Galleria Sculptor

Galleria Sculptor is a contemporary art gallery located in the Helsinki city center, maintained by the Association of Finnish Sculptors. Its diverse exhibition program presents a wide range of cutting-edge art every year, with a special focus on contemporary sculpture art. The exhibitions are principally innovative and surprising, challenging the viewer to see things differently. Sculptor also has a sculpture shop that showcases small sculptures by members of the association.

Eteläranta 12
00130 Helsinki
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+358 (0)50 360 1180 / +358 (0)50 360 1181
galleria.sculptor@sculptors.fi
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Opening hours
Tue–Wed 12–19, Thu–Fri 12–17, Sat–Sun 12–16

Galleria Sculptor is located in Helsinki city centre, close to Market Square. The Gallery has two exhibition spaces, a sculpture shop and office rooms. Access to exhibition spaces from the street is via four steps (10-17 cm). The front door’s measurements are 87x225 cm. The gallery has a ramp that the entrance can be barrier-free. Please notify us by phone beforehand if you wish the ramp to be installed upon arrival. The gallery space is in two levels. The entry to the studio space is via one step (18 cm) and the upper gallery space via two steps (2 x 13 cm). The entry to the sculpture shop and office rooms is via on step (10 cm) from the upper gallery space. Guide and assistance dogs are welcome at Galleria Sculptor.

Anna Rokka: She Turned Out and Tuned In

8.6.–2.7.2021

The exhibition consists of a series of newly produced installation works and sculptures that construct an emotional imagination with high pitched traces of the so often fleeting reality. There are four stories, one pink, two green and one black, which process in different ways disturbing phenomena. In the creation of the green fountain installation She crawl up inside my arms like a spider (part of song lyric by Busy Signal), Rokka reflects on the obscure and unfair manufacturing process of technology products. What does it mean that everyone is in different realities? Can we even understand each other?

The new installations have been built up of materials such as rusty iron, kelp, fabric, reused parts from previous artworks and newly produced material. A part of her art shows itself through fragmentary elements where the process and wonder are still present.

Rokka’s installations are formed in direct relation to the participation of the human body. Rokka has created in this exhibition visualizations of what life could be like in a hyperreality.

Her art focuses on installation but spans also across sculpture, video installation, performance, dance and costume design. Her artistry surrounds the ideas of science fiction, transcultural issues, attitudes and womanhood.

Anna Rokka (b. 1986) was born in Delsbo Sweden, and now lives and works in Helsinki in one of the Elfvik studios. Rokka has inherited the artistry from her family, whose members have been various kinds of creators. She studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. She works both alone and in collaboration with others. Rokka has been working for this exhibition in 2020–2021 with a working grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation.

Anna Rokka has showed her works in both galleries and museums, for example Mänttä Arts Week, ARCO Art Fair Madrid (represented Sinne), Shifting Identities group exhibition at MACRO Testaccio Rome. Rokka was honored with the Raimo Utriainen Fund’s annual sculptor award in 2015.

The exhibition is supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Konstsamfundet and the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland.

Eteläranta 12
00130 Helsinki
Free entrance

Opening reception and artist meeting: Anna Rokka

Tue 8.6.2021 @ 17:00–19:00

Anna Rokka’s exhibition opens on Tuesday 8 June in Galleria Sculptor. The artist is present at the gallery from 5 pm until 7 pm.

There is no need to sign up for the event. In order to ensure a safe gallery visit, we will regulate the number of visitors inside the gallery. Max 10 visitors are allowed in the gallery space at the same time. We require visitors to use face masks.⁠

Eteläranta 12
00130 Helsinki
Free entrance

Music intervention

Thu 10.6.2021 @ 12:00–12:30, Fri 11.6.2021 @ 12:00–12:30, Sat 12.6.2021 @ 14:00–14:30

During the music guiding we observe the affect of different soundscapes on the experience of art. How does music alter a piece – can something nice become scary or beautiful ugly? Can something still turn into fast-paced or something unknown into familiar? The tour is playful and experimental and invites discussion!

To participate you need a device and headphones for listening to the music. A link to the playlist can be found in the end of this text.

The tour is organised by Eidos ry, the association of art history students at the University of Helsinki.

The link to the sign-up form will be published on the 1st of June.

Sign-up link to the guiding on the 10th of June.

Sign-up link to the guiding on the 11th of June.

Sign-up link to the guiding on the 12th of June.

Playlists are on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtFairSuomi/playlists

And with minor changes on Spotifysta: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wVf8bjzWspH5VZGYveHaY?si=c82cf4dc508f4ec2

Galleria Sculptor, Eteläranta 12, 00130 Helsinki
Free entrance