the Visual Artist Award

Susanne Gottberg received the Visual Artist Award

Warmest congratulations to Susanne Gottberg for receiving the Visual Artist Award granted by The Artists' Association of Finland!

Tallest work of public art in the world by Bernar Venet

Tallest work of public art in the world by Bernar Venet

Bernar Venet's sculpture the Arc Majeur is the tallest of its type on the face of the globe.

Kiira Miesmaa is appointed CEO of Galerie Forsblom

Kiira Miesmaa is appointed CEO of Galerie Forsblom

We are pleased to announce that Kiira Miesmaa is returning to Galerie Forsblom.

Leena Nio creates art to one of the five new Länsimetro stations

Leena Nio creates art to one of the five new Länsimetro stations

"Five new metro stations will feature art in different forms – five different pieces of art that fit the station's identity."

Tony Oursler at the Foundation Cartier

Tony Oursler at the Foundation Cartier

October 15–October 20, 2019

For the exhibition 'Trees', Tony Oursler creates 'Eclipse', a video installation placed in the garden of the Fondation Cartier, where the trees are used to create images with video projection. 

Toni R. Toivonen's exhibiton in Vienna

Toni R. Toivonen's exhibiton in Vienna

Toni R. Toivonen: Madness Invited, September 13–October 12, 2019

Performance by Virpi Pahkinen and presentation by Charlotte Gyllenhammar

Performance by Virpi Pahkinen and presentation by Charlotte Gyllenhammar

September 7–September 8, 2019

Don't miss this unique opportunity to see Virpi Pahkinen perform at Galerie Forsblom in Stockholm! After the performance Charlotte Gyllenhammar will present her exhibition.
Saturday and Sunday, September 7–8, at 2.30pm. No R.S.V.P. needed, welcome!

Jannis Varelas at the Benaki Museum

Jannis Varelas at the Benaki Museum

Galerie Forsblom is proud to inform about the upcoming exhibition of Jannis Varelas at the Benaki Museum in Greece.

Group exhibition at Lokstallet, Strömstad

Group exhibition at Lokstallet, Strömstad

August 10–September 29, 2019

Lokstallet Konsthall in Strömstad, Sweden is exhibiting a group show with artists Ernst Billgren, Linn Fernström, Lotta Hannerz among others. Opening Saturday August 10 at 1pm.  
 

An announcement of representation: Katja Tukiainen

An announcement of representation: Katja Tukiainen

We are happy to announce a new artist representation, Katja Tukiainen, welcome!

Toni R. Toivonen at Haus am Lützowplatz

Toni R. Toivonen at Haus am Lützowplatz

June 7–August 11, 2019

Toni R. Toivonen takes part in 'Mostly Happy – Finnish art today' at  Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin.

Tilda Lovell at Sturehof, Stockholm

Tilda Lovell at Sturehof, Stockholm

Works by Tilda Lovell is on view at the Restaurant Sturehof, Stockholm. The exhibition Frutti di Mare is curated by Kiwi (Ulf Kihlander and Martin Wickström).

 

Opening Wednesday June 12, between 5–7pm.

 

Petra Hultman exhibits at Meken, Smedjebacken

Petra Hultman exhibits at Meken, Smedjebacken

June 7–August 11, 2019

The group exhibition Work/Existens opens on June 7, 2019.

Marianna Uutinen at Weserburg Museum of Modern Art

Marianna Uutinen at Weserburg Museum of Modern Art

March 30, 2019–January 5, 2020

Marianna Uutinen takes part in the group exhibition "The Way We Are 1.0" at Weserburg Museum of Modern Art in Bremen, Germany

Susanne Gottberg's exhibition at Kunsthalle Helsinki

Susanne Gottberg's exhibition at Kunsthalle Helsinki

JUNE 1–AUGUST 4, 2019

Susanne Gottberg's exhibition 'The Third Factor' opens on June 1, 2019, at Kunsthalle Helsinki.

Matthias van Arkel exhibits at the Alma Löv Museum

Matthias van Arkel exhibits at the Alma Löv Museum

June 15–September 1, 2019

Matthias van Arkel will be exhibiting his large associative mural in silicone Dark Nature, 2017.

