Frame Contemporary Art Finland (previously Frame Visual Art Finland) is a foundation whose mission is to promote Finnish

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internationally. Frame supports international projects, awards grants to artists and art professionals, facilitates professional partnerships, and acts as an information centre for Finnish contemporary art. Frame commissions and produces Finland's exhibitions at the

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. Frame's international programme includes an expert visitor programme for non-Finnish contemporary art professionals, networking and research projects such as Frame Curatorial Research Fellowship programme, Peer-to-Peer programme, Finland-Russia Curatorial Exchange and Helsinki International Curator Programme (HICP), which is run in collaboration with HIAP ( Helsinki International Artist Programme). For years 2019-2023 Frame organises Rehearsing Hospitalities programme, which consists of different forms of offline and online events such as talks, performances, gatherings, readings, and podcasts. Frame is supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Frame's director is Raija Koli. Its office is located on Ratakatu

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in central

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. Frame Foundation is the successor of FRAME – Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (1992-2011). Frame was founded in December 2011 by the cities of Espoo, Helsinki, Lahti, Oulu, Tampere, Turku and Vantaa, the Fine Arts Academy of Finland, the Finnish Art Society and Stiflesen Pro Artibus. The foundation was registered in May 2012.

Finland at the Venice Biennale

Frame commissions and produces exhibitions for the Pavilion of Finland at the Venice International Art Exhibition (Venice Biennale,

La Biennale di Venezia The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

). Finland also co-exhibits with Norway and Sweden in the Nordic Pavilion. The Finnish pavilion is designed by architect

Alvar Aalto Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, see ...

(1954), and the

Nordic Pavilion The Nordic Pavilion houses the national representation of the Nordic countries Sweden, Norway, and Finland during the Venice Biennale arts festivals. Background Organization and building The pavilion, designed by Sverre Fehn, was buil ...

by architect

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(1964). Both pavilions are located in the

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, the main exhibition venue at the Biennale. In 2022 Finland's representative at the 59th Venice Biennale is

Pilvi Takala Pilvi Takala (born 1981, Helsinki) is a performance artist presenting candid camera as art. Takala won the Dutch Prix de Rome in 2011 and the Emdash Award in 2013. Her works have been exhibited in various exhibitions worldwide, most recently in L ...

. Takala's exhibition is curated by Christina Li. In 2019 Finland exhibited ''A Greater Miracle of Perception'' by

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(MWC) at the Finnish pavilion''.'' The MWC is formed by writer Maryan Abdulkarim, scriptwriter Khadar Ahmed, writer

Hassan Blasim Hassan Blasim (born 1973) is an Iraqi-born film director and writer. He writes in Arabic. He is a citizen of Finland. Blasim left Iraq in 2000 to escape persecution for his films, including ''The Wounded Camera'', filmed in the Kurdish area in no ...

, choreographer

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, artist

Outi Pieski Outi Pieski (born 1973) is a Sámi visual artist from Finland whose paintings, collages and installations employ traditional handicrafts such as the tassels of Sámi shawls to depict the light and landscapes of the far north. In 2017, she was hon ...

, artist Leena Pukki, artist Martta Tuomaala, artist Lorenzo Sandoval, cinematographer Christopher L. Thomas, storyteller

Suvi West Suvi West (born 14 January 1982) is a Finnish Sámi director, screenwriter, and television personality. Early life and education Suvi West was born in Kittilä and spent her youth in Utsjoki's Outakoski. She received her primary education at Ta ...

, curator Giovanna Esposito Yussif, curator Christopher Wessels and curator Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung. Exploring the miracle as a poetic vehicle from which to expand perceptions and experiences, the exhibition presented MWC's collective film work The Killing of Čáhcerávga (2019), which was in dialogue with the site-specific sculptural installation Ovdavázzit – Forewalkers (2019) by Outi Pieski. In 2017 the Finnish pavilion featured ''The Aalto Natives'', an exhibition by Erkka Nissinen and Nathaniel Mellors. It was curated by

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, artistic director of the

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(from 1 December 2016). Representing Finland at the 2015 Biennale was the artist duo IC-98 (Patrik Söderlund and Visa Suonpää) with their site-specific installation ''Hours, Years, Aeons''. The installation combined research, drawing and animation, and it formed part of the duo's ''Abendland'' series. The exhibition was curated by

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, PhD, Frame's Head of Programme at the time. In 2013 Finland exhibited both in the Finnish pavilion and the Nordic pavilion. The ''Falling Trees'' exhibition featured

Antti Laitinen Antti is a Finnish masculine given name derived from the Greek name ''Andreas''. In Estonia, the variant Anti is more common. It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name include: Given name * Antti Autti (born 1985), Finnish snowboarder ...

in the Finnish pavilion and

Terike Haapoja Terike Haapoja (born 1974) is a Finnish visual artist, based in New York City. In 2016, Haapoja won the ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art. She has also been awarded Dukaatti prize (2008), the Säde prize (2009) and she received honora ...

in the Nordic Pavilion. The exhibition was curated by Gruppo 111 (Marko Karo, Mika Elo and Harri Laakso).

FRAME - Finnish Fund For Art Exchange

Frame Foundation's predecessor, FRAME – Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, was an organisation dedicated to promoting Finnish contemporary art internationally. The organisation operated as an independent unit under the administration of the Foundation for the

Fine Arts Academy of Finland Fine may refer to: Characters * Sylvia Fine (''The Nanny''), Fran's mother on ''The Nanny'' * Officer Fine, a character in ''Tales from the Crypt'', played by Vincent Spano Legal terms * Fine (penalty), money to be paid as punishment for an off ...

from 1992 to 2011. From 2004 to 2009 FRAME published a bi-annual contemporary art publication called ''Framework'' (later ''FRAMER'').

References

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*{{Official Arts organisations based in Finland