Galleria Sculptor is an artist-run contemporary art gallery located in the Helsinki city center, maintained by the Association of Finnish Sculptors. Galleria Sculptor is the only gallery in Finland that focuses on presenting contemporary sculpture. Its exhibition programme highlights the diversity of contemporary sculpting and offers new insights into spatial and three-dimensional artistic practices. At Sculptor, the audience has a unique possibility to explore the ever-expanding field of sculpting.

Galleria Sculptor also has a sales collection Sculpture Shop that showcases small sculptures by members of the association. The association organizes also events and exhibitions outside the gallery.

Galleria Sculptor is the only gallery in Finland that focuses on presenting contemporary sculpture. All professional artists can apply for an exhibition time at Galleria Sculptor for  exhibitions that focus on spatial and three-dimensional art. Open call to Galleria Sculptor’s exhibition times is held twice a year.

The annual application periods are in March and August–September. The spring applications concern exhibitions in the autumn one and half years away and the autumn applications exhibitions in the spring one and a half years away.

Call for exhibitions in Spring 2025 will be open between 14 August – 10 September, 2023. Please note that the autumn application period will be two weeks earlier than usual this year. The applications are submitted via an electronic application form, which will open on August 14.

We do not accept applications by email or post.

The applications can be submitted only for one exhibition period at a time (Autumn or Spring). 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, de-installation, and opening days. There are 3 different spaces one can apply for: the studio, the gallery space, and the whole space (studio and gallery).

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 2023, Galleria Sculptor is rent-free for artists.

The Association of Finnish Sculptors is committed to promote good exhibition practices with the aim to hold rent-free exhibition space and the introduction of exhibition fees.

The exhibition rents are determined at the beginning of each year. If we receive in the future funding  to maintain rent-free spaces, the rent-free policy will also apply to future exhibition times. At the moment, already lower exhibition rents (see below) will apply to exhibition times in 2024.

In recent years, the association has been able significantly to reduce the exhibitions rents with the support of the Arts Promotion Center Finland and the City of Helsinki.  In 2021–2022, the rent for the entire exhibition space is 600 € for members and 950 € for non-members (reduction 67,24–76,4% from the original, non-reduced exhibition rent).

Maximum exhibition rents in 2024:

Members of the Association:

Studio                  (n. 30 m²)      200 €
Gallery                 (n. 88 m²)     450 €
Whole space     (n. 118 m²)      600 €

Non-members:

Studio                   (n. 30 m²)      300 €
Galleria             (n. 88 m²)         675 €
Whole space      (n. 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 the Galleria Sculptor’s YouTube channel.

Artist is responsible for the installation of artworks, transport and insurance costs, travel expenses, technical support, and rental of any necessary equipment.

The sales commission at Galleria Sculptor is 35%.

The Gallery will only send online invitations, but if wanted, the artist may also send invitations cards per post.

Call for Galleria Sculptor´s exhibitions in Autumn 2024 is open between 1–31 March, 2023.

Submit a free-form application that states your exhibition plan to Gallery Sculptor. Applications must be submitted by using this application form. The form opens on 1.3.2023.

A pdf-file containing the following is attached to the application form:

• a brief description of the proposed exhibition to Galleria Sculptor´s spaces (exhibition plan, preferably one A4)

• 5-10 color copies of photos of your works accompanied by full details (artist, title, year, material, measurements). 5 images must be photos of your works that are as recent as possible. In addition, sketches or other images supporting the exhibition plan can be submitted (max. 5 images).

• CV (max 2 pages)

The documents can be combined with pdf join. Please name the pdf-file: surname_name_Exhibition_Application_season

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When applying for an exhibition time in the Gallery or Studio space, please notice that there may be a soundscape included in the other exhibition. The exhibition committee aims to select the exhibitions so that the possible soundscapes of the exhibitions do not disturb each other.

The Studio can be fully darkened, and video works, as well as smaller exhibitions, can be proposed to this space.

If you propose a video work, you may include a link to the video in the exhibition plan text.

If the exhibition contains sound or other special technology, this must be mentioned in the application.

Exhibition committee:

The exhibitions are selected by the exhibition committee, which is elected at the general meeting of the members.

Exhibition committee 2023:
Timo Aho, Eetu Huhtala, Jenni Tieaho, and Benjamin Orlow representing the executive board of the Association of Finnish Sculptors.

All the applicants will be notified of the decisions in writing.

The artists who are selected commit themselves to not holding a solo or other similar exhibition in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area in the period between the signing of the exhibition agreement and the conclusion of the exhibition.