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