Small Spaces

The 60-year-old Oulu Art Museum has been the regional art museum for 40 years. In honour of the anniversary, a travelling exhibition from the museum’s collection has been produced and made available to the municipalities of North Ostrobothnia and Kainuu for display in exhibition spaces.

The artists featured in the Small Spaces exhibition are Marjatta Hanhijoki, Nanna Herstad, Inari Krohn, Elina Luukanen, Minna Mäkelä, Anja Rönty, and Marja Strömmer with prints and ink drawings.

The exhibition focuses on small spaces. They can be everyday spaces of home and artistic work, different states of mind or mystical dreamscapes. Objects and furniture give hints about the people who live and work in the spaces. In some works, the spaces are silent or even empty, while others focus on interaction between people. They reflect the interest of the artists in exploring spatiality and the variations of light and shadow.

About the travelling exhibition

The loan period of the exhibition is 2 months, and the loan fee is 100 euros. The exhibitor is required to arrange on-site supervision to the exhibition premises. Oulu Art Museum will make a loan contract with the exhibitor. The works in the exhibition are insured. Oulu Art Museum is responsible for transporting the exhibition, while the exhibitor is responsible for hanging the works.

The exhibition includes fifteen works. The frame sizes are 51 x 53,5 cm (1 piece), 63 x 53 cm (4 pieces), 83 x 63 cm (4 pieces), 83 x 78 cm (1 piece) and 93 x 78 cm (2 pieces).

Open the touring exhibition booking form (in Finnish).

Exhibition tour schedule:
November and December 2023: Haapajärvi Library
January 2024: Kaamosgalleria, Kuusamotalo, Kuusamo
September and October 2024: Galleria Kirja, Kalajoki Library

For exact exhibition dates and times please check with the exhibition venue.