Anna Camner exhibits in Mumbai, India

Anna Camner exhibits in Mumbai, India

June 2–June 5, 2019

Anna Camner is exhibiting in the show Swedish Style in Mumbai, India.

Helena Blomqvist at Hasselblad Foundation

Helena Blomqvist at Hasselblad Foundation

May 25–September 22, 2019

Helena Blomqvist participates in the group exhibition at Hasselblad Foundation in Gothenburg, Sweden. 

Charlotte Gyllenhammar at Blickachsen 12

Charlotte Gyllenhammar at Blickachsen 12

May 26–October 6, 2019

Charlotte Gyllenhammar participates in the Sculpture Biennale at Blickachsen 12, in Bad Homburg and Frankfurt Rhine-Main.

Kaarina Kaikkonen at Blickachsen 12

Kaarina Kaikkonen at Blickachsen 12

May 26–October 6, 2019

Kaarina Kaikkonen is taking part in Blickachsen 12 – Contemporary Sculpture in Bad Homburg and Frankfurt Rhine-Main

An announcement of representation: Charlotte Gyllenhammar

An announcement of representation: Charlotte Gyllenhammar

Galerie Forsblom is happy to announce a new artist representation, Charlotte Gyllenhammar.

We look forward to her upcoming exhibition in August, 2019!

 

An announcement of representation: Anna Camner

An announcement of representation: Anna Camner

​Galerie Forsblom welcome Anna Camner to our representation of artists!
Camner will be exhibiting at the gallery in Stockholm, September, 2019.

An announcement of representation: Nicklas Randau

An announcement of representation: Nicklas Randau

We are happy to announce a new artist representation, Nicklas Randau, welcome!

In the Studio: Marjatta Tapiola

In the Studio: Marjatta Tapiola

Interview by Collectors Agenda

Jacob Hashimoto at the Studio la Città at GAD – Giudecca Art District during Venice Biennale

Jacob Hashimoto at the Studio la Città at GAD – Giudecca Art District during Venice Biennale

May 12—July 28, 2019

Jacob Hashimoto takes part in the group show 'Recursions and Mutations' during the Venice Biennale.

Hans Andersson at the Studio Giardini during the Venice Biennale

Hans Andersson at the Studio Giardini during the Venice Biennale

May 12–May 17, 2019

Hans Andersson is curating an exhibition at the Studio Giardini on view during the Venice Biennale, opening on May 12th, 4–7pm

 

Peter Halley at the Venice Biennale, 2019

Peter Halley at the Venice Biennale, 2019

May 8–August 10, 2019

Peter Halley exhibits in Venice together with artists Lauren Clay, RM Fischer, Andrew Kuo. Curator Gea Politi. Preview May 7th, 5.30–8.30pm


 

An announcement of representation: Ines Sederholm

An announcement of representation: Ines Sederholm

We are happy to announce that Ines Sederholm joined our artist roster.

Im Memoriam: Oiva Toikka 1931–2019

Im Memoriam: Oiva Toikka 1931–2019

Galerie Forsblom greatly regrets to announce the passing of the Great Finnish Designer Oiva Toikka on Easter Monday.

In the Studio: Marianna Uutinen

In the Studio: Marianna Uutinen

Interview by Collectors Agenda

Hans Andersson at Fullersta Gård

Hans Andersson at Fullersta Gård

April 6–June 30, 2019

Hans Andersson is showing in a new exhibition with Linnea Sjöberg at Fullersta Gård, Huddinge, Sweden.
 

 

 

Helena Blomqvist at Lidköpings Konsthall

Helena Blomqvist at Lidköpings Konsthall

Mars 2–April 27, 2019

Blomqvist's photographic works 'Florentine' in an exhibition at Lidköpings Konsthall

MIRKKA METSOLA X VILLE KYLÄTASKU SSAW19 LAUNCH PARTY

MIRKKA METSOLA X VILLE KYLÄTASKU SSAW19 LAUNCH PARTY

Mirkka Metsola & Ville Kylätasku Ultraviolet collaboration launch at the Helsinki gallery
 

Markku Keränen at the Embassy of Czech Republic

Markku Keränen at the Embassy of Czech Republic

Exhibition at Embassy gallery, February 14–April 18, 2019

Marianna Uutinen in a group show in Vantaa Art Museum Artsi

Marianna Uutinen in a group show in Vantaa Art Museum Artsi

Wall painting exhibition 80 Days, February 22–May 13, 2019

A new announcement of representation

A new announcement of representation

We are thrilled to announce the representation of Marjatta Tapiola.

