Rauma Triennale 2025 Enchanting Effort

Taking place at the Rauma Art Museum and Muijala Art Space in summer 2025, Enchanting Effort is the third international Rauma Triennale exhibition. The exhibition continues the Rauma Art Museum’s Baltic Sea biennial tradition by bringing together an international group of artists working in countries around the Baltic Sea — Finland, Estonia, Sweden, and Germany. Thirteen artists and artist collectives explore the theme of effort in personal, critical, and curious ways.

According to curator Sanna Karimäki-Nuutinen, effort (and more precisely the Finnish concept of ‘vaiva’) in its many forms can be meaningful – even enriching: “The exhibition seeks a broader understanding of effort as a concept and encourages collective action toward a more inclusive society.”

At the Triennale, effort appears as an act of care, a commitment to long-term work, and an invitation to take concrete steps. The exhibition explores access and diverse ways of being through, for example, crip art, critical perspectives on inclusion, and neurodivergence—often in inventive and humorous ways. The reinterpretation of myths and rituals invites us to see the familiar from new perspectives. Many works are participatory, creating space for collective learning and shared effort.

The artists featured are:
Minna Bengs (FI),
Alan Bulfin (IR),
Matthew Cowan (NZ),
Ida Sofia Fleming (FI),
Laura Hetemäki (FI),
Isa Hukka (FI),
Hele Okkonen (FI),
Minjee Hwang Kim (KR),
Christoph & Sebastian Mügge (SE),
Laura Põld (EE) & Gary Markle (CA)
ja Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen (FI)