Satu & Maima Tani: Breathing Reef
14.8.-15.9.2025 Breathing Reef extends across several locations in Espoo. In the lobby of the Espoo Cultural Centre, Maima Tani presents colourful textile works inspired by the underwater world. At Länsimetro stations, a print and digital exhibition features imaginative characters from the short films of the artists sisters Satu and Maima Tani. Kino Tapiola will also […]
OAF X Runokuu Talks: Aatos Ketvel & Minna-Kaisa Kallinen
Outsider Art Festival and Runokuu (Poetry Moon Festival) will hold a joint discussion in Tekstin talo’s (House of Text) Permantosali on Friday, 15 August, 17:30–18:30. The distinctive singer-songwriter and spoken-word poet Aatos Ketvel, who records with the band Kirsikkapuu for Minna Records, will publish a debut poetry collection with Puoliuni Publishing in autumn 2025. How […]
OAF X Pertti’s Choice Gallery: From Senses to Sensations
Pertti’s Choice Gallery 15.8.-23.8.2025 What does the world look like from the perspective of an outsider artist? And what could it look like? OAF’s visual arts programme will answer these questions by spreading out to Pertti’s Choice Gallery and the gallery of the Cultural Centre Caisa from 14 to 23 August 2024. The group exhibitions […]
OAF X Espoo
Outsider Art Festival OAF spreads to Espoo for the second time this year! The programme of Espoo begins on Friday 15th of August with Maima Tani’s colourful underwater world depicting exhibition at Länsimetro stations. The programme continues Tuesday 19th of August with OAF X Espoo Ciné film screening at Kino Tapiola. On Thursday 21st August the collaboration between Pertti’s Choice […]
OAF X Caisa: Ksenia Voy Kheninen & Zherbin – Plants
Kulttuurikeskus Caisa, Caisa-sali 14.8.-15.8.2025 Ksenia Voy Kheninen & Zherbin – Plants The artist duo Ksenia Voy Kheninen ja Zherbin present their installation called Plants. Plants is space turned into an artificial sounding garden; AI art without the AI; clay, sound waves, and found objects grown into interactive electronic plants. Plants explores sculptures as immortal artificial […]
OAF X Caisa Gallery: Future
The Cultural Centre Caisa, Caisa Gallery 14.8.-23.8.2025 What does the world look like from the perspective of an outsider artist? And what could it look like? OAF’s visual arts programme will answer these questions by spreading out to Pertti’s Choice Gallery, the gallery of the Cultural Centre Caisa and the virtual gallery from 14 to […]
Pertin Valinta X Minna Records: Takay-Sin, Aatos Ketvel
Pertin Valinta and Minna Records will co-host a concert on August 15 at the Caisa hall, featuring performances by Aatos Ketvel and Takay-Sin. The unique singer-songwriter and spoken word artist Aatos Ketvel will give a solo performance at the event. Takay-Sin is a project by artist Tellervo Kalleinen—known from the Olento Orchestral ensemble—whose debut Minna […]
Haus & Nipsu
Haus & Nipsu is a creative collaboration between Nipsu Kaipainen and Haus Kulju. Haus is a second-year visual communication student at the Lahti Institute of Design. Nipsu has been independently making films since 2022. Together, Haus and Nipsu have been creating queer-themed films since 2024. The duo’s films Silvanus (2024) and Diergaardesingle (2024) have been […]
OAF Visual Art
The OAF Visual Art Group Exhibition presents a wide range of visual outsider artworks. OAF visual art program artists 2023 are Anton Amit, Ville Färsaaret, Tanja Huntus, Milla Pihlajamäki, Kai-Erik Relanti, Juhani Rusanen, Jussi Ruusulampi, Matti Salmela and the OAF 2024 residency artists Tonya (Ton) Melnyk ja Masha Ravlyk. There two exhibitions: “Reality” exhibition in the Culture Center Caisa’s Gallery and “Wonderland” exhibition in Pertti’s […]