Kuvan Kevät 2026
Master’s Degree show 15 May – 14 June 2026
About the exhibition
The annual exhibition Kuvan Kevät showcases the works of 45 students completing their Master’s degrees at the Academy of Fine Arts. Participating students come from all four disciplines: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Time and Space Arts. The expansive exhibition will be held across the Kuva/Tila gallery, Myllytori, and other floors of the Mylly building at the Sörnäinen campus.
This year’s iteration brings together a diverse range of artistic work and provides insight into the artistic thinking of a new generation. Although it is not a thematic exhibition, many works focus on specific techniques or media to examine issues of materiality, identities, self-expression, technologies, and the pressing issues of our times.
Academy of Fine Arts’ lecturer in Art & Society, Suzanne Mooney, oversees Kuvan Kevät 2026. Alongside her colleagues in the production and technical teams, she instils a process of guidance and support through clear communication and attentiveness.
Artists
- Riikka Aihinen
- Irini Arana
- Elena Benzoni
- Žan Gašperič
- Alvi Hatakka
- Joa Heikkinen
- Erkki Huilla
- Emma Huoso
- Sini Ilves
- Tanja Is-Selin
- Kiia Karjalainen
- Ville Karlsson
- Josua Kerkis
- Matilda Keränen
- Mari-Leen Kiipli
- Venla Kivelä
- Otto Koskelo
- Paavo Kärki
- Heidi Lahtinen
- Anastasiia Lapteva
- Diana Luganski
- Inka Mellais
- Henrik Pathirane
- Hanna Peräkylä
- Janne Punkari
- Aino Raatikainen
- Maarit Rantala
- Mikko Rekonen
- Elisa Sakko
- Mirella Salo
- Hermann Sebastian Schultz
- Viktor Sundman
- Reeta Suvanto
- Ananya Tanttu
- Elmeri Terho
- Aino Tillonen
- Luumu Tursas
- Jaakko Uljas
- Olli Valkola
- Iida Valmé
- Emppu Veinola
- eva volmerson
- Sofia Vuorenmaa
- Anne Yli-Ikkelä
- Sölvi Steinn Þórhallsson
Events
Opening
- The exhibition opening on Wednesday 13 May from 17:00–21:00 pm at Mylly.
Guided tour
- Guided tour in the exhibition on 20 May at 16:00 by curator Suzanne Mooney. In English.
Elisa Sakko & Lisa Holmén: All It Is
Wednesday 13.5. at 17:00 (opening day)
Saturday 16.5. at 12:00
Saturday 30.5. at 14:00
Saturday 6.6. at 14:00
The performance takes place at Mylly 1st floor lobby. Duration around 30 – 45 min.
All It Is is a music performance with Elisa Sakko’s work. The work consists of two box-like elements that can be stepped into and are connected to each other via microphones and speakers. The sound moves between the elements, swirling, echoing, and building up.
In the performance, Sakko and Holmén play in their own boxes.
Žan Gašperič & friends: žANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽAN
Once a day, during the exhibition’s opening hours.
Kuva/Tila. Duration 1 hour.
The event occurs once a day, each time with a different person—a “new ŽAN”—who comes to interact with the work, subtly transforming it through their presence and personality. The score is simple: to exist within the space while wearing the garment. It allows complete freedom in adopting a character, a personality, an act, or simply remaining as oneself.
Catalogue
The exhibition catalogue texts have emerged from conversations between the artists and students from the Bachelor’s Programme in Contemporary art theory and history, as well as the Praxis Master’s Programme in Curating and writing in contemporary art. The texts bring forth various approaches to artistic practices, and lead toward the materials, ideas, surrounding life and environments that precede the finished work. Catalogue editors: Isa Lumme ja Telma Pietiäinen.
About the exhibition
The annual exhibition Kuvan Kevät showcases the works of 45 students completing their Master’s degrees at the Academy of Fine Arts. Participating students come from all four disciplines: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Time and Space Arts. The expansive exhibition will be held across the Kuva/Tila gallery, Myllytori, and other floors of the Mylly building at the Sörnäinen campus.
This year’s iteration brings together a diverse range of artistic work and provides insight into the artistic thinking of a new generation. Although it is not a thematic exhibition, many works focus on specific techniques or media to examine issues of materiality, identities, self-expression, technologies, and the pressing issues of our times.
Academy of Fine Arts’ lecturer in Art & Society, Suzanne Mooney, oversees Kuvan Kevät 2026. Alongside her colleagues in the production and technical teams, she instils a process of guidance and support through clear communication and attentiveness.
Artists
- Riikka Aihinen
- Irini Arana
- Elena Benzoni
- Žan Gašperič
- Alvi Hatakka
- Joa Heikkinen
- Erkki Huilla
- Emma Huoso
- Sini Ilves
- Tanja Is-Selin
- Kiia Karjalainen
- Ville Karlsson
- Josua Kerkis
- Matilda Keränen
- Mari-Leen Kiipli
- Venla Kivelä
- Otto Koskelo
- Paavo Kärki
- Heidi Lahtinen
- Anastasiia Lapteva
- Diana Luganski
- Inka Mellais
- Henrik Pathirane
- Hanna Peräkylä
- Janne Punkari
- Aino Raatikainen
- Maarit Rantala
- Mikko Rekonen
- Elisa Sakko
- Mirella Salo
- Hermann Sebastian Schultz
- Viktor Sundman
- Reeta Suvanto
- Ananya Tanttu
- Elmeri Terho
- Aino Tillonen
- Luumu Tursas
- Jaakko Uljas
- Olli Valkola
- Iida Valmé
- Emppu Veinola
- eva volmerson
- Sofia Vuorenmaa
- Anne Yli-Ikkelä
- Sölvi Steinn Þórhallsson
Events
Opening
- The exhibition opening on Wednesday 13 May from 17:00–21:00 pm at Mylly.
Guided tour
- Guided tour in the exhibition on 20 May at 16:00 by curator Suzanne Mooney. In English.
Elisa Sakko & Lisa Holmén: All It Is
Wednesday 13.5. at 17:00 (opening day)
Saturday 16.5. at 12:00
Saturday 30.5. at 14:00
Saturday 6.6. at 14:00
The performance takes place at Mylly 1st floor lobby. Duration around 30 – 45 min.
All It Is is a music performance with Elisa Sakko’s work. The work consists of two box-like elements that can be stepped into and are connected to each other via microphones and speakers. The sound moves between the elements, swirling, echoing, and building up.
In the performance, Sakko and Holmén play in their own boxes.
Žan Gašperič & friends: žANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽANŽAN
Once a day, during the exhibition’s opening hours.
Kuva/Tila. Duration 1 hour.
The event occurs once a day, each time with a different person—a “new ŽAN”—who comes to interact with the work, subtly transforming it through their presence and personality. The score is simple: to exist within the space while wearing the garment. It allows complete freedom in adopting a character, a personality, an act, or simply remaining as oneself.
Catalogue
The exhibition catalogue texts have emerged from conversations between the artists and students from the Bachelor’s Programme in Contemporary art theory and history, as well as the Praxis Master’s Programme in Curating and writing in contemporary art. The texts bring forth various approaches to artistic practices, and lead toward the materials, ideas, surrounding life and environments that precede the finished work. Catalogue editors: Isa Lumme ja Telma Pietiäinen.