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Karun Verma: The Dreaded Youth 20.2.–22.3.2026

Opening on Thursday, February 19th, 5-7pm. Guided tour on Sunday, March 15th, 1pm.   In recent years, Finnish media has devoted extensive attention to young people and the problems and risks associated with them. Racialised young men in particular have been subjected to intense scrutiny. The attention directed at them is often critical and negative. […]

Markku Hakala & Mari Käki: Giant’s Kettle 9.1. – 8.2.2026

Opening on Thursday, January 8th, 5-7pm. Guided tour on Sunday, Februrary 1st, 1pm.   Giant’s Kettle is a cultural trap formed over millennia, from which we are searching for a way out. Giant’s Kettle is a lament for a world that is increasingly difficult to identify with. Giant’s Kettle is an art exhibition in which […]

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Photographic Centre Peri’s Open Call for Exhibitions, Autumn 2026

Application period: Thursday, December 11th, 2025 – Sunday, February 1st, 2026 Photographic Centre Peri is a non-profit organization for photography and lens-based contemporary art, and one of Finland’s seven regional photography centres. Our aim is to promote the visibility of photographic art and to strengthen both local and international collaboration by fostering dialogue between artists […]

Done. Undone. 5.–21.12.2025

Done. Undone. The group exhibition of graduating artists from Arts Academy of Turku 5.–21.12.2025 Opening on Thursday 4th December 5pm-7pm.   The group exhibition of graduating artists offers a contemporary look at the essence and possibilities of photography. The group exhibition Valmis. Kesken. (Done. Undone.) by artists graduating from the Master of Culture and Arts in […]

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Photographic Centre Peri’s exhibition programme spring 2026

9.1. – 8.2. Markku Hakala & Mari Käki 20.2. – 22.3. Karun Verma 1.4. – 26.4. NYTT 2026 Exhibition of Graduating Fine Arts Students from Turku Arts Academy 8.5. – 14.6. Yufan Lu     Photographic Centre Peri is an open association working in the field of photography and lens based contemporary art, and it […]

Ziggy Liukko & Tuuli Kudjoi: Juurduo 19.9. – 19.10.2025

Opening on Thursday September 18th 5pm-7pm. Guided tour on Saturday October 18th at 1pm.   Juurduo (from Finnish juurtua, “to take root”) is a joint exhibition by Ziggy Liukko and Tuuli Kudjoi. Through photography, moving image, and installation, they explore their relationship with Karelian heritage. The exhibition is built upon a personal journey of revisiting […]

Maija Annikki Savolainen & Päivi Helander: Phytopia 8.8. – 7.9.2025

Opening on Thrusday August 7th 5pm-8pm. Havanto & Penttinen will perform at 7pm. Guided tour on the Night of the Arts, Thursday August 14th at 6:30pm. Discussion: Women’s Sailing Culture and the Aesthetics of Environmental Catastrophe, Saturday September 6th, 2pm-3pm.   Phytopia is a utopian narrative set in the Archipelago Sea. It tells the story […]

Lydia Toivanen: The Camp 27.6. – 27.7.2025

Opening on Thrusday June 26th 5pm-7pm Guided tour on Sunday July 27th 1pm, Lydia Toivanen as guide. The exhibition explores the internal dynamics of a large family, the forms of togetherness, and the spiritual-material world of experience. My nuclear family consists of fourteen people, parents and twelve children.Our extended family has a total of 91 […]

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Photographic Centre Peri to Move to Art House Turku in Summer 2026!

Kilta Gallery, which opened in autumn 2024 in The Fire Brigade Building of Art House Turku, will have a new operator in one year, in summer 2026. The new operator will be Photographic Centre Peri, which will relocate to Kilta Gallery from just a few dozen metres away, at Kunsthalle Turku. The space will become […]