Äkkigalleria 3 - Images

Äkkigalleria3 was held from the 27th until the 31st of March 2010. This time the exhibition took place in a former electronics/computer-tech storefront of "Tietoniekka" located at Tapionkatu 4, Jyväskylä Finland. The title of this exhibition is "Greetings from the Olympics" and presented work by 8 Vancouver artists.
Äkkigalleria 3's artists are: Jesse Corcoran, Robert Gardiner, Rina Liddle, Heidi Nagtegaal, Christian Nicolay, Nola Semszynczyn, Danna Vajda and the group Vancouver [De]tour 2010.

With a focus on new media, this show presented video, photo, performance, sculptural and drawing based work. The work in this show was made with reference to the Olympics in the city of Vancouver. Several pieces were specifically made for Äkkigalleira3.

Danna Vajda's Script is seen from upstairs looking down through the stairs.


Unzyme plays at the opening in front of Rina Liddle's installation "We are Watching".


from right to left work by Christian Nicolay, Heidi Nagtegaal and Robert Gardiner.

photos: Juho Jäppinen 

Äkkigalleria 2

The second Äkkigalleria was held from the 16th to the 20th of December 2009.
For this second exhibition, Äkkigalleria presented Jyväskylä based artists: Jussi Heikkilä, Aino Kajaniemi and Pekka Suomäki, along with four other Finnish artists: Terhi Heino, Helena Junttila, John Phillip Mäkinen and Tiitus Petäjäniemi, and Canadian artist Joshua Van Dyke.
The artists were chosen based on the trends of their past work and will present new work related to the theme “Human-animal – where humans and nature collide”. This exhibition took place in a former pet-shop/aquarium storefront.

Tiitus Petäjäniemi's paintings at the opening


Installation by Pekka Suomäki and tapestries by Aino Kajaniemi in the background


Mascara brushes by Terhi Heino and drawings by Helena Junttila in the background


Installation by John Phillip Mäkinen


Antlers by Joshua Van Dyke and side view of work by Aino Kajaniemi

The first Äkkigalleria exhibition

Jyväskylä artists Hannu Castrén, Jaakko Jäppinen and Tiina Osara, along with visiting Spanish artist Fernando García showed new work for the opening Äkkigalleria exhibition. This group of artists presented work inspired by the theme of “the word- use of letters in art”. All artwork was specifically created for this debutant gallery show.
The Grand Opening of Äkkigalleria took place on Thursday the 24th of September 2009 from 5 - 7pm. The show was open to the public from Thursday the 24th until Sunday the 27th of September 2009 from 1 - 6pm.

image from the opening night


Tiina Osara installing a series of photographs


Hannu Castrén and Fernando García install Hannu's Onkia sign