Arabian Taideosastoyhdistys ry

Arabian Taideosastoyhdistys ry Arabian taideosastoyhdistys ry perustettiin vuonna 2003 vaalimaan ja jatkamaan 1930-luvulla perustetun Arabian taideosaston kulttuuriperintöä.

Arabian taideosastoyhdistys ry perustettiin marraskuussa 2003 vaalimaan ja jatkamaan 1932 perustetun Arabian taideosaston kulttuuriperintöä. Yhdistyksen jäseniä ovat taiteilijat, professori Heljä Liukko-Sundström, Fujiwo Ishimoto, professori Heikki Orvola, Pekka Paikkari, Heini Riitahuhta, Kristina Riska, Kati Tuominen-Niittylä, Kim Simonsson, Jasmin Anoschkin, Caroline Slotte, Sakari Kannosto ja

Marianne Huotari. Arabian taideosastoyhdistys ry:n toimintaa tukevat Iittala ja Arabia, ja yhdistys toimii Iittala & Arabia muotoilukeskuksen tiloissa Helsingissä. Arabia Art Department Society was established in November 2003. The main idea of the new society was to cherish and continue the cultural heritage of the Arabia Art Department founded in 1932. The members of the society are the following artists – professor Heljä Liukko-Sundström, Fujiwo Ishimoto, professor Heikki Orvola, Pekka Paikkari, Heini Riitahuhta, Kristina Riska, Kati Tuominen-Niittylä, Kim Simonsson, Jasmin Anoschkin, Caroline Slotte, Sakari Kannosto and Marianne Huotari. The activities of the Arabia Art Department Society are supported by Iittala and Arabia and the society works on the premises of the Iittala & Arabia Design Centre in Hämeentie 135 A, Helsinki.

Behind the scenes of slip casting ’s unique sculpture series. We can’t wait to see their final form!
20/03/2026

Behind the scenes of slip casting ’s unique sculpture series. We can’t wait to see their final form!




For the last month we have been accompanied by Agata Kutniowska, who is doing an internship at Arabia Art Department Soc...
05/03/2026

For the last month we have been accompanied by Agata Kutniowska, who is doing an internship at Arabia Art Department Society as part of her degree at Royal Danish Academy on Bornholm. The internship is supported by the Erasmus+ international traineeship programme.

Agata has a background in design and now spends her time exploring contemporary art with focus on ceramics and clay as a material. Here at the department she is assisting with daily tasks while gaining insight into different approaches of working in the field of ceramics.

Through internships, emerging creators have an excellent opportunity to deepen their skills, build professional networks, and learn from experienced artists. International internships broaden perspectives and allow knowledge to be exchanged across cultures.

We are happy to have Agata working with us!

Photos
1 / Vala Boucht
2-4 / Agata Kutniowska

You can now get a closer look at Kim Simonsson’s cobalt blue ’Glasshead’ at Domus Primavera 21.2-24.5.2026 | Lokal Galle...
27/02/2026

You can now get a closer look at Kim Simonsson’s cobalt blue ’Glasshead’ at Domus Primavera 21.2-24.5.2026 | Lokal Gallery

’Glasshead’ is a numbered series cast and glazed by hand at Arabia Art Department, in the premises of former Arabia factory, in Helsinki. The series is an edition of 20, part of the association’s collectible sculpture series. Each sculpture is signed by the artist.



Inquiries: [email protected] / Instagram messages

Photo by Lokal Gallery / Katja Hagelstam

A peek into the history of Arabia Art Department Society, where ceramic art is in the centre, and its heritage proudly p...
18/02/2026

A peek into the history of Arabia Art Department Society, where ceramic art is in the centre, and its heritage proudly passed on from generation to generation. We are proud and honoured to be part of the long history of Finnish ceramics.






