Worldmuseum Leiden Netherlands May 7 – September 5,
KIN Museum of Contemporary Art Kiruna “Sápmi Tiennial” June 4 – August 16,
Umeå Konsthall “ARcTic: Art, Land, Power June 15 – September 6,
AR installation “A River Runs Beneath” during Arctic Arts Summit Ubmeje/Umeå (more in separate post)
“Sámi Art, Land, Power”
Worldmuseum Leiden Netherlands
May 7- September 5 2026
Small wood sculpture by Per Isak Juuso
Large wood sculpture by Ingunn Utsi
Photo & cover photo by Aad Hoogendoorn
How do you relate to land you live with? In Sámi Art, Land, Power, Sámi makers share what that relationship looks like. Their work reflects on living with nature, on changes in their environment, and on the question of who gets to decide what happens to that land. The exhibition brings together contemporary art, fashion, craft and video, alongside objects from the collection. Together, they show how land, knowledge and identity are deeply connected.
“Sápmi Tiennial” KIN Museum of Contemporary Art Kiruna
June 4 – August 16 2026
Photo: Johan Ylitalo/KIN
The Sápmi Triennial is the result of a collaboration between seven different organisations operating within and outside Sápmi. An open call for entries was published in autumn 2023, and from among the 100 applications, twenty-eight artists’ works were selected for the exhibition, which includes duodji, video, installation, photography, painting, textiles, ceramics, and literature.
Umeå Konsthall “ARcTic: Art, Land, Power June 15 – September 6
Painting by Per Enoksson
In connection with the Arctic Arts Summit in Ubmeje/Umeå, Umeå Konsthall is hosting an exhibition with works reflecting on the summit’s themes – art, land and power. In this exhibition, these themes are deepened through art and take new forms. Different perspectives, expressions and voices take place and history is intertwined with the present and the future.
The textile art work I have in this group exhibition is titled In-between which explores the invisible space between past and future, united by lines and colours from the place where it was created, in a similar way that a vuolle/joik can convey the feeling of a place or a person. I have used an old Sami weaving technique of rádno, performed on a warp-weighted standing loom that has continued in its traditional form in the area around Olmmáivággi Manndalen, Norway. The rocks under the weaving are equally important to the work and come from this place as my wish to anchor the fleeting with our land.
