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
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.
Kevin Ling KK AiR 5/2019
KK AiR -residency artist of May, Kevin Ling, works with community-based research and material exploration.
Tuomo Kangasmaa KKAiC 4-5/2019
Through his KulttuuriKauppila Artist-in-Community residency period, Finnish visual and media artist Tuomo Kangasmaa aims to highlight the importance of personal experience, and to create space for multisensory experiencing of the environment.
Makiko Nishikaze KKAiC 4-5/2019
In April and May, Japanese composer and pianist Makiko Nishikaze is working on her project, Listening in Ii in collaboration with the residents of the Startti group home!
Open Call for KulttuuriKauppila Residency Programmes 2020!
KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre, located in the municipality of Ii in Northern Finland, offers two residency programmes that allow artists explore and develop their artistic practice, collaborate with locals and be inspired by the surrounding environment. The residency is located in an idyllic cultural heritage site by the river Iijoki and is surrounded by an active village community.
Call open until 30 April 2019 16:00 EEST at kkair.artcurator.io
Inner Mirror
A ritual performance of dance and music, on accepting the dark and light of the story.
Min Yoon KKAiC 2/2019
Recidency artist of February Min Yoon from USA will study the identities of people from Ii for the performance Inner Mirror!
Fresh Forest AiR - Call open now!
Source of oxygen and wellbeing, environment of work and leisure, place of solitude and company, wild and tamed, natural and manmade. Fresh Forest AiR residency exchange program calls for artists from Halland, Sweden and Northern Finland to explore the concept of forests with the local communities!
KK AiR 1/2019: Anastasia Alekseevna (GER) & Jarkko Räsänen (FIN)
Räsänen and Alekseevna will develop an interactive audiovisual installation at KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre.
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.