Marika Mäkelä joined our artist roster

Marika Mäkelä joined our artist roster

To celebrate the upcoming spring, we will make a series of announcements of additions to our artist roster.

Tilda Lovell at Turku Art Museum

Tilda Lovell at Turku Art Museum

New exhibition with Tilda Lovell: The Queen Conch at the Turku Art Museum, Finland.
On view between Nov 30, 2018–Jan 20, 2019.

Jenni Hiltunen at Växjö Konsthall

Jenni Hiltunen at Växjö Konsthall

Jenni Hiltunen's exhibition on view at Växjö Konsthall, Sweden from November 23 to January 13, 2019

Stephan Balkenhol's exhibition at Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord

Stephan Balkenhol's exhibition at Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord

Stephan Balkenhol's exhibition at Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, October 27, 2018 –January 13, 2019.

Jarl Ingvarsson received the Prins Eugen Medal

Jarl Ingvarsson received the Prins Eugen Medal

Jarl Ingvarsson received the Prins Eugen Medal of Honor by HM King Carl XVI Gustaf, for distinguished artistic achievement. 

Hans Andersson at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm

Hans Andersson at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm

Hans Andersson will be exhibiting in a solo show at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, opening November 24, 2018.

Leena Luostarinen's funerary monument is revealed

Leena Luostarinen's funerary monument is revealed

The Hietaniemi cemetery in Helsinki received a significant funerary monument.

Not Vital at Ateneum Art Museum

Not Vital at Ateneum Art Museum

October 19 – January 20, 2019

The exhibition will present a series of Not Vital's recent paintings.

In Dialogue with Stig Baumgartner

In Dialogue with Stig Baumgartner

In the interview Stig Baumgartner tells about is art and about his way of working.

Sami Lukkarinen and Riiko Sakkinen in a group exhibition at Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art.

Sami Lukkarinen and Riiko Sakkinen in a group exhibition at Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art.

September 22 – January 13, 2019

Sami Lukkarinen and Riiko Sakkinen are participating in the group show Glitch Art at Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art Vaasa. 

Kaarina Kaikkonen: We Are Still The Same

Kaarina Kaikkonen: We Are Still The Same

September 20 – October 28, 2018

Kaarina Kaikkonen's installation in collaboration with The Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute and SALT in Oslo, Norway.

Helena Blomqvist talks about Tyra Kleen

Helena Blomqvist talks about Tyra Kleen

Meet Helena Blomqvist in a conversation with Sophie Allgårdh about artist Tyra Kleen at Thielska Galleriet. Sunday, September 23, at 2.00–2.45pm
The talk will be held in Swedish.
 
 

Peter Halley at Lever House Art Collection, NY

Peter Halley at Lever House Art Collection, NY

Peter Halley's exhibition NEW YORK, NEW YORK opens on September 20, 2018
 

Tilda Lovell at Hämeenlinna Art Museum

Tilda Lovell at Hämeenlinna Art Museum

June 16–October 7, 2018

Tilda Lovell is currently showing in the exhibition Nordic Contemporary Art Collection–NoCo, at the Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland.

Ines Sederholm – Sit on Art

Ines Sederholm – Sit on Art

September 6 – September 16, 2018

Ines Sederholm's pop-up exhibition on view at GF Helsinki during the Helsinki Design Week

Bernar Venet's Retrospective 2019-1959 at Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon

Bernar Venet's Retrospective 2019-1959 at Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon

September 21, 2018 – January 6, 2019

The exhibition presents a previously unseen ensemble of 170 artworks, including Venet’s early performances, drawings, diagrams, and paintings, as well as the photographs, sound works, films and sculptures that retrace 60 years of creation.

Kaarina Kaikkonen at Uppsala Art Museum

Kaarina Kaikkonen at Uppsala Art Museum

September 1–September 30, 2018

Kaarina Kaikkonen will be exhibiting at Uppsala Art Museum, with an outdoor installation. The exhibition opens on Saturday, September 1st at 12–4pm.

