Northern Landscape 2026 is an artist residency and exhibition organised by Northern AiR network in Northern Finland. Northern Landscape 2026 introduces a temporary art space into the landscape of Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu. The exhibition consists of environmental art works from Kuusamo to Hailuoto.
Northern Landscape 2026 focuses on the changes in the northern environment and on the emotions and experiences it provokes in human and other-than-human communities. By addressing these themes by the means of art, Northern Landscape 2026, wishes to create hope and new horizons for the times we a currently living.
Northern Landscape is part of the Oulu2026 -European Capital of Culture program.
The residency actors of the area are now invited to apply for funding the their Northern Landscape projects. Apply for funding by October 31st. Decisions bu November 30th.
Residency Exchange- Artist has been chosen!
Konst i Halland and the KulttuuriKauppila Art Center are implementing a residency exchange. A visual artist was sought from the North Ostrobothnia and Kainuu regions.
”We are delighted to inform you that after careful consideration, we have selected the artist Kati Leionen to come to our residency in Katrineberg/ Vessigebro in October. We are thrilled to welcome her to our region.
We are confident that a meeting with Halland will offer Kati new insights and experiences that will inspire her creative process. Her work is truly extraordinary. Her pieces evoke a profound sense of stillness and concentration, compelling the viewer to pause and reflect. The compositions she creates elevate the significance and complexity of the subjects she portrays, revealing layers of meaning and connection. We are confident that her visit will offer our community a unique and enriching perspective.”
The residency exchange will take place in October 2025.
“I am really happy about this opportunity to work at the Halland residency. I plan to go on an exploration trip to Halland and utilize the new environment to create a site-specific video work. I also hope to develop new working models for myself for future projects. I am looking forward to October.”
Kati Leinonen (b. 1974) is an artist from Oulu who has studied photography at the London College of Printing (BA) and audiovisual media culture at the University of Lapland (TaM). Leinonen works on long-term documentary subjects that arise from everyday life and the communities in which the artist is present. In her recent works, Leinonen has explored, among other things, the concepts of memory and remembering. Animals and otherness are at the heart of Leinonen’s latest exhibition Laidunmaa, which is currently on display at Nokia Art Space Raami. Her previous exhibition Vastapuu – jäämistö was on display at Hippolyten Korjaamo (2022) and as part of a larger portrait exhibition Encounters – the changing materialities of portraiture at Arktikum in Rovaniemi (2023). His exhibition Äimärautio, which deals with contemporary horse culture, has been on display at the Oulu Art Museum and the Finnish Museum of Photography, among others. A photo book of the same name was published in 2018 and was nominated for the Photography Book of the Year 2019. Leinonen’s works can be found in the collections of the Finnish State Fine Arts Commission and the Finnish Museum of Photography, among others.
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artwork Janis Polar “kuker/site”; photo Epp Kubu