Pictures
1 / Chikako Harada
2 / Ilkka Kärkkäinen
3 / Chikako Harada
4 / Chikako Harada

Last days of Arabia Art Department Society’s group exhibition at SEB Window! Since 2023, the project has provided a last...
22/01/2026

Last days of Arabia Art Department Society’s group exhibition at SEB Window!

Since 2023, the project has provided a lasting stage for our artists and an opportunity for bypassers to have a peek into the captivating world of ceramics. For 2026 our collaboration project ”Window” together with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, will be put on hold. We hope to be back in the window sooner than later, thank you SEB!












Heikki Orvola


At the core of our work, right next to the artists, lies the inspiring work of invited visiting artists. Every visiting ...
16/01/2026

At the core of our work, right next to the artists, lies the inspiring work of invited visiting artists. Every visiting artist works to produce a unique sculpture series in collaboration with the association. Our current visiting artist Maisa Majakka is now working to finalise her sculpture model.

Maisa’s work is often centered around the human and its mundane but significant moments. Her attention to detail lies at the heart of her figurative sculptures, portraying images of personal experiences, phenomena and pop-culture characters.

Maisa is a heartfelt, calm and joyful spirit to be around who inspires us all at the department. We are proud and honoured to have her working with us!

Photos by





Exciting exhibition opening tomorrow at in New York. Congratulations !One Way or AnotherCaroline Slotte & Paul Scott ...
08/01/2026

Exciting exhibition opening tomorrow at in New York. Congratulations !

One Way or Another
Caroline Slotte & Paul Scott

January 9 - February 28
HB381

”HB381 is pleased to announce One Way or Another, a two-person exhibition of new ceramic works by Paul Scott (b. 1953, United Kingdom) and Caroline Slotte (b. 1975, Finland). Slotte studied ceramics with Scott when he was a professor at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design in the early 2000s and their practices have dovetailed in various ways since. Both artists invoke the storied space of European porcelain and faience wares as a repository of cultural mores and readymade imagery. Collectively, they draw on the history of objects as an apt framework for parsing psychological and political affairs of the present day. While their techniques for altering these historic objects find different expressions, their attention to this space of visual and material culture is equally acute, feeding into discourses on craft and cultural studies and museological concerns around heritage and preservation.”

”Slotte’s lyrical interventions into the surfaces of blue-and-white transferware mark her subjects through acts of selection and deletion. Vaporous landscapes, clarified from the now classical scenes of the porcelain tradition, emerge out of porous accumulations of pixel-like spheres akin to halftone dots. The Blue Willow and Wild Rose patterns are prominent, but there are others like J. Jamieson & Co.’s Bosphorus Blue, depicting attenuated minarets lining the Bosphorus Strait, and numerous scenes that evoke far-flung travel vistas and locales. Slotte’s alterations to the originals unsettle and transform their mass-produced subjects, changing our experience of longing and wanderlust into something more reflective, opaque, and uncertain.”

Photos by Chikako Harada

2. Ceramic Wall Plate from the series ”Fade”, 2025
3. Ceramic Wall Plate from the series ”Tracing”, 2023, reworked ceramic

One of the biggest and most rewarding projects of 2025 was definitely our new public artworkSIRAHVIPORTTI | GIRAFFE GATE...
30/12/2025

One of the biggest and most rewarding projects of 2025 was definitely our new public artwork
SIRAHVIPORTTI | GIRAFFE GATE ❤️
Artists: Jasmin Anoschkin, Marianne Huotari, Sakari Kannosto, Veera Kulju, Heikki Orvola, Pekka Paikkari, Heini Riitahuhta, Kristina Riska, Caroline Slotte, Kati Tuominen-Niittylä

Arabia Art Department Society wishes everyone a wonderful new year 2026! ✨💫
We are already looking forward to next inspirational collaborations and enterprises.

Thank you




SIRAHVIPORTTI | GIRAFFE GATE
Arabia Kujat, Hämeentie 133 D, Helsinki
corridor leading to Kirahvipiha, Arabia 135 block












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#2026

Looking back at 2025