Sami Parkkinen - Who Carries the Light
Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta
- 30.5.2026–13.9.2026
Photographic artist Sami Parkkinen explores, through photography and sculptural works that utilise photographic techniques, human growth, the development of consciousness, the relationship with nature and the human ability to change ways of acting.
He seeks to question prevailing notions of human superiority over the rest of nature. Through art, Parkkinen strives to create new understanding of the inseparability, beauty and diversity of the relationship between humans and their environment.
Sami Parkkinen’s solo exhibition at Lappeenranta Art Museum features works from 2010–2026. Light shines through the dark tones. Transience and letting go become beautiful when we recognise our connection to the surrounding world and to life itself. Parkkinen does not see the future as painted solely in dystopian hues. The exhibition believes in the possibility of change and in our capacity to learn, to see and to act differently.
Works by Sami Parkkinen (b. 1974) have been shown in numerous galleries and museums in Finland and abroad, including the National Museum of Finland, Helsinki (2021), the National Portrait Gallery, London (2015), Circulation(s) – Festival de la Jeune Photographie Européenne, Paris (2016) and the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki (2010). His works are held in major public and private collections.
Exhibition is closed 19.-20.6.2026.
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Lappeenranta Art Museum
Kristiinankatu 8-10, 53900 Lappeenranta
040 130 9217
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Lappeenranta Art Museum, Kristiinankatu 8-10, 53900 Lappeenranta
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Admission fees
Pääsymaksut 12/9/0 €
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Opening hours
| Mon | Closed |
| Tue | 11:00-17:00 |
| Wed | 11:00-17:00 |
| Thu | 11:00-17:00 |
| Fri | 11:00-17:00 |
| Sat | 11:00-17:00 |
| Sun | 11:00-17:00 |
OPEN 2.1.-31.5. and 18.8.-30.12. Tue-Sun 11-17, 1.6.-16.8. Mon-Fri 10-18, Sat-Sun 11-17 CLOSED 1.1., 2.-20.2., 3.-6.4., 30.4.-1.5., 11.-29.5., 19.-20.6., 14.9.-2.10., 6.12., 23.-26.12. and 31.12.