Introduction
Welcome to Kollektivet
Kollektivet is a touring exhibition that will be on view from spring 2025. It features art by ten Finnish artists and picture book illustrators.
Linda Bondestam, Jenni Erkintalo, Lena Frölander-Ulf, Edith Hammar, Maija Hurme, Erika Kallasmaa, Jenny Lucander, Laura Merz, Sanna Pelliccioni and Maria Sann.
The artists’ works are most often found in books, as the artistic entities that picture books and graphic novels are. The exhibition invites you to experience them, shows the working processes, and presents the works playfully while respecting the art.
The production is supported by: Svenska kulturfonden, Stiftelsen Brita Maria Renlunds minne, Konstsamfundet, Stiftelsen Tre Smeder.
By taking place in traditional museum spaces, we raise the status of illustration art and children’s culture!

The exhibition
- 26.4-1.6.2025: Kulturhuset Valve (FIN)
- 15.8-14.9.2025: Kunsthalle Helsinki (FIN) (Opening, 14.8.2025)
- 3.10.2025-3.1.2026: Örnsköldsvik konstmuseum (SWE)
- 12.2-19.4.2026: Nordiska akvarellmuseet (SWE) (Opening 11.2.2026)
Production Team
ILLUSTRATORS
Linda Bondestam, Jenni Erkintalo, Lena Frölander-Ulf, Edith Hammar, Maija Hurme, Erika Kallasmaa, Jenny Lucander, Laura Merz, Sanna Pelliccioni, Maria Sann
EXHIBITION ARCHITECT
Mia-Irene Sundqvist
DRAMATURGE
Jenny Ingman
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Andrei Palomäki
MANUFACTURER
Fantasia Works
SOUND DESIGNER
Stefan Backas, Henrik Sundström
VIDEO PRODUCTION AND PHOTOGRAPHER
Linus Lindholm
EXPERT GROUP
Maria Lassén-Seger, Janina Orlov, Tiia Strandén,
Sabina Westerholm, Mia Österlund
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Johanna Stenback