 

Jacob Hashimoto at Governors Island, New York City

Jacob Hashimoto at Governors Island, New York City

June 2–October 31, 2018

Jacob Hashimoto's two new installations on view at Governors Island, NYC, US. Using sculpture, painting and hanging installations, Hashimoto creates complex and beautiful worlds from a range components.

 

Night of the Arts at GF Helsinki

Night of the Arts at GF Helsinki

August 23, 2018

Riiko Sakkinen shares his thoughts about his new book of drawings, drawing, and thinking by drawing.

Jacob Hashimoto's installation on the island of Porquerolles

Jacob Hashimoto's installation on the island of Porquerolles

June 2–November 4, 2018

Jacob Hashimoto's installation The Impermanent, Shattered Peace Between Future and Past, All Written in the Sky is presented together with artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.

Marcus Mårtenson's artworks on stage with Titiyo

Marcus Mårtenson's artworks on stage with Titiyo

August 13, 2018

Marcus Mårtensson is DJ-ing and showing his artworks on stage together with singer Titiyo at Mosebacke Etablissement tonight, August 13, from 6 PM. 

Kaarina Kaikkonen's installation at the Sint-Anna-ten-Drieën Church , Antwerp

Kaarina Kaikkonen's installation at the Sint-Anna-ten-Drieën Church , Antwerp

Juni 17 – September 23, 2018

Kaarina Kaikkonen created a gigantic installation with more than a thousand shirts in the modern Sint-Anna-ten-Drieën Church on the Antwerp Left Bank.

Interview with Jacob Hashimoto

Interview with Jacob Hashimoto

Since the late nineties, artist Jacob Hashimoto (b. 1973) has gained vast international recognition for his complex, intricate and fragile sculptures. Read more about his work and his first solo show at Galerie Forsblom in Stockholm.

 

The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland awarded Susanne Gottberg

The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland awarded Susanne Gottberg

Susanne Gottberg was awarded for her outstanding career.

 

Adam Saks in group exhibition at Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Sweden

Adam Saks in group exhibition at Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Sweden

April 29–September 30, 2018

The Nordic Akvarellmuseum invited eleven artists represented in the museum collection, to make new site-specific works. The artists with their very different artistic language, interact and unite in new ways in the exhibition.

A Symposium in Memory of Tuija Lindström, Gothenburg

A Symposium in Memory of Tuija Lindström, Gothenburg

May 12, 2018

The symposium is held on May 12 at Akademin Valand in Gothenburg and will highlight Tuija Lindström’s work and the historical context of the 1990's. Introduction by Niclas Östlind.

Kaarina Kaikkonen exhibits at Kunsten Aalborg, Denmark

Kaarina Kaikkonen exhibits at Kunsten Aalborg, Denmark

May 9–September 16, 2018

Kaikkonen's solo exhibition You Remain in Me is the first solo show of work by a Finnish artist since the reopening of Kunsten, the only museum in the world designed by the Finnish starchitect, Alvar Aalto.

Kaarina Kaikkonen's public artwork in Brussels

Kaarina Kaikkonen's public artwork in Brussels

April 17–August 30, 2018

If I Had Wings is a monumental installation on the Marolles elevator, starting point for a neighborhood dialogue.

Adam Saks exhibits at Lieu d'Art Contemporain Narbonne, France

Adam Saks exhibits at Lieu d'Art Contemporain Narbonne, France

April 8–May 27, 2018

The exhibition "Loops of Utopia" consists of 15 selected paintings spanning the last two years.

Secundino Hernández exhibits at Helsinki Kunsthalle

Secundino Hernández exhibits at Helsinki Kunsthalle

April 14–May 13, 2018

Galerie Forsblom is proud the present Secundino Hernández's exhibition in collaboration with Helsinki Kunsthalle.

Jarmo Mäkilä and Toni R. Toivonen participate in a group exhibition in Vantaa Art Museum Artsi

Jarmo Mäkilä and Toni R. Toivonen participate in a group exhibition in Vantaa Art Museum Artsi

Pax – Let's Talk About Peace

March 16 – July 29, 2018

The exhibition brings out different perspectives on the concept of peace.

Photo books by Helena Blomqvist and Tuija Lindström at the Hasselblad Foundation

Photo books by Helena Blomqvist and Tuija Lindström at the Hasselblad Foundation

February 24–May 6, 2018

PUBLISHED is an exhibition of Photo Books in Sweden at the Hasselblad Foundation, presenting a number of books by different photographers. Curator: Niclas Östlind, Valand Academy, in collaboration with Elsa Modin and Louise Wolthers, Hasselblad Foundation, Göteborg, Sweden.

