Forum Box is an artist-run, non-profit contemporary art gallery located at Ruoholahdenranta in Helsinki.
Maintained by a cooperative founded in 1996 at the initiative of sculptor Kain Tapper, the gallery gives art the freedom to exist on its own terms. The austere and minimalist space invites an encounter between art and the viewer.
In 2026, works by several Forum Box member artists will be on view at St. George Bakery (Yrjönkatu 13, Helsinki) in four different series — an open invitation to join us in experiencing art together.
The 2026 series opens with exhibition kutsu (“invitation”) by artists Ilari Hautamäki, Eeva Peura, Satu Rautiainen, and Fanny Tavastila.
The invitation does not tell you who you are—it asks you to become it.
Free admission
List of works St.George Bakery x Forum Box
Ilari Hautamäki (b. 1983) is a visual artist based in Helsinki. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including at the Purnu Art Centre, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Mänttä Art Festival, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Jyväskylä Art Museum, and the Nuoret (Young Artists) exhibition at Kunsthalle Helsinki.
In 2018–2019, Hautamäki took part in The Touch exhibition series, which was presented at the Tornio Art Museum, Seinäjoki Art Hall, and the Sinne Gallery of the Pro Artibus Foundation in Helsinki. His works are included in several public collections, such as those of HAM – Helsinki Art Museum, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, and the Wihuri Foundation.
Eeva Peura (b. 1982) graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in 2011. She works primarily with oil painting on canvas and produces drawings on paper. Peura’s painting practice is characterized by varied marks and textures. Her brushwork is diverse and rich, ranging from meticulous attention to numerous details to the direct application of paint squeezed straight from the tube onto the canvas.
Peura has held several solo and group exhibitions in Finland, including at Galerie Forsblom, the Mänttä Art Festival, and Turku Art Museum. In 2019, she was awarded the William Thuring Prize. She is currently working with a five-year artist grant awarded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike).Peura’s works are included in the collections of, among others, Kiasma, Turku Art Museum, and Vantaa Art Museum Artsi.
Satu Rautiainen (b. 1982) graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in 2008. Since graduating, she has held annual solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions both in Finland and internationally.
Rautiainen works with painting and textile art, as well as spatial installations formed through their combination. Her most recent solo exhibition was held in 2023 at the Heinola Art Museum, and her next will take place at the Virkki House Museum in spring 2026.
Rautiainen’s works are included in several public art collections, such as those of the Finnish State, the Wihuri Foundation, the Paulo Foundation, Kiasma, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, and EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art.
Fanny Tavastila is a painter (b. 1977), who lives and works in Helsinki. Tavastila’s work draws upon a nuanced spectrum of emotions. She builds her paintings slowly, layer upon layer: they are an intuitive and multifaceted examination of the relationship between the visible and the hidden, the everyday and elegiac, the figurative and abstract. With an innate and lyrical sense of colour, rhythm, texture and composition, her paintings capture the essence of that which is not easily expressed in words.
Tavastila works mainly in oil on canvas, with different printing techniques and site specific installations. Last year the artist completed a large scale international collaboratory project with Newil & Bau and Steven Hall Architects including 120 works for the newly inaugurated building Meander in Helsinki.
Her works can also be found in collections of Wihuri, Pro Artibus, Helsinki University Hospital and the Nordic Investment Bank as well as in numerous private collections in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, France, Benin, Japan, and the USA.
In addition to her own creative practice, Tavastila has created and curated different exhibition programs and is currently curating the Runo Biannual Exhibitions at Runo Hotel Porvoo. The hotel recently received a Michelin Key as the first and only hotel in Finland.
Welcome to experience art in atmospheric St. George Bakery!