30.10. — 22.11.2026

Puitteet (Settings) explores wood, canvas, and paint as the materials that make painting possible. In the tradition of painting, these three materials have typically been understood in a particular relationship to one another: paint creates the image, canvas serves as its surface, and wood functions as a supporting structure or decorative element.

In the works presented in the exhibition, canvas and wood are brought alongside paint as equally significant visual elements. The combination of weathered wood and fresh oil paint heightens our awareness of the distinctive qualities of the materials. The pictorial surfaces are constructed through unexpected interruptions and subtle transitions from one texture and form to another.

Construction is present both as a painting practice and as a subject matter. The works emerge from the built environment and its often-overlooked details. The subjects of the paintings return to their materials, forming an environment of their own.

Tommi Pasanen (b. 1995, Oulu) is a painter living and working in Helsinki. He graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki in 2024. Pasanen’s works have been exhibited at venues including Kunsthalle Helsinki, the Aine Art Museum, the Oulu Museum of Art, and various galleries. His works have been acquired by the State Art Commission, the Aine Art Museum, the Finnish Art Society, and numerous private collections. Puitteet is his first solo exhibition.

The exhibition has been supported by the Arts and Culture Agency, the Finnish Art Society, the Paulo Foundation, and the Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation.