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16 Dec 2025

Threads of Remembrance – Könül Rəfiyeva’s reflections on textile and HIAP Suomenlinna

Annotation Threads of Remembrance investigates textile as a transdisciplinary site of embodied knowledge, cultural memory, and material semiotics. Developed during…

9 Dec 2025

HIAP has a New Strategy 2026 – 2030

As we come to the end of the year we are pleased to share HIAP’s Strategy 2026 – 2030, which…

2 Dec 2025

HIAP Welcomes a New Board member: Taina Máret Pieski

Helsinki International Artist Programme is pleased to announce the appointment of a new board member: Taina Máret Pieski! “I’m delighted…

27 Nov 2025

Artists selected for Learning Materials Residency 2026

HIAP, Bioart Society, Koynẽ Program, SWAMP: Art Material and Waste Management Point and TUO TUO are pleased to announce the…

16 Oct 2025

HIAP is Hiring – Residency Assistant (Part Time / Fixed Term)

Work with HIAP! We are looking for a part time Residency Assistant to support our international artist in residence programme…

11 Sep 2025

HIAP Hosts EMMA & Saastamoinen New Curatorial Fellow Shohreh Shakoory

EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art and Saastamoinen Foundation are excited to announce the selection of Berlin-based curator and…

2 Sep 2025

After Hours: Clíodhna Timoney on Landscape, Bodies, and Collective Potential

Clíodhna Timoney’s multifaceted practice explores the unstable relationships between humans, the nonhuman, and the landscape. In her work, the Ireland-based…

27 Jun 2025

Yana Foqué and Toni Lewis selected for the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme in 2025

This year, the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP) welcomes curators Yana Foqué and Toni Lewis to one-month curatorial residencies in…

27 Jun 2025

Learning Materials – New Residency Programme Coming Soon

HIAP, Bioart Society, TUO TUO, Koynē Program and SWAMP: Art Material Swap and Waste Management Point will collaborate on a new residency…

7 Apr 2025

Villa Eläintarha Reopens in June 2025

After almost two years of quiet, we’re thrilled to announce that Villa Eläintarha is coming back to life! Starting from…

25 Feb 2025

HIAP is Hiring – Marketing & Communications Coordinator (Part Time / Fixed Term)

Work with HIAP! We are looking for a part time Marketing & Communications Coordinator who can help us reach a…

16 Dec 2024

Welcoming our new Chair, Board Member and Residency Assistant!

Vappu Renko is HIAP’s new Chairperson from 1st January 2025 Vappu Renko is a Senior Researcher at the Center for…

12 Dec 2024

HIAP is an Apartheid Free Zone

Background On 7 June 2024, HIAP Spring 2024 Residents collectively withdrew from the HIAP Open Studios as a call for…

4 Dec 2024

Kevin Bellò: Reflections during the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme

I recently had the transformative experience of participating in the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP), a residency hosted by Frame…

4 Dec 2024

“The Sense of Utopias”

Notes and Reflections during the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme By Malena Souto Arena (Argentina) I Utopia, vanguard, hope. I arrived…

16 Oct 2024

HIAP is Hiring – Residency Assistant (Part Time / Fixed Term)

Work with HIAP! We are looking for a part time Residency Assistant to support our international artist in residence programme…

11 Oct 2024

Process to respond to the call for HIAP to join the BDS Movement and become an Apartheid Free Zone

Background On 7 June 2024, HIAP Spring 2024 Residents collectively withdrew from the HIAP Open Studios as a call for…

2 Sep 2024

HIAP ottaa vastuulleen FAIRE-verkoston koordinoinnin

(Information in English) Suomen Taiteilijaseuran Ateljeesäätiö ja HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme ovat yhdessä sopineet, että FAIRE-verkoston koordinointitehtävä siirtyy…

2 Sep 2024

HIAP to coordinate FAIRE Finnish Artist Residency Network

(in Finnish / Lisätietoa suomeksi) The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation and the Helsinki International Artist Programme (HIAP) have mutually agreed…

27 Aug 2024

ANASTASIIA SVIRIDENKO: Gardens of the living and the dead

The Ukrainian artist Anastasiia Sviridenko’s residency at HIAP Suomenlinna Studios took place from May to July 2024, during a…