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Helsinki Biennial 2027 brings together visionary artists from Finland and around the world in an edition shaped around Unknowns as its conceptual framework. A first group of 12 participating artists has now been announced. Taking place across Vallisaari Island, Esplanade Park, and HAM Helsinki Art Museum, the fourth Helsinki Biennial unfolds from 6 June to 19 September 2027. Helsinki Biennial 2027 will present the work of approximately 45 artists and artist groups. The first confirmed participants include: Ari Bayuaji (Indonesia/Canada), Tara Donovan (United States), Laurent Grasso (France), Marguerite Humeau (France/United Kingdom), Matias Karsikas (Finland), Britta Marakatt-Labba (Sápmi/Sweden), Ragnhild May (Denmark), Yoshitomo Nara (Japan), Josefina Nelimarkka (Finland), Tawatchai Puntusawasdi (Thailand), Anna Retulainen (Finland), and Jakob Kudsk Steensen (Denmark). The selected artists represent a range of practices and perspectives, engaging with uncertainty, imagination, and open-ended inquiry. Some of the works will be new commissions developed specifically for Helsinki Biennial, and leaving a lasting legacy in the Finnish capital. Helsinki Biennial 2027 invites audiences to explore the Unknowns through art In a world defined by political turmoil, environmental upheaval, and deepening uncertainty, the fourth edition of Helsinki Biennial turns towards unknowns not with fear but with curiosity. Taking Unknowns as its curatorial framework, the biennial approaches what lies beyond comprehension through imagination and artistic inquiry. It dwells in the unresolved and the hidden, where uncertainty itself becomes ground for wonder and for reimagining how we understand the world. Curated by Mami Kataoka and Arja Miller, Helsinki Biennial 2027 approaches the unknown from perspectives including physical science, astronomy, geology, spirituality, mythology, and abstraction. “For Unknowns, we have invited artists who expand the limits of what we think we know, while making us conscious of how deeply we belong to one another, as fellow living beings. We share an irrepressible enthusiasm to encounter these as-yet-unknown works, and to see the biennial itself take shape. We place great hope in the joy and force art carries – its power to renew our energy to imagine the future,” say Helsinki Biennial 2027 co-curators Mami Kataoka and Arja Miller. The full list of artists, detailed programme, and additional information about artworks and events will be announced in early 2027. Helsinki Biennial’s main supporter for 2025–2027 is the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. The production of Helsinki Biennial 2027 is also supported by the Tiftö Foundation. Helsinki Biennial works in close collaboration with the City of Helsinki and Metsähallitus. The Helsinki Biennial Preview Programme is realised in collaboration with Frame Contemporary Art Finland and other art organisations in the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Asger H. Gjerdevik

Ragnhild May

CHART 2026

Maria Torp

Miart 2026

Marie Rud Rosenzweig

Frederik Næblerød

Frederik Næblerød

Anna Stahn

Ragnhild May

Lukas Müller

Maria Zahle

Karim Boumjimar

Frederik Næblerød

Karim Boumjimar

Anna Stahn

Asger Gjerdevik

Ragnhild May

Maria Zahle

Karim Boumjimar

Ragnhild May

Anna Stahn

Karim Boumjimar

Marie Rud Rosenzweig

Jóhan Martin Christiansen

Frederik Næblerød

Maria Zahle

Frederik Næblerød & Casper Aguila

Ragnhild May Public Commision

Frederik Næblerød & Casper Aguila

Anna Stahn

Anna Stahn & Mai Dengsøe

Q&A with Chart

Frederik Næblerød

Frederik Næblerød ARKEN Portrait

Portrait of Frederik Næblerød

Ragnhild May receives Aage & Yelva Nimb's Honorary Grant December 2024

Anna Stahn & Frederik Næblerød Receives Niels Wessel Bagge's Honorary Grant

Hiu Tung Lau solo exhibition November 2024 - January 2025

Frederik Næblerød FEEL ME - MIND x BODY x SPACE group exhibition September 2024

Anna Stahn, Asger Harbou Gjerdevik, Frederik Næblerød & Maria Zahle HOT HANDS group exhibition

Marie Rud Rosenzweig receives Jens Søndergaard og Hustrus Mindelegat at SMK

Frederik Næblerød 'Solkongen og Hofnarren'

Frederik Næblerød 'Magtens Maskerade'

Fuglsang Art Museum acquires THE LISTENERS by Ragnhild May

Frederik Næblerød, 4****

Frederik Næblerød, 5*****

Frederik Næblerød, 4****

Frederik Næblerød, 5*****

Frederik Næblerød solo exhibition 'Masquerade' 1 September - 29 October

Portrait of Frederik Næblerød

Anna Stahn at Politikens Forhal

Marie Rud Rosenzweig, 4****

Marie Rud Rosenzweig solo exhibition 'Kipple' 1 April - 6 June

Anna Stahn solo exhibition 'Wide-eyed, open' 30 March - 10 June

New Carlsberg Foundation acquires three large works from Maria Zahle's exhibition SOLO

Portrait of Frederik Næblerød

Ragnhild May at Helsingør Health Center

Frederik Næblerød, 4****

Anna Stahn, 4****

Sophie Kitching Ruinart x Frieze

Anna Stahn solo 'Walking Debt'

Anna Stahn, 5*****

Interview with Anna Stahn

Portrait of Anna Stahn

Asger Harbou Gjerdevik public commision

Anna Stahn, 4****

Anna Stahn receives award for 'Stars in the hair'

Anna Stahn feature

Anna Stahn, 4****

Frederik Næblerød Interview

Interview with Marie Rud Rosenzweig

Group exhibition, 4****

Asger Harbou Gjerdevik feature

Interview with Frederik Næblerød

Viktoria Wendel Skousen, 5*****

Asger Harbou Gjerdevik, 5*****

Asger Harbou Gjerdevik, 5*****

Nat Bloch Gregersen receives Prix Special