Holding an Exhibition
Galleria Sculptor is the only gallery in Finland that focuses on presenting contemporary sculpture. All professional visual artists are eligible to apply for an exhibition at Galleria Sculptor. In our selection process, we emphasize applications that reflect the diversity and emerging new directions in contemporary sculpture and spatial art.
Open call to Galleria Sculptor’s exhibition times is held once a year.
The application period for 2027 is on between September 8 to October 5 2025. Applications can be sent in Finnish or in English via an online application form.
We do not accept applications by email or post.
We welcome applications also from working groups. The contact person of the working group submits the application.
The exhibition periods are 4 weeks long, including installation days (Mon-Wed) and the exhibition opening day, which is held on Thursdays 5 pm – 7 pm.
There are three different options of exhibition spaces one can apply for: the Studio, the Gallery and the whole space (both the Studio and Gallery spaces).
Exhibition Space
The exhibition space is in total approximately 118 m², of which the Gallery space with windows is 88 m², and the Studio space without windows is 30 m².
The height of the Gallery space varies from 3,78 meters to 4,06 meters. The height of the Studio space is 3,90 meters.
Exhibition Rents
In 2024–2025, Galleria Sculptor is rent-free for artists. In 2025, the gallery will pay exhibition fees to each artist holding exhibition at Galleria Sculptor.
The Association of Finnish Sculptors is committed to promoting good exhibition practices with the aim to hold rent-free exhibition space and paying artists exhibition fees.
The rent-free policy will also apply to future exhibition times if we receive in the future funding to maintain rent-free spaces. At the moment, the exhibition rents are determined at the beginning of each year due to yearly admitted funding to the gallery.
The following maximum rents apply to exhibition periods currently available:
Members of the Association
Studio (30 m²) 200 €
Gallery (88 m²) 450 €
Whole space (118 m²) 600 €
Non-members
Studio (30 m²) 300 €
Gallery (88 m²) 675 €
Whole space (118 m²) 950 €
The rent includes communications, sales, marketing, guarding of the exhibition, press photos of the exhibition by a professional photographer, and a video interview of the artist that will be on display at the gallery and in Galleria Sculptor’s YouTube channel.
The artist is responsible for the installation of the artworks, transport and insurance costs, travel expenses, technical support, and rental of any necessary equipment.
Galleria Sculptor’s commission on all sales is 35 % up to 15 000 €, after which the sales commissions are determined according to the price of the sold works as follows (prices without VAT):
- Commission for artworks from 1–15 000 € is 35 %
- Commission for artworks from 15 001–30 000 € is 35 % until 15 000 € and 25 % of the rest
- Commission for artworks from 30 001–100 000 € is 35 % until 15 000 € and 20 % of the rest.
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How to apply for an exhibition time at Galleria Sculptor?
Applications must be submitted by the deadline using this application form.
The application must include a single PDF file containing:
- Exhibition proposal (max. 2 pages). Please also include in your plan why your exhibition should be presented at Galleria Sculptor.
- Portfolio (max. 10 pages) including photos of your works and any supporting visual material. Include works that are as recent as possible, accompanied by full details (artist, title, year, material, measurements).
- CV (max 2 pages). Also include information on upcoming shows.
Separate PDF documents can be combined with for example pdf join. Please name the PDF file: surname_name_Exhibition_Application_year.
If the exhibition includes sound or other special technology, this must be mentioned in the application. Please note that the spaces of Galleria Sculptor are not suitable for the presentation of works with loud sound (max. limit 75 db).
The Studio space can be darkened using a blackout curtain in the doorway, if necessary. Smaller exhibitions or video works can be proposed for the studio space. If you are proposing a video work, you may include a link to the video in your application.
When applying for an exhibition time in either the Gallery or Studio space, please note that there may be a soundscape included in the other exhibition. The Exhibition Committee aims to select exhibitions in a way that ensures exhibitions do not interfere with each other.
Exhibition committee:
The exhibitions are selected by the Exhibition Committee, which is elected at the general meeting of the members of the Association of Finnish Sculptors. The term of Exhibition Committee members is two years.
Exhibition Committee 2025:
Timo Aho, Kirsi Kaulanen, Jenni Tieaho, and Arja Kärkkäinen representing the executive board of the Association of Finnish Sculptors.
All applicants will be contacted once the committee has made its decisions regarding the exhibitions. The aim is to make the decisions within 6–8 weeks of the application deadline.
The Exhibition Committee may admit again an exhibition time, when 5 years have passed between the artist’s latest exhibition at Galleria Sculptor and the date of the exhibition applied for.
Please note: The artists who are selected for having their exhibition at Galleria Sculptor, commit to not exhibiting same works, that will be shown in the exhibition at Galleria Sculptor, in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area in the period between the signing of the exhibition agreement and the conclusion of the exhibition. If the artist breaks the deal, the exhibition will be cancelled by the gallery without any compensation.
Impediments to decision-making and selection:
A member of the Executive Board of the Association of Finnish Sculptors or the Exhibition Committee is disqualified from receiving an exhibition time at Galleria Sculptor.
This restriction extends also to the Exhibition Committee member’s immediate family, family members and close relatives, as well as to close collaborators, such as being a member in an active artist duo with the Exhibition Committee member. They cannot be granted an exhibition time at Galleria Sculptor.
A member of the Exhibition Committee, who is disqualified from taking part in the decision-making process of an individual application, is not prevented from taking part in the decision-making for other applications.