News

4 Mar 2019

Announcing the residents for year 2019

The spring residency season at HIAP has already begun, and we are happy to announce the nearly complete list of…

4 Mar 2019

New HIAP visual identity & website

We are very happy to announce the brand new HIAP visual identity and website! It’s been a great pleasure to…

4 Oct 2018

Announcing the Finnish residents of HIAP Residency Programme 2019

HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme is happy to announce the Finnish art practitioners selected to HIAP Residency Programme 2019….

28 Jun 2018

WHERE ARE WE NOW WITH HIAP’S POST-FOSSIL TRANSITION?

‘Pofo’ is not a project among other projects but a way of doing and operating that should run through the…

24 May 2018

SASHA KURMAZ

AA: What materials, techniques, and themes do you use in your work? SK: The local context is important for my…

21 May 2018

SYOWIA KYAMBI’S NEW MYTHOLOGIES

Syowia Kyambi works in many layers. Her current work ties in with previous performances, which are based on stories, histories…

2 May 2018

Notes from the Kick-Off Event of the HIAP & Mustarinda Collaboration: post-fossil transition

A couple of weeks ago, on Friday evening the 6th of April a group of nearly one hundred enthusiasts from various…

27 Apr 2018

DIEGO BRUNO

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios in Dublin, Ireland has collaborated with HIAP for eleven years, supporting a total of 17…

19 Apr 2018

Laura Spring and Elina Laitinen selected for design residency programme 2018

HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme, the British Council, Helsinki Design Week, the Design Museum and Aalto University are happy…

3 Apr 2018

EVITA VASILJEVA: THESE HEAVY HUMAN EMOTIONS

Evita Vasiljeva’s work mainly consists of big sculptures, made from heavy materials of varying textures and surfaces. Next to concrete…

28 Mar 2018

HIAP participates in the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion Project

HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme has been invited to realise a pavilion for the Gwangju Biennale Pavilion Project of 2018 along…

21 Mar 2018

DAVID TER-OGANYAN

David Ter-Oganyan worked at HIAP during the month of February 2018. David’s art consists of drawing, painting, objects, video, photography,…

13 Mar 2018

SPEAKING SPACE WITH CAROLINE DOOLIN

Caroline Doolin from Dublin, Ireland, is working on the island of Suomenlinna for six weeks. Her practice is based on moving…

7 Mar 2018

Frontiers in Retreat: Looking Back and Looking Forward

This spring marks the finale of the five-year project Frontiers in Retreat (FiR) and it is time for wrapping up the project:…

26 Feb 2018

THE SHARED BRAIN OF HARRIE LIVEART

Harrie Liveart, the manifestation of the shared brain of Meri Linna and Saija Kassinen, stayed at HIAP’s Suomenlinna studio for a whole year….

21 Feb 2018

Announcing the HIAP 2018 residencies

HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme is proud to announce the participants of 2018 HIAP Residency Programmes. Most of the…

17 Jan 2018

Curators selected for the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme 2018

HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme and Frame Contemporary Art Finland are happy to announce their selection of four curators…

12 Jan 2018

NOTIONS OF BARE LIFE AND BARE LANGUAGE

AA: Can you tell us a bit about the new book, Sacred Springtime? RP: The working title of my work-in-progress…

11 Dec 2017

THE TRUTH ABOUT LANGUAGE: ILAN MANOUACH’S SHAPEREADER

I arrived at Photographic Gallery Hippolyte on a rainy and grey Saturday afternoon. I didn’t know much about what was coming, apart…

5 Dec 2017

CHAOTIC PORTRAITS IN A FICTIONAL WORLD

Laith McGregor spent a couple of months at HIAP’s studios in Suomenlinna, developing his unique portraits which combine meticulous drawing…