In Dialogue With Kim Simonsson

In Dialogue With Kim Simonsson

With references to fairytale characters, manga films and computer games, Kim Simonsson's (b. 1974 in Finland) sculptures are very distinctive. Simonsson portrays magical little figures with black eye sockets, covered with a layer of what appears to be moss. These dreamy figures are a touch gruesome, yet simultaneously fragile and frail. The handmade ceramic stoneware sculptures are encased in a layer of nylon fiber in a nearly fluorescent shade of green.

Jannis Varelas participates in a group exhibition at MAAT

Jannis Varelas participates in a group exhibition at MAAT

February 28–June 4, 2018

Jannis Varelas participates in the group exhibition 'Supergood – Dialogues with Ernesto de Sousa', with artists Melanie Bonajo, Rita Sobral Campos, Vasco Costa, Simon Dybbroe Møller and Ernesto de Sousa at the MAAT, Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology at Lisbon, Portugal. 
 

Heikki Marila at Vaasa City Art Gallery

Heikki Marila at Vaasa City Art Gallery

March 23 – April 1, 2018

Heikki Marila has turned his attention to the first stages of Finland's independence. These paintings on view in Vaasa City Art Gallery.

Stephan Balkenhol and Secundino Hernández exhibits at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga

Stephan Balkenhol and Secundino Hernández exhibits at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga

January 19 – May 6, 2018

Stephan Balkenhol, January 19 – April 22, 2018.

Secundino Hernández: All Is Too Much, February 16 – May 6, 2018.

Adam Saks at Borstahusen, Landskrona, Sweden

Adam Saks at Borstahusen, Landskrona, Sweden

February 17–April 8, 2018

With a personal input and inspiration from different periods of art history and visual culture, Saks has a unique expression in his paintings, now exhibiting at Borstahusen, Landskrona, Sweden.

Peter Halley exhibits at the Hirshorn Museum

Peter Halley exhibits at the Hirshorn Museum

Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980's

February 14–May 13, 2018

Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980's, curated by Gianni Jetzer, is an expansive exhibition that presents a fresh and focused history of the decade, bringing rarely displayed works together for the first time since the ’80s. 

Jarl Ingvarsson exhibits at Karlskrona konsthall, Sweden

Jarl Ingvarsson exhibits at Karlskrona konsthall, Sweden

February 10–March 25, 2018

A new exhibition with Jarl Ingvarssons impressive and colorful works at Karlskrona Konsthall.

Photographer Tuija Lindström has passed away

Photographer Tuija Lindström has passed away

Galerie Forsblom is deeply saddenned by the passing of Tuija Lindstöm (1950–2017). She will be remembered as one of the great influences on Swedish photography and an important predecessor for many female artists, as well a warm friend. 

Charles Sandison's installation The Nature of Light illuminates the Sara Hildén Art Museum

Charles Sandison's installation The Nature of Light illuminates the Sara Hildén Art Museum

The artwork is on view until January 8, 2018.

Charles Sandison's installation The Nature of Light illuminates the Sara Hildénin taidemuseo - Sara Hildén Art Museum and its sculpture park with a network of computers and projectors.

Jarmo Mäkilä is featured in the recently published fictional novel L'Art Des Interstices

Jarmo Mäkilä is featured in the recently published fictional novel L'Art Des Interstices

Jarmo Mäkilä is featured in the recently published fictional novel L'Art Des Interstices by the French painter, author and art critic Pierre Lamalattie.

Ola Kolehmainen at HAM – Helsinki Art Museum

Ola Kolehmainen at HAM – Helsinki Art Museum

December 6, 2017 – March 4, 2018

Ola Kolehmainen’s large exhibition Sacred Spaces opens on December 5 at HAM - the Helsinki Art Museum.

Helsinki: Finland celebrates its centenary of independence

Helsinki: Finland celebrates its centenary of independence

December 6, 2017

Finland celebrates its centenary of independence tomorrow. The Helsinki gallery is closed for the independence day on Wednesday, December 6.

