Young Visual Art

Young Visual Art (Nuori Taide in Finnish) is a nationwide forum for visual artists aged 15–29.

Annual group exhibitions in different regions in Finland present visual art and multidisciplinary projects. In 2026, exhibition take a place in Hyvinkää, Tampere, Vantaa, Turku and Copenhagen, Denmark. Netx exhibitions: at Copenhagen Photo Festival in 11-21 June & at Gallery Vivi in 19 Oct - 9 Now as part of the Tampere Gallery Week. 

Currently renewed online catalogue showcases emerging artists and offers a free platform for art portfolio or own website for young people.

Every second year, Nuori Taide event brings together around 60 artist to showcase and sell their art. Additionally, events include workshops, discussions, performances and art exhibitions. The programme gathers friends of young art from all around Finland. Around 15 young art professionals produce events together with Nuori Taide and its partners. Next event: 15 May 2027 in Vernissa Culture Factory in Vantaa

Every week, new young artists are presented on Instagram to support them to find new audiences and make art field for more accessible for all.

Young Visual Art is operated by the Art Centre for Children and Young People and funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture Finland.

Nuori Taide video filmed in Nuori Taide 2023 event in Tiivistämö Helsinki

Unfixed - zine, audio guide & walks

Unfixed is a collaborative art work by Photofuss Youth Group and Young Visual Art including a zine, an audio guide and facilitated walks. It features autoethnographic approaches from 13 emerging artists that revolve around scenarios 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 political environment, and coming together to create a more empathetic future despite the dystopian scenarios we have grown used to are the themes explored through photographs, texts, and conversations.

Zine

Zine of 28 pages is a collaborative art magazine including photographies and text by Photofuss' artists and Young Visual Art. Layout design: Villa Eweis

Audio guide

Audio guide (15:23) allows you to dive deeper into young adults’ realities by listening to the discussions between the artists on the themes stated above. Listen the audio guide. Audio guide and sound landscape: Villa Eweis

Walks

Walks invite the audience to take a part in a 45 minute long facilitated art walk to discuss their experiences and ideas around the theme: scenarios. Walks are take a place in Finland ja Denmark. Facilitators: Karun Verma, Sole Tikkanen, Seela Joensuu & Pyry Pietikäinen

Finland, Vantaa

23 May 2026 at 3:45-4:30PM Vernissa Waves - Nuori Kulttuuri Festivaali, Vernissa Culture Factory

Denmark, Copenhagen

VÆKST Creatives, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Refshaleøen park
13 June 2026 11-11:45AM
14 June 2026 11-11:45AM
15 Juna 2026 11-11:45AM

Register here. Registering onsite is also possible.

Photofuss artists

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

Photofuss on Instagram

Production: Young Visual Art (Nuori Taide in Finnish) & Finnish Photography Museum

The project is supported by Copenhagen Photo Festival & VÆKST Creatives, Young Culture ROOTS, Vernissa Culture Factory, Culture Moves Europe, Finnish Museum of Photofgraphy, Art Centre for Children and Young People / Nuori Taide.

Residency artists in Generation 2026 exhibition

In summer 2025, Stanislava Ovchinnikova, Ly Rahtu and Siiri Turpeinen worked with their exhibition pieces in Nuori Taide residency at Galleria Toinen Silmä in Helsinki. The residency included intependent artistic practice, mentoring from professional artist Kalle Hamm as well as communal gatherings. Portraits: Hayley Tra My Le / 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. The group exhibition for young artists is a flagship project of Amos Rex and the museum’s owner, the Amos Anderson Fund.

The Generation 2026 artists explore identity, belonging, and power structures. They amplify marginalised voices, examine the impact of technology, and use humour and absurdity as a form of resistance, showing a generation that looks at the world with a critical eye and claims its place in it openly and without compromise.

The exhibition’s partners are Amos Andersons Fund, Nuori taide and Tero Saarinen Company. Nuori Taide has collaborated with the exhibition since 2017.

Photo: Shoot Hayley / Amos Rex

Generation 2026

Light Leaks Exhibition

5-9 May 2026
Gallery Tehdassali, Vernissa Culture Factory, Vantaa

Light leaks exhibition showcases art works from emerging & young artists & an art collective. Paintings, textile sculptures & photography zine incl. audio piece & facilitated walks-and-talks, depict & use light in diverse ways. 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 annual exhibitions by Young Visual Art (Nuori Taide) produced in English. The exhibition follows Nuori Taide's newest aims to make art field more accessible for those for don't speak Finnish fluently. In addition, it offers and opportunity for those

“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 in the space call visitors to interpret & have a dialogue - where does the light actually leak from?” describes young curator of the exhibition Iines Heijola.

The exhibition is supported by Vernissa culture factory & Young culture (Nuori Kulttuuri).

Communal gathering & event day in the exhibition on Sat 23 May 2026 at 15-17.

Nuori Taide events

Every second year, Nuori Taide event brings together around 60 artist to showcase and sell their art. Additionally, events include workshops, discussions, performances and art exhibitions. The programme gathers friends of young art from all around Finland. Around 15 young art professionals produce events together with Nuori Taide and its partners. 

Nuori Taide 2027

17 May 2027
Vernissa Culture Factory, Vantaa

Finland’s largest visual arts event for young people is coming to Vernissa Culture Factory in Vantaa. Vernissa's numerous brick surfaces create an unique frame for the fifth Nuori Taide event. Programme is still a mystery since it is curated by around 15 young people working in the production. Free event invites you to involve to the filed of young art either you live close or more far away. Safer space as well as ecological sustainability are core values of the event.

The theme of the Nuori Taide 2027 event is 𝙾𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 symbolized by the brick — a familiar feature of the Vernissa building itself.

Save the date 15 May 2026, more information coming soon.

Art and programme Open Calls will open in fall 2026!

Hello from the production team

The event is created by a multidisciplinary team of young art professionals collaborating with Nuori Taide and its partners. 1,5 year long volunteer work in the event production offers multiple opportunities for young professionals to develop a skills set of cultural production, cultural youth work, curation, communications and marketing, as well as audience outreach.

Young production assistants: Matilda Kivelä, Iines Heijola, Lara Pullola, Tuuli Metsärinne, SIlja Lampisjärvi, Lotta Saari, Hilla Honkamäkilä, Rauha Manninen, Maija Vanhala, Yara Shaath, Kaj Matilainen, Valo Ryynäinen, Caisha Mohammed & Celeste Palpa. Nuori Taide staff: Anni Rupponen & Mari Valtonen. Vernissa staff: Piia Varpiola & Jenni Vesanen. Photos: Matilda Kivelä & Maija Vanhala

Partners

Vernissa Culture Factory, Kaffa Roastery

Nuori Taide 2025 event

17 May 2025
Youth Cultural Centre Monitoimitalo 13, Tampere

Photo gallery by Julia Anderson

Nuori Taide 2023 event

13 May 2023
Tiivistämö, Helsinki

Photo gallery by Linnea Laatikainen

Nuori Taide 2021, online event

Nuori Taide 2019, Jyväskylä

Selected projects and articles

Florere zine in collaboration with Photofuss group, the 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 Amos Rex art museum and its Generation triennal, Nuori Kulttuuri, and youth culture centre Monitoimitalo 13. Activities are organised mainly in Finnish and partially in English.

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 Art does cultural youth work, specialised in visual art.

Involve

By involving, young art practitioners 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 in Europe. 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 2023–2026 we have travelled in Netherlands and Denmark.

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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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