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Aalto galleries and exhibition venues

How can we make space for unexpected ways of looking at the world? Galleries and exhibition venues are co-produced spaces for action, bringing together the knowledge, content, vision, and passion of different agents.
Aalto betaspace, an exhibition venue for students at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture / photo by Julia Weckman.

Galleries and exhibition venues at Aalto University are co-produced spaces for action, bringing together the knowledge, content, vision, and passion of different agents. They provide experiences built on ideas and concepts, rather than artefacts. These spaces are open for unexpected encounters and diversity of voices, and exhibition-making happens as a collaborative practice.

Aalto University mediates, facilitates, and supports different levels of spaces such as coordinated spaces and curated spaces. There are spaces that include pop-up exhibitions, laboratories for student work, galleries, conferences, and temporary public art. Some galleries spaces include curated programs, where educational events take place through open calls and by invitations.

Photo: Julia Weckman

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Aalto Exhibitions

With multiple spaces across the Otaniemi campus and partnership projects each year, there are always dynamic exhibitions activities taking place at Aalto. Whether you are organising, researching or visiting exhibitions, this hub provides the key information, news and resources you will need.

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'RE-MATTER – FIVE SITES OF DEPARTURE' Cvijeta Miljak, 2023. Kuva taiteilijan oma.

Online Exhibitions

A selection of Aalto exhibitions made available online

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Wood and Clay course exhibition organised by Nathalie Lautenbacher, Väre Main Lobby, March 2019

Väre Exhibitions

Väre Exhibitions, School of Art, Architecture and Design

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Aalto betaspace, an exhibition venue for students at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture / photo by Julia Weckman.

Beta SPACE gallery

Aalto's beta SPACE Gallery is located at the Undergraduate Centre designed by Alvar Aalto.

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Dipoli Gallery

Dipoli, the main building of Aalto University is a stage for encounters and events for students, the university and its partners. The Dipoli Gallery is university's representational space.

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The Harald Herlin Learning Centre exhibition spaces

The Harald Herlin Learning Centre exhibition spaces Lobby, Foyer and Visual Resource Centre host exhibitions, workshops, seminars and performances.

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Aalto´s exhibition space at the Helsinki Airport. The exhibition uses glass to symbolise the fragility of global freshwater resources.

Aalto exhibition space at Helsinki Airport

The exhibitions belong to Finavia’s Art Port Concept. The idea is to offer passengers surprising new services.

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Image: Installation of Exhibition by Dana Neilson 'Closer to (my) Nature' 4-channel video. 11-19 minute loop. 2017

M8 Art Space

A curated screening programme located at the heart of the School of Electrical Engineering in Aalto University

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Interior picture of Aalto Studios, a table and four chairs, and some poster on the black wall in the right of the picture.

Aalto Studios Gallery Lounge

Exhibition space Aalto Studios Gallery is part of the Aalto Studios. It provides the Aalto University community with an exhibition space in Otakaari 7 for experimentation and reflection.

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Professor Maarit Mäkelä sits on a chair and paints a ceramic pot with soil from Venice, in a brightly lit area

Organise an Exhibition at Aalto University

Aalto University has multiple exhibition spaces across the Otaniemi campus and the curators welcome interest from students, staff and researchers in organising their own exhibitions and projects.

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