19.5. – 19.8.
Our Second Nature  
Terike Haapoja, Anni Kinnunen, Vesa Ranta

The 50th anniversary exhibition of the Oulu Region Humane Society will be on show at the museum’s Satula room.
Each of the three invited artists approaches the interests of nature, animals and people from their own perspectives.

21.4.–9.9.
Martti Mäki
– Paintings and Photographs

Painter Martti Mäki of Oulu (born 1947) is especially known for his public works in urban space and his extensive output of portraits. Mäki’s art combines narrative realism of symbolic emphasis with more abstract expression. This exhibition features new paintings and photographs addressing the interaction of light and shade and the problems of form.

21.4. – 9.9.
In Daylight
– Villu Jaanisoo & Hanna Vihriälä

The works of Hanna Vihriälä (born in 1974 in Oulainen) and Villu Jaanisoo (born in 1963 in Tallinn) are examples of contemporary sculpture at its best, with their variety of materials, dramaturgical control of scale, and perceptive and personal interpretations of observations. Janisoo’s work is involved with the initial themes of sculpture – portraiture and veracity. Vihriälä’s sculpture takes light, reflection and shadow as its starting points.

4.2. – 3.6.
In Search of Beauty
– Works from the Tuomo Seppo Collection

The Oulu Museum of Art will continue its displays of Tuomo Seppo’s art collection. Containing over 1,700 works of art, this collection emphasizes the North Finnish aspect. Artists of North Finland, or ones who have been professionally active here, that are featured in the exhibition include Marjatta Hanhijoki, Niilo Hyttinen, Tapio Junno, Paavo Leinonen, Markku and Olli Keränen, Kaarlo Mikkonen and Carl Wargh. Among the exhibits are Marjatta Hanhijoki’s masterly interior scenes in watercolour, self-portraits by Niilo Hyttinen, and work by the late academician Kain Tapper, who was a trailblazer of Finnish sculpture in wood. Other artists of the exhibition are Mirja Airas, Göran Augustson, Jaakko Heikkinen, Outi Heiskanen, Hannele Kylänpää, Raimo Reinikainen, Anja Rönty and Päivi Sirén.

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