Time: Thursday October 16, 2025 at 6 pm
Place: Gallery Forum Box, Ruoholahdenranta 3 a
A warm welcome to the third Linnamo award ceremony at Gallery Forum Box! The prize is awarded by the Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation in recognition of open-mindedness shown in artistic work. The prize is awarded in close cooperation with the cooperative Forum Box: in addition to monetary recognition, it includes the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition in Gallery Forum Box. The first Linnamo prize was awarded to the artist James Prevett in 2021 and the second prize to artist Mervi Kytösalmi-Buhl in 2023.
The recipient of the 2025 Linnamo award will be revealed at the event. In addition, there will be a talk with architect, curator and researcher Kaisa Karvinen, artist Mervi Kytösalmi-Buhl and the recipient of the 2025 Linnamo award.
We will raise a toast for the new recipient of the Linnamo award.
The Linnamo Prize
The Linnamo Prize is a Finnish fine art award given every two years, awarded by the Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation. It is worth 15,000 euros, and will be distributed for the second time in 2023. With the award the foundation seeks to acknowledge work that invigorates the expressive potentialities of art, modes of experimentality that often take place in the margins of the art world.