Current exhibitions

Antti Laitinen ja Hanna Saarikoski:
Sula || Molten

8.2. – 18.5.2025 Rauma Art Museum

The joint exhibition Sula || Molten by Antti Laitinen and Hanna Saarikoski brings together two award-winning, long-standing artists around a common theme. The exhibition focuses on ice as a material, a disappearing natural resource and a sensual memory.

The exhibition asks what will happen if there is no ice in the future? How will the great generation gap emerge as the everyday and sensual world is transformed by climate change? These are questions that deeply affect our identity in the north.

Antti Laitinen and Hanna Saarikoski made their first joint work in 2024 for the Art II Biennial. The exhibition Sula || Molten at Rauma Art Museum continues the collaboration of the Somero-based artist couple with new artworks. The exhibition mainly consists of independent works by both artists.

Antti Laitinen is an internationally renowned contemporary and environmental artist known for his works and installations that combine photography, video and performance. Hanna Saarikoski is a visual artist whose work combines painting, drawing, video art, installations and performative elements.

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The Heart of Pinnala – Art Collections of the City of Rauma

Rauma Art Museum 25.1.2025 –

Now it’s done. Upstairs at the Rauma Art Museum, hand picked items of the collection has been assembled under the title Heart of Pinnala. A selection of 60 works by 60 artists has been chosen from around 3,500 works. The oldest works of art date back to the 19th century, while the newest was completed and acquired last year. Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, drawings and one video work. Numerous stories and imaginative images. Worth a visit more than once, the exhibition is on display for the time being.

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Our message to the people of the future
Timo Metsäjoki & people around Finland

Marela 31.10.2024 –16.4.2025

Marela hosts an exhibition created by artist Timo Metsäjoki through the medium of community art. The exhibition asks what kind of message would you like to leave for future generations? The exhibition of hundreds of postcards and video greetings written by people is a counterweight to the polarised debate that often focuses on problems and disagreements. The future is shared by all. Metsäjoki has collected messages from ordinary and well-known people during the summer of 2024. Katri Helena, Tony Kakko, Elastinen, Maarit Hurmerinta and others have left messages. The messages are intended for 30 years from now until 2054.

The messages will be on public display for the duration of the Marela exhibition, after which they will be sealed in a time capsule. The capsule will be opened in 30 years. The capsule will also contain other memories of the present, such as today’s newspaper. The museum is also collecting suggestions from visitors for the contents of the capsule.

Timo Metsäjoki (TaM), a Rauma-born media artist and documentary maker behind the project, is an international award-winner who also produces the Blue Sea Film Festival in Rauma. During the project, Metsäjoki has collected people’s greetings for the future at events such as Santa Open Air, Porispere, Karmarock, Eurajoki Market, Blue Sea Film Festival and Pori Pride. Pupils from Eurajoki Community School have also contributed to the exhibition.

The exhibition is made possible by the Niilo Helander Foundation.