On View
The Other Side of the Mountain
Amos Rex, Helsinki, Finland
14 October 2026 – 21 March 2027
Bringing together 11 contemporary artists from across the African continent and the Afro-Nordic diaspora, The Other Side of the Mountain explores how cities, landscapes, and histories shape our relationships with one another and the places we inhabit. Through photography, sculpture, installation, and moving image, the exhibition considers questions of movement, identity, belonging, and alternative ways of imagining the future.
The exhibition is part of Southnord Artfest 2026, co-curated by Marcia Harvey Isaksson and Katariina Timonen.
Upcoming
The Museum of Things Unseen
Lagos Biennial 2026, Lagos, Nigeria
14 November – 6 December 2026
Lagos Studio Archives participates in the fifth edition of the Lagos Biennial, titled The Museum of Things Unseen, alongside international artists and collectives exploring the politics of visibility, cultural memory, and histories often overlooked by museums and institutions. Through rarely seen artworks, archival materials, and contemporary interventions, the exhibition questions whose stories are preserved, represented, or forgotten.
The biennial is curated by Furen Dai, Chinyere Obieze, and Sam Hopkins.
Lagos Studio Archives
Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
6 August 2027 – 5 September 2027
Lagos Studio Archives will present its first exhibition in Finland at Photographic Gallery Hippolyte in Helsinki. Bringing together photographic works and archival material, the exhibition introduces Finnish audiences to the studio's ongoing work preserving endangered photographic histories from Lagos and exploring their connections to cultural memory.
Past
Invisible Race
The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
19 September 2025 – 8 March 2026
Invisible Race examines how photography and visual culture have shaped racial hierarchies, focusing on the often-unquestioned position of Whiteness. The exhibition explores how racialised ideas are embedded in everyday images, national identities, beauty standards, and institutional archives, revealing how photography has helped sustain unequal structures of power while also challenging and reimagining them.
The exhibition is curated by Päiviö Maurice Omwami and Orlan Ohtonen.