Riiko Sakkinen at Hyvinkää Art Museum

Riiko Sakkinen at Hyvinkää Art Museum

December 1, 2017–February 18, 2018

Riiko Sakkinen’s exhibition PRESIDENTTIPELI (Presidetial Games) opened on December 1 at the Hyvinkää Art Museum. To mark Finland’s centennial celebrations, Sakkinen has painted portraits of all 12 Presidents of the Republic of Finland on the white walls of the museum.

Galerie Forsblom celebrates its 40th anniversary

Galerie Forsblom celebrates its 40th anniversary

Galerie Forsblom celebrates its 40th anniversary on November 17, 2017. The gallery has had many homes: on Helsinki’s Bulevardi, Yrjönkatu and the North Esplanade, with satellite galleries as far afield as Zurich in Switzerland and Caracas in Venezuela. It has occupied its current location on the corner of Yrjönkatu 22 and Lönnrotinkatu 5 since 2011. To mark its anniversary year, Galerie Forsblom opened a new gallery on Stockholm’s Karlavägen in February 2017.

Tilda Lovell at Gothenburg Museum of Art

Tilda Lovell at Gothenburg Museum of Art

December 2, 2017–January 28, 2018

On December 2, the Gothenburg Museum of Art opens an exhibition featuring the artists Tilda Lovell, Per Kesselmar and Karin Karinson, recipients of the 2017 Sten A Olsson Culture Scholarships.

 

Tuija Lindström at Husby Konsthall

Tuija Lindström at Husby Konsthall

November 25–December 12, 2017

Tuija Lindström participates in the exhibition Within the Scope of Independency together with Trinidad Carrillio at Husby Konsthall, Kista, Sweden. 
Opening Saturday November 25, 12–4pm

KiWi – at Sturehof in Stockholm

KiWi – at Sturehof in Stockholm

Exhibition by Ulf Kihlander and Martin Wickström (KiWi)
Opening October 15, at 3pm, live music during the evening by Matti Ollikainen

Kim Simonsson's public sculpture

Kim Simonsson's public sculpture

Kim Simonsson’s public sculpture was revealed at the new metro station in Tapiola, Espoo

Kaarina Kaikkonen’s installation at Uppsala Konstmuseum, Sweden.

Kaarina Kaikkonen’s installation at Uppsala Konstmuseum, Sweden.

Kaarina Kaikkonen’s installation My Outline, made of toilet paper, opens at Uppsala Art Museum 

Riku Mäkinen and Tuukka Tammisaari have joined our artist roster

Riku Mäkinen and Tuukka Tammisaari have joined our artist roster

We are pleased to announce the representation of Riku Mäkinen (b. 1974 in Hyvinkää, Finland) and Tuukka Tammisaari (b. 1984 in Lahti, Finland).

Lotta Hannerz at the Watou Art Festival

Lotta Hannerz at the Watou Art Festival

Lotta Hannerz’s participates in the Art Festival Watou in Watou, Belgium running thorugh September 3

Helena Blomqvist at VIDA Museum

Helena Blomqvist at VIDA Museum

Helena Blomqvist's solo exhibition is on view at the VIDA Museum & Konsthall through August 13.

Jacob Hashimoto at the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art

Jacob Hashimoto at the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art

Jacob Hashimoto's large scale solo exhibition is on view at the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art through September 24.

Hans Andersson, Tilda Lovell and Aida Chehrehgosha at Vestfossens Kunstlaboratorium

Hans Andersson, Tilda Lovell and Aida Chehrehgosha at Vestfossens Kunstlaboratorium

Hans Andersson, Tilda Lovell and Aida Chehrehgosha participate in the group exhibition IF YOU DON'T LIKE ART, GOODBYE, FUCK OFF, GO HOME… Art from Nordic Contemporary Art Collection, on view at Vestfossens Kunstmuseum in Norway through October 1st. 

Jacob Hashimoto at Palazzo Flangini in Venice

Jacob Hashimoto at Palazzo Flangini in Venice

Jacob Hashimoto’s participates in the site-specific exhibition, The End of Utopia, on view at Palazzo Flangini in Venice through July 30. 

