BFA Exhibition 2024
The BFA exhibition takes over the ground floor of the Mylly building from 13 September to 6 October.
The BFA Exhibition consists of works by 24 students of the Academy of Fine Arts. The young artists’ works are playful, experimental and daring enough to tackle sensitive subjects. Paintings, prints, sound, words, sculptures, moving and still images, made of different materials, are installed in the space, and performances will also take place during the exhibition. The diversity of techniques and the distinctness of the works is the strength of the exhibition, allowing the works to engage in a dialogue with each other.
The annual bachelors’ degree exhibition presents the work of students from all subject areas at the Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture and Time and Space Arts. There is no shared theme to the exhibition – each participant is allowed to produce and present the artistic component of their bachelor’s thesis freely.
Artists
- Irini Arana
- Erkki Huilla
- Sini Ilves
- Ville Karlsson
- Matilda Keränen
- Otto Koskelo
- Paavo Kärki
- Anastasiia Lapteva
- Diana Luganski
- Lasse Määttä
- nauthey / anundi-nousiainen
- Aino Raatikainen
- Mirella Salo
- Viktor Sundman
- Aino Tillonen
- Luumu Tursas
- Jaakko Uljas
- Olli Valkola
- Iida Valmé
- Emppu Veinola
- Eva Volmerson
- Sofia Vuorenmaa
- Minja Yletyinen
- Anne Yli-Ikkelä
Publication
The publication Halki – Tekstejä taiteellisista prosesseista (in Finnish) brings together texts written by students of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Contemporary Art History and Theory at the Academy of Fine Arts, which have emerged from discussions with the artists of the BFA exhibition in Spring 2024.
Events
Opening
Exhibition opening on Thursday 12 September from 5 to 7 pm.
Guided tours
The curator and coordinating teacher of the BFA Exhibition Marika Orenius will host a guided tour in the exhibition on Tuesday 17 September from 4 to 5 pm. The tour is in Finnish, no booking required.
Olli Valkola and exhibition visitors: Clustering – Playground
Fri 13 September 5–6pm
Sun 22 September 5–6pm
Wed 25 September 5–6pm
Black box in Kuva/Tila
In the playground part of Clustering, the audience gets to interact with the work. The happenings of these events will be played back during the exhibition opening times.
nauthey / anundi-nousiainen: Lightroom (|) Angel Foam
Fri 20 September from 8 to 10 pm
Fri 27 September from 8 to 10 pm
Fri 4 October from 8 to 10 pm
The performances will be viewed outside of the gallery space by the corner window of Kuva/Tila.
Rules written by dominator
carved on my skin with shame.
A border drawn between us, an invisible armored glass.
Lust
like hot breath evaporating
revealing the transparent surface.
As an act of sharing space and collective care nauthey / anundi-nousiainen invites guest artists to gather inside Ultra Bleach Cream installation to imagine liberation through our bodies. Series of window performances process space between private and public, boundaries, power hierarchies, controlling conventions and intimacy.
Guest artists TBA
Installation views
The BFA Exhibition consists of works by 24 students of the Academy of Fine Arts. The young artists’ works are playful, experimental and daring enough to tackle sensitive subjects. Paintings, prints, sound, words, sculptures, moving and still images, made of different materials, are installed in the space, and performances will also take place during the exhibition. The diversity of techniques and the distinctness of the works is the strength of the exhibition, allowing the works to engage in a dialogue with each other.
The annual bachelors’ degree exhibition presents the work of students from all subject areas at the Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture and Time and Space Arts. There is no shared theme to the exhibition – each participant is allowed to produce and present the artistic component of their bachelor’s thesis freely.
Artists
- Irini Arana
- Erkki Huilla
- Sini Ilves
- Ville Karlsson
- Matilda Keränen
- Otto Koskelo
- Paavo Kärki
- Anastasiia Lapteva
- Diana Luganski
- Lasse Määttä
- nauthey / anundi-nousiainen
- Aino Raatikainen
- Mirella Salo
- Viktor Sundman
- Aino Tillonen
- Luumu Tursas
- Jaakko Uljas
- Olli Valkola
- Iida Valmé
- Emppu Veinola
- Eva Volmerson
- Sofia Vuorenmaa
- Minja Yletyinen
- Anne Yli-Ikkelä
Publication
The publication Halki – Tekstejä taiteellisista prosesseista (in Finnish) brings together texts written by students of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Contemporary Art History and Theory at the Academy of Fine Arts, which have emerged from discussions with the artists of the BFA exhibition in Spring 2024.
Events
Opening
Exhibition opening on Thursday 12 September from 5 to 7 pm.
Guided tours
The curator and coordinating teacher of the BFA Exhibition Marika Orenius will host a guided tour in the exhibition on Tuesday 17 September from 4 to 5 pm. The tour is in Finnish, no booking required.
Olli Valkola and exhibition visitors: Clustering – Playground
Fri 13 September 5–6pm
Sun 22 September 5–6pm
Wed 25 September 5–6pm
Black box in Kuva/Tila
In the playground part of Clustering, the audience gets to interact with the work. The happenings of these events will be played back during the exhibition opening times.
nauthey / anundi-nousiainen: Lightroom (|) Angel Foam
Fri 20 September from 8 to 10 pm
Fri 27 September from 8 to 10 pm
Fri 4 October from 8 to 10 pm
The performances will be viewed outside of the gallery space by the corner window of Kuva/Tila.
Rules written by dominator
carved on my skin with shame.
A border drawn between us, an invisible armored glass.
Lust
like hot breath evaporating
revealing the transparent surface.
As an act of sharing space and collective care nauthey / anundi-nousiainen invites guest artists to gather inside Ultra Bleach Cream installation to imagine liberation through our bodies. Series of window performances process space between private and public, boundaries, power hierarchies, controlling conventions and intimacy.
Guest artists TBA
Installation views