Research & Art

Prominent art at Aalto University

Aalto University promotes visibility and impact of art and creativity both in society and at our own campus. Aalto University uses one percent of building costs to fund art.

The Otaniemi campus is an innovative, urban centre where science, art, technology and business meet and produce new insights. Our aim is to encourage experimentality, originality and criticality by offering space and possibilities for collaboration. The public art across Aalto creates a vibrant and attractive environment for experiencing the world from various perspectives.

As the first university in Finland, Aalto University has a public art strategy and has committed to using one percent of building costs to fund art. Radical Nature, the first public art collection, is displayed in the main building Dipoli. The Väre building’s Global Equality art collection prominently features both commissioned and student artworks. All artists are Aalto University alumni or students and represent various fields of art.

University-wide art initiatives are:

Public art collection (the percentage principle)
Galleries and art spaces & exhibition curation
The artist-in-residence programme (next open call will be announced later)

Artwork above: A Beautiful City (2006) by Kari Soinio, photo: Mikko Raskinen

Contact:

Art coordinator Outi Turpeinen

[email protected]

Public art collections at Aalto University

The aim of public art across Aalto is to create a vibrant environment for experiencing the world through various perspectives and for embracing imagination, intuition, and exploration.

Renata Jakowleff «Blue» 2017, 190 x 160 x 40 cm, glass and steel, assembled Photo: Mikko Raskinen

Aalto galleries and exhibition venues

How can we make space for unexpected ways of looking at the world? Galleries and exhibition venues are co-produced spaces for action, bringing together the knowledge, content, vision, and passion of different agents.