29.5.-8.8.2021 When light particles come in contact with light-sensitive emulsion, an image of that light is recorded. After processing, what was at first a latent image, becomes visible. The exhibition When the light hits just right shows where the magic of this alchemic process is coming from, with works by 14 artists. These artists have

12.8.–3.10.2021 What will exist in the world after mankind is gone, or what would the world be like if mankind had never existed? These questions form the starting point for Elina Helkala’s solo exhibition at the Vaasa City Art Gallery. The artist is preoccupied by our unsustainable exploration of nature. She deals with this theme

9.10.-28.11.2021 Bower is an imagined landscape; a composed representation of places the artist has visited. Collecting pieces of nature is part of the experience of travelling, and of an artist’s work process. Shells, cones and branches are treasures we make our own, loaded with great expectations towards memory. When a person travels around, photography works

4.12.2021-13.3.2022 Valontaivuttajat (Light Benders) is a light art collective concentrating on light painting photography and its continuous development. Apart from its basic competence, light painting, the group makes light installations such as projection mapping, light sculptures and interactive light works. In Finland, Valontaivuttajat is a pioneering group within the light art form called light painting,