In Dialogue with Jussi Goman

In Dialogue with Jussi Goman

Jussi Goman, you have delighted the Finnish art scene with your signature color-drenched acrylic paintings that revel in mischievous distorted perspectives, allusions to art history, and the light-hearted exuberance of popular art. The plastic sheen of the acrylic paint and your unusual details endow your still life compositions and facial portraits with fresh, surprising content. Many viewers have noted a kinship between your style and the Fauves, especially Henri Matisse.

1. What is your relationship with art history?

Nina Roos at M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp

Nina Roos at M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp

Nina Roos participates in the group exhibition A Temporary Futures Institute at M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp with a pavilion-like structure containing a series of five paintings. 

Adam Saks at the National Museum of Art of Romania

Adam Saks at the National Museum of Art of Romania

Adam Saks participates in the group exhibition New Black Romanticism at the National Museum of Art of Romania.

Jarmo Mäkilä’s retrospective at the Sara Hildén Art Museum

Jarmo Mäkilä’s retrospective at the Sara Hildén Art Museum

Jarmo Mäkilä’s retrospective is on view at Sara Hildén Art Museum in Tampere until May 28. 

Adam Saks at Kunstverein Reutlingen

Adam Saks at Kunstverein Reutlingen

February 12 – May 1, 2017

Adam Saks’ solo exhibition Inhaling Darkness, Exhaling Galaxies opens at Kunstverein Reutlingen in Germany on February 12 and is on view until May 1. 

In Dialogue with Jarmo Mäkilä

In Dialogue with Jarmo Mäkilä

In a career spanning over four decades, you have gained recognition as an extraordinarily gifted painter and draftsman. Over the years, you have reinvented your style many times: early in your career, you combined contemporary motifs with allusions to art history, and in the 1980s you drew inspiration from the masks of popular culture. Your recent work seems to fall somewhere between realism and surrealism. 

Galerie Forsblom opens a new gallery in Stockholm

Galerie Forsblom opens a new gallery in Stockholm

Galerie Forsblom’s new gallery at Karlavägen 9 in Stockholm opens to the public in 2017. The gallery is currently being renovated, and we are excited to announce more details in the beginning of next year.

In dialogue with Susanne Gottberg

In dialogue with Susanne Gottberg

You rank among Finland’s best-known contemporary artists, and you have been enriching the Finnish art scene since 1989 with your lyrical paintings of simple subjects – objects – which your render with immaculate attention to detail. Many of your paintings in fact have the title object.

 

1. What is the object of your paintings and what do you wish to express through it?

Our new website is now live!

Our new website is now live!

Galerie Forsblom celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2017. We took a head start in renewing our website, enjoy!

 

Team Forsblom

 

In dialogue with Toni R. Toivonen

In dialogue with Toni R. Toivonen

 

You are a recent art graduate, yet despite your young age you have achieved acclaim with your highly original conceptual works which have been exhibited around Finland and at Galerie Forsblom last year. You have also won art awards both in Finland and abroad.Your most recent works are brass plates oxidized by the decomposing corpses of raccoon dogs, cattle and horses.

1. How did you come up with this technique and what does your process mean to you?

In dialogue with Hannu Väisänen

In dialogue with Hannu Väisänen

 

You have newly been selected winner of Finland’s State Award for Literature, making you the first Finnish artist to have ever received the State Award for both visual art and literature.

 

1. In addition to writing fiction, you have made your mark in a number of creative fields, weaving effortlessly between visual arts, stage set design, costume design, directing, illustrating and curating. Where do you find inspiration for it all?

 

In dialogue with Reima Nevalainen

In dialogue with Reima Nevalainen

 

Congratulations on being selected Finland’s Young Artist of the Year 2016! After two years in Japan, you have spent an intensive period working in Finland. In that time you have had a solo exhibition at Galerie Forsblom, you took part in the Serlachius Museum Gösta exhibition The Sin, and you represented Finland in Art Cologne’s program for young, innovative artists. As Young Artist of the Year 2016, your work will feature in a forthcoming solo exhibition at the Tampere Art Museum

 

Not Vital at YSP Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Not Vital at YSP Yorkshire Sculpture Park

May 21, 2016 - January 2, 2017

Not Vital’s first major exhibition in the UK opens at Yorkshire Sculpture Park on May 21, and is on view until January 2, 2017. 

