KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre
KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre works to improve the position of visual artists in northern Finland and creates international connections in the field of art.
KulttuuriKauppila runs an international artist residency, produces the Art Ii Biennale and Valto Pernu Photo Marathon and provides studios for local artists. The centre aims to improve artists’ skills, belongs to international art networks and
produces an international art–education programme for schools of Ii. KulttuuriKauppila participates in cultural policy on a practical level and believes that creativity is a key to wellbeing on both the individual and collective levels.
News
Yuko Kinouchi KKAiR 11-12/2019
Video performances of Tokio-based artist Yuko Kinouchi focus on the northern country's rural environment and culture.
North AiR: (re)constituting residency - with/in other centres
How can the arts support a shift to a post-fossil future? What role do remote and rural residencies offer in a time of climate breakdown? North AiR network artists and partners invite you to join talks and open discussions in London in November.
Defne Tesal and Murat Yildiz KKAiC 10–11/2019
Turkish artists return to Ii to create Dream News with the participants of the Lähde! project!
Hugo González Aroca & Alejandro Jaqs: BOREAL | 22 October – 30 October 2019
Artworks by residency artists Hugo González Aroca and Alejandro Jaqs. The exhibition opening is held on Monday 21 October at 5–6PM.
Alejandro Jaqs KKAiR 10/2019
Jaqs's work is born from the debate and the exchange between the action of randomness and the physical manipulation of human reasoning and its aesthetic, intuitive and communicative perception.
Hugo González Aroca KKAiR 9/2019
The visual expression of the residency artist for September, Spanish painter and photographer Hugo González Aroca arises from the balance between opposites.
Full Circle - Valto Pernu Photo Marathon competition photographs 2019
The exhibition ''Full Circle'' presents the competition photographs from Valto Pernu Photo Marathon 2019.
Klara Bergman Fröberg KKAiC 8/2019
Klara Bergman Fröberg is a Swedish visual artist, who is Artist-in-Residence at KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre as part of the Lähde! Empowering daily life with art -project and artist exchange arranged in partnership with Konst i Halland.
Émilie Payeur KKAiR 7-8/2019
Canadian multidisciplinary artist Émilie Payeur will develop during her residency period a sound performance based on her experience of the influence of weather and other changes in the surrounding forests.
Summer at KulttuuriKauppila
Read more about the KulttuuriKauppila summer programme. See you in Ii!
Antti J. Leinonen: Last Man Fishing | 1 July – 31 August
''Last Man Fishing'' is a photography exhibition about the fading fishing culture of Finland's Bothnian Bay. Opening of the exhibition is held on Saturday, 29 July.
Eduardo de Albar Vera KKAiC 5-6/2019
During his residency period, Mexican artist, actor, pantomime master, playwright and director Eduardo de Albar Vera works with customers of mental health services. Together they have written a play about loneliness.
North AiR: Expanding Entanglements
North AiR: Expanding Entanglements is the residency pilot of a new and innovative residency programme set up by North AiR, a research network of six organisations spanning Scotland and Finland.
George Ridgway KKAiR 6/2019
Scotland-based artist George Ridgway will be working at KulttuuriKauppila in June as part of the North AiR: Expanding Entanglements residency pilot.
Arja Renell: Pinnan alla - Below the surface | 1 June – 31 July
This summer KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre brings to Ii Arja Renell’s exhibition ’’Pinnan alla - Below the surface’’, which tells about the Talvivaara/Terrafame mine from the perspective of local residents, activists, fishermen and fish.
International residency
KulttuuriKauppila artists' residencies make international art available for the Ii village community. The residency program offers to artists not only networks but also space and peace to carry out their creative work.
Environmental Art Park
Come and acquaint yourself with Ii Environmental Art Park – a recreational area popular among locals and travellers alike, located in the heart of the village on a scenic river bank.