Young Visual Art
Young Visual Art (Nuori Taide in Finnish) is a nationwide forum for visual art makers aged 15–29. It organises art exhibitions and Nuori Taide events for young art makers as well as those working closely to visual culture created by young people. In addition, it maintains Taide\Folio portfolio website and showcases young artists on Instagram.
Nuori Taide video was filmed in Nuori Taide 2023 event in Tiivistämö Helsinki
Group exhibitions
Light Leaks
5-29 May 2026
Gallery Tehdassali, Vernissa Culture Factory, Vantaa, Finland
Artists & art collective
Aatu Koskinen, Kia Nevalainen, Nette Tammi, Vega Stillman & Photofuss group (Finnish Museum of Photography)
Light Leaks exhibition showcases art works from emerging & young artists & an art collective. Paintings, textile sculptures, ceramics & photography zine incl. audio piece & facilitated walks-and-talks, depict & use light in diverse ways. From different light sources painted on canvas & paper to translucent fabrics let the light through mesmerisingly. Additionally, light works as a fundamental source of photography & inspiration of the visual storytelling in the art works.
The exhibition is one of the four annual exhibitions by nuori Taide (Young Visual Art) & produced in English. “The old factory hall turned into a unique gallery creates a frame for these works. natural light from the big windows, metallic surfaces & diverse art crossing in the space are calling visitors to interpret & have a dialogue - where does the light actually leak?” describes young curator of the exhibition Iines Heijola. The exhibition is supported by Vernissa Culture Factory & Young Culture (Nuori Kulttuuri).
Event day & communal gathering
Sat 23 May 2026 at 15-17, Gallery Tehdassali
15 Guided tour in the exhibition, curator Iines Heijola
15.30-17 Artist meetings
15.45-16.15 Facilitated walks and talks by Photofuss: registration onsite, leave in the gallery at 15.45
Free art post cards and snacks included. Everyone is welcome! The event is part of the Vernissa Waves - Nuori Kulttuuri festivaali in 22-23 May.
Unfixed zine, audio piece & walks-and-talks in Copenhagen Photo Festival
Photofuss, the Youth Group of The Finnish Museum of Photography and Young Visual Art are spaces for young artists based in Finland. Their second collaborative zine project expands to an audio guide, as well as participatory walks and talks taking place at the festival park. Auto-ethnographic photos, texts and conversations by 13 emerging artists circle around scenarios that young artists face: finding one’s own space and voice in the world and as an artist, longing for stillness and simplicity, creating in the pressured atmosphere of today’s world, and coming together in order to create a more empathetic future despite the dystopian scenarios we are used to imagine.
Photofuss group: Emiliano Espinosa, Villa Eweis, Elena ilia, Hidehito Ishibashi, Seela Joensuu, Leevi Kaukonen, Silja Lampisjärvi, Pyry Pietikäinen, Vilppu Rantanen, Jasmin Rossi, Kajsa Santonen, Sole Tikkanen & Karun Verma
Facilitated walks-and-talks organized at the festival's opening weekend. Stay tuned!
VÆKST Creatives, Copenhagen Photo Festival
11-21 May 2026
Refshaleøen park
Free entrance, pre-registration for walks-and-talks is recommended
Read more about the programme and the festival
From residency to Generation 2026 exhibition
Portraits: Shoot Hayley / Amos Rex
The Generation triennial, held for the fourth time, brings together 50 artists and collectives to explore the most pressing social questions of our time. Some artists worked on their exhibition work in Nuori Taide recidency in summer 2025. Nuori Taide continues long-terms partnership with the Generation exhibitions and Amos Rex museum since 2016.
Events
Nuori Taide 2027
5th nationwide event gathers hundreds young visual artist to Vernissa Culture Factory in 15 May 2027. Open call for artist and other programme will be released in late 2026 here and on Nuori Taide's Instagram. 15 young art enthusiastics produce the event together with art organisations and youth sector. Free places in the production team can be inquired by email.
Nuori Taide 2025 event
17th May 2025 at 11am-5pm
Youth Cultural Centre Monitoimitalo 13, Tampere
Nuori Taide events are organised every second year in different cities in Finland. Events gather hundreds of young art makers to exhibit and sell their art, organise workshops and discussion programme as well as performances. In the event, young art professionals work as mentors or discussion partners of young art praticioners. Content is created together with a group or young volunteer production assistants and regional partners.
Read more about Nuori Taide 2025
Art residency
Art residency programme is a week long mini residency for a group of Generation 2026 artists exhibited in Amos Rex art museum in 2026. The residency took a place in Helsinki in June 2025.
Selected projects and articles
Florere zine in collaboration with Pfotofuss, Finnish Museum of Photography
Nuori Taide's essay in NO NIIN magasize Issue 13
Soyoung Christina Chung's trainee experiences: My valuable experiences as a production assistant at Nuori Taide
Guidebook book for reactive eco crisis art practice
Creating together
All Young Visual Art's activities are conducted in collaboration with young people, as well as youth work and visual art professionals. Long term partners include e.g. Amos Rex art museum and its Generation triennal. Activities are organised mainly in Finnish and partially in English and Swedish.
Guidelines for safer space
Don't make assumptions based on appearance, skin color, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, or speech. Pay attention to your choice of words and know that people are different individuals.
Respect everyone and their right to self-determination, as well as physical and social space, and their art.
Act when you notice harassment or other disturbing act in case you feel safe to act. Report situations for a harassment contact person.
Relax, making mistakes and asking is allowed. Wonder, let's learn togehteer.
Young Visual Art is a discrimination-free platform.
History
Nuori Taide was established in November 2018. It is operated by the Art Centre for Children and Young people. Activities are funded by the Ministry of education and Culture in Finland. The Young Visual Arts is cultural youth work, specialised in visual art.
Involve
By involving one may have new experiences to improve their artistic practice. Young Visual Art invites all young art makers to involve wether they are beginners, intermediates, or soon to be professionals. Internship programme and research collaboration is open for English speaking students/researchers.
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International collaboration
Young Visual Art has involved several international projects. It's goal is to strength Nordic-Baltic and international collaboration of cultural youth work network and visual culture. Sharing practices, leaning together, and offering new participatory projects for young people are the main interest of us. In 2023–2025 we have travelled in Netherlands and Denmark.
Leave feedback
We are collecting feedback from young art makers and people interested in visual art created by young people. The responses are applied to develop the activities as well as make report for our funder. Responses are anonymous.
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Contact
Send us an inquiry, proposal or feedback to nuoritaide(a)artcentre.fi or
call/text to us +358 50 308 3625 (time EET). We are using WhatsApp.
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