With a specific emphasis on artists from the broader Nordic area, Latin America and Asia, and with goals to include Indigenous views, Helsinki Biennial 2025 has revealed its taking part artists.
Helsinki Biennial 2025 has revealed its artist roster, that includes 37 worldwide artists and collectives set to exhibit in various areas throughout town.
Curated by Blanca de la Torre and Kati Kivinen, this third version of the Helsinki Biennial, titled ‘Shelter: Under and Past, Turning into and Belonging’, may also, nevertheless, centre on non-human protagonists.
Among the many listing of individuals are massive names reminiscent of Olafur Eliasson, identified for his modern explorations of nature and notion, together with Maria Thereza Alves and Yayoi Kusama.
Highlights will embrace new commissions reminiscent of Pia Sirén’s ‘Below Cowl’ (2025) on Vallisaari Island – an set up that makes use of artificial recycled supplies to create a fictional panorama, blurring the road between the city and the pure. Additionally on the island, Sara Bjarland’s ‘Stranding’ (2025), a playful but poignant bronze sculpture impressed by inflatable swimming toys, will spotlight the rising concern of plastic waste. Ernesto Neto’s ‘Vallisaari Fowl’ (2025) in the meantime encourages guests to pause and see by the eyes of a chook.
On the mainland, these visiting Esplanade Park (a first-time Helsinki Biennial venue), will soak up Kalle Hamm and Dzamil Kamanger’s ‘Bug Rugs’ (2025) sculptures, which draw inspiration from conventional Finnish and Kurdish rug designs to mix cultural and environmental storytelling. Shut by, Geraldine Javier will current a brand new model of ‘Earth, Water, Air, Hearth, Void’ (2025), a community-driven set up that includes tree-protecting talismans, crops, and recycled supplies developed by workshops with native schoolchildren and residents.
“As curators deeply involved with the present ecological emergency, we’re frequently researching and exploring methods to have interaction with modern artwork as a instrument for addressing the local weather and ecological disaster. The Helsinki Biennial is the result of this work, and we’re so proud to share the total listing of artists from the world over whose work engages so thoughtfully with these vital themes,” the curators stated when saying the taking part artists.
The 2025 biennial could have a give attention to artists from throughout the broader Nordic area, Latin America, and Asia, with a specific purpose to incorporate the views of Indigenous representatives. Among the many Sámi artists taking part, for instance, Carola Grahn’s ‘Notes on Disguise: Panorama Collection’ (2025) will discover human estrangement from nature, utilizing textile works to touch upon colonialism and environmental destruction.
“[T]he tales and worldviews of Indigenous representatives, together with their animist data, come to the fore, providing understanding that fosters a extra sustainable and holistic relationship with the atmosphereand all its inhabitants,” de la Torre and Kati Kivinen stated in a press release.
However, it’s not all concerning the human artists.
Slated to open on 8 June, the Biennial attracts inspiration from Vallisaari’s comparatively untouched ecosystem, inviting artists to discover “shelter” as a nurturing area – psychological, social, or ecological – the place all types of life, human and non-human, can thrive. Works will foreground non-human actors like crops, animals, and minerals, shifting the main focus away from human views to encourage a deeper, extra sustainable relationship with the atmosphere.
Uncover the total listing of taking part artists right here.
