Master’s Degree Show 17.5.–15.6.

About the exhibition
The annual exhibition Kuvan Kevät showcases the works by students completing their master’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts. Students from all four subject areas participate in the exhibition: Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking and Time and Space Arts.

Kuvan Kevät 2025 exhibits the work of up to 46 fine arts students. The exhibition will be spread across the Kuva/Tila gallery, other floors of the Mylly building and outdoor spaces around the Sörnäinen campus. 

This year the diverse bodies of artistic work on show, relate to each other along themes that render the art object as: memento mori, gift, archaeological artifact, binary code, dystopian remnant, wayfinder, sacred and devotional offering, simulacrum, timekeeper, worm hole, fable, abjection, magic, and, finally, as dematerialised.

Academy of Fine Arts’ postdoctoral researcher and curator Nina Liebenberg oversees Kuvan Kevät 2025. Her curatorial practice tests how exhibition-making can promote the interaction of varied knowledges, generating outcomes that transcend any singular perspective.

Artists
Navid Afzalnia
Lola Barraud
Caressa Betist
Eddie Choo Wen Yi
Heidi Forsman
Janina Haapanen
Ramina Habibollah
Milja Havas
Lina Herrmans
Ginko Hsu
Mikko-Pekka Hyvärinen
Sofi Häkkinen
Hermanni Härmälä
Alexa Illi
Ivanda Jansone
Anna Emilia Järvinen
Lal Doga Karakas
Aarne Kivelä
Lassi Kontiainen
Anna-Stiina Korhonen
Aleksandra Kuokkanen
Elias Langi
Tuure Leppänen
Alice Leteissier
Heli Lundström
Jani Luoma 
Anni Löppönen
Jone Mutka
Miisa Mäkeläinen
Mari Mäntynen
Dud Nabel
Ellenor Rose Nish
Aala Nyman
Ilia Ollikainen
Lotta Pasila
Jussi Pirttioja
Helena Pulkkinen
Dua Abbas Rizvi
Eetu Ronkainen
Aleksi Salminen
Johanna Sulalampi
Alena Tereshko
Teo Tornberg
Nelly Toussaint
Fanny Varjo
Peng Xiao
Events
Exhibition opening
Exhibition opening on Friday 16 May from 5 to 9 pm.

Performance Day
On Saturday 24 May. More info coming up soon!

Guided tours
The coordinating teacher of Kuvan Kevät 2025, curator and post doc researcher Nina Liebenberg will host a guided tour in the exhibition on Wednesday 4 June at 4 pm. In English, no booking required.

Publication
The Kuvan Kevät 2025 catalogue brings together texts written by students of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Contemporary Art History and Theory at the Academy of Fine Arts which have emerged from discussion with the artists.

Exceptional opening times
Exhibition closed on Ascension Day, Thursday 29 May.