GalleriA features works from Sanna Kananoja's new painting series Half-Year Mountains, in which she examines the relationship between the starting point and the painting process through repetition in her photography-based work. Each work in the series has exactly the same starting point, a
The Wild – The Rise and Defiance of the Kuopio School 31.1.–26.4.2026
The Wild – The Rise and Defiance of the Kuopio School 31.1.–26.4.2026
The art scene in Northern Savo erupted in the 1980s. A fierce movement emerged, using color mercilessly and expressing the inner worlds of the artists. The artists of the Kuopio school reshaped the local art scene with their provocative and sometimes disturbing style. In the 1980s, Kuopio became
Timo Kokko: Green Anomie 9.1.–8.3.2026
Timo Kokko: Green Anomie 9.1.–8.3.2026
The exhibition transforms the gallery into a green space where nature can only be experienced as preserved, artificial, and unchanging. It imitates what life looks like when its cycle is halted. Green anomie is a state in which ecological values and meanings have collapsed. Nature remains present
Hulinat 17.12.2025 – 4.1.2026
Hulinat 17.12.2025 – 4.1.2026
Huh huh, mitkä Hulinat! GalleriA täyttyy joulun alla paikallisesta taiteesta ja tunnelma on basaarimainen. Tämä ei ole perinteinen näyttely vaan jotain aivan muuta: värikästä, elämänmakuista ja leikkisää. Hulinoista löytyy katseltavaa jokaiselle ja se on samalla läpileikkaus pohjoissavolaiseen
Timo Tolonen: Historical Pictures 17.10.–14.12.2025
Timo Tolonen: Historical Pictures 17.10.–14.12.2025
Woodcut is quite an outdated technique. It is a slow and simple method. A handcarved plate makes a mark on paper and that's all. Just for this ancient quality, it is just right technique to visualise the phenomenons of our age in historical perspective. Timo Tolonen tries to choose motifs that
Peculiar Mess
Peculiar Mess
Stories from the Collections What do the Spring sculpture, the mysterious night of June 18, 1988, and commercial counselor Oskar Huttunen have in common? And what happens when collection bloat strikes? KUMMA's new collection exhibition, Peculiar Mess, doesn't just serve up works of art – it
Juha Valkeapää: Animal Beings
Juha Valkeapää: Animal Beings
Juha Valkeapää: Animal beingsSat 20.9. 2025 15–16Sat 10.1. 2026 15–16Sun 11.1. 2026 15–16KUMMA Animal beings is a non-verbal and verbal performance by artist Juha Valkeapää. It invites the audience to reflect on, imagine, and experiment with what it means to exist in the world from the
Juha Valkeapää: Animal beings
Juha Valkeapää: Animal beings
Juha Valkeapää: Animal beingsSat 20.9. 2025 15–16Sat 10.1. 2026 15–16Sun 11.1. 2026 15–16KUMMA Animal beings is a non-verbal and verbal performance by artist Juha Valkeapää. It invites the audience to reflect on, imagine, and experiment with what it means to exist in the world from the