Laikku’s summer exhibitions explore glass art and layers of popular culture
Tommi Ketonen: Glimpses – Gallery
Tommi Ketonen’s exhibition Glimpses brings together glass sculptures in which light, colour and the layered nature of glass form a multidimensional visual world. Working in Nuutajärvi, Ketonen is particularly known for his sculptures created using the demanding graal technique, where images, forms and layers of colour reveal themselves gradually to the viewer.
The works draw on emotions, memories, the beauty of nature and fleeting moments that appear as brief flashes. As a material, glass reflects, transmits and refracts light in constantly shifting ways, making each work appear slightly different depending on the viewing angle.
The exhibition features both new and earlier sculptures, where fragility and strength, permanence and transience are set side by side. Central to the works are Ketonen’s characteristic feminine figures, accompanied by birds, plant motifs and other elements drawn from nature.
Ketonen’s practice is based on the demanding graal technique, in which the imagery inside the sculpture is built through multiple stages. In these works, light, colour and layers of glass bring out the delicacy, beauty and finitude of life.
Tommi Ketonen (b. 1970, Helsinki) is a glass artist working in Nuutajärvi. His work has been exhibited in dozens of exhibitions in Finland and across Europe. His artistic practice is known for its technical refinement and its distinctive way of combining light, colour and layered glass into a unified visual and conceptual whole.
Minna Soraluoma: So in Love – Studio
Harlequin-style paperbacks from various decades serve as the primary material in this exhibition.
The artist’s desk has been crowded with dark-skinned men with striking features. Many are ruggedly handsome billionaires or sheikhs whose deep, velvety voices sweep you off your feet. The glow of emeralds may outshine the sparkle of diamonds, but not magical nights. From time to time, a luxury limousine pulls up softly beside her, or heart-wrenching pain swirls over everything.
Few people have no connection to Harlequin novels. The same world and narrative principles also live on in mainstream fiction and television series.
Minna Soraluoma studied at the Lahti Institute of Design and the University of Lapland. Her focus is often on the shadows that go unnoticed and on materials that have a life and a past of their own.
In the Gallery: Tommi Ketonen – Glimpses
In the Studio: Minna Soraluoma – So in Love
Exhibition dates: 4 July – 15 August 2026
Free admission
Culture House Laikku
Keskustori 4, Tampere
Summer opening hours:
Tue–Sat, 10:00–18:00
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Updated 1 July 2026 at 13:16: Minna Soraluoma's exhibition text changed.
