Galerie Forsblom

Profile

As Finland´s and one of Scandinavia´s most important international galleries, Galerie Forsblom is located in the heart of Helsinki where it operates since 1997 in two spaces one larger space devoted to important shows of international artists and prime Finnish artists and a street level space presenting "spontaneous" project shows, small introductory shows for international artists not yet well known in Finland as well as shows for emerging Finnish artists.

Gallery Director Kaj Forsblom, started his first gallery in 1977. He has curated major restrospectives and other important exhibitions including shows for Nam June Paik, Anish Kapoor, Jim Dine, A.R. Penck, Juan Hernandez Pijuan for Finnish museums and Kunsthalle spaces and presented his gallery at major international art fairs. He is joined at the gallery in 2004 by his son Director Frej Forsblom, who came from running his own gallery in Turku, Finland.

represented artists

Pierre Alechinsky      Donald Baechler      Stephan Balkenhol      Hans-Christian Berg      Ross Bleckner      Lawrence Carroll      Eduardo Chillida      Ann Craven      Lena Cronqvist      Nathalia Edenmont      Johanna Ehrnrooth      Eva & Adele      Ulrika Ferm      Günther Förg      Mark Francis      Eric Freeman      Peter Frie      Susanne Gottberg      Georg Gudni      Peter Halley      Rolf Hanson      Jacob Hashimoto      Niels Haukeland

Veikko Hirvimäki      Jacqueline Humphries      Kaarina Kaikkonen      Per Kirkeby      Jannis Kounellis      Markus Lüpertz      Ryan McGinness      Ian McKeever      Tony Oursler      A.R. Penck      Joan Hernández Pijuan      Osmo Rauhala      Julian Schnabel      Joel Shapiro      José Maria Sicilia      Donald Sultan      Antoni Tàpies      Manolo Valdés      Bernar Venet      Terry Winters