CAROLUS ENCKELL AT SARA HILDÉN ART MUSEUM

CAROLUS ENCKELL AT SARA HILDÉN ART MUSEUM

February 6 - May 15, 2016

A comprehensive retrospective showcasing the work of Carolus Enckell fills both floors of the Sara Hildén Art Museum this spring. The exhibition features Enckell’s paintings, drawings and three-dimensional works from the 1960s to the present day.

 

Carolus Enckell (b. 1945) ranks among the leading names in Finnish modern art. He is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including the Carnegie Art Award in 2001 and the Pro Finlandia Medal in 2009. Enckell is also a distinguished writer and art educator, having held long-term positions as dean and instructor at Helsinki’s Free Art School and as editor-in-chief of Taide, Finland’s leading art journal. 

 

In his artistic practice Enckell carries on the legacy of modernism. His work is characterized by varied symmetries, contrasting opposites and gradations of hue and tone. His masterful command of geometrical form and color exudes a spiritual quality. The artist describes his approach as one of “pure experiential seeing”: His works are not intended to be interpreted and understood through acquired symbolic systems; rather they should be experienced on a sensory level. The artist further contends that only pure experientialism enables us to comprehend the true nature of color and form. Enckell’s works indeed encapsulate what painting is all about in its purest form.

PETER HALLEY AT SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART

PETER HALLEY AT SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART

November 8, 2015 - March 6, 2016

Peter Halley is currently on exhibition at Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Geometry of the Absurd: Recent Paintings by Peter Halley features works from 2007–2015.

Halley's practice as an artist is usually associated with minimalism, neo-geometric conceptualism. His well-established mode of expression, using geometric abstractions, veils powerful socio-political ideals concerning social structure and the individual's position on the societal totem. Horizontal and vertical lines, rectangles, and squares achieve the form of bars and windows.

 

Halley holds a BA from Yale University (1975) and an MFA from the University of New Orleans (1978). He has taught at Columbia University, UCLA, and the School of Visual Arts. Since 2002, Halley has been the Director of Graduate Studies in Painting and Printmaking at the Yale University School of Art. His works are included in major international collections.

Reima Nevalainen, Finland’s Young Artist of the Year 2016

Reima Nevalainen, Finland’s Young Artist of the Year 2016

 

 

Congratulations on being selected as Finland’s Young Artist of the Year 2016!

After two years in Japan, you have spent an intensive period working in Finland. In that time you have had a solo exhibition at Galerie Forsblom, you took part in the Serlachius Museum Gösta exhibition The Sin, and you represented Finland in Art Cologne’s program for young, innovative artists. As Young Artist of the Year 2016, your work will feature in a forthcoming solo exhibition at the Tampere Art Museum.

JARMO MÄKILÄ, LEENA NIO AND REIMA NEVALAINEN PARTICIPATE IN GROUP EXHIBITION AT KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

JARMO MÄKILÄ, LEENA NIO AND REIMA NEVALAINEN PARTICIPATE IN GROUP EXHIBITION AT KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

October 2, 2015 - February, 2016

Jarmo Mäkilä, Leena Nio and Reima Nevalainen take part in the group exhibition Dark Days, Bright Nights: Contemporary Paintings from Finland at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City. The exhibition, curated by Barbara O'Brien, executive director Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, explores the methods, inspirations and practice of Finnish painters.

GALERIE FORSBLOM PUBLISHES THE BOOK ON VEIKKO HIRVIMÄKI'S WORK

Galerie Forsblom publishes the book on Veikko Hirvimäki’s sculptures parallel with the artist’s new exhibition at the Jyväskylä Art Museum. The book and the exhibition are launched on June 4. 

OLA KOLEHMAINEN AWARDED THE 2015 RIBA HONORARY FELLOWSHIP

OLA KOLEHMAINEN AWARDED THE 2015 RIBA HONORARY FELLOWSHIP

February, 2015

Congratulations to Ola Kolehmainen for having been awarded the 2015 RIBA Honorary Fellowships. The Fellowships are aimed to those who have made a particular contribution to architecture in its broadest sense, including promotion, administration and outreach within the fields of engineering, media, education and the arts.

TONY OURSLER AT THE STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM

TONY OURSLER AT THE STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM

November 30, 2014 - January 18, 2015

Tony Oursler’s site-specific projection X ERGO Y will be screened on the facade of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’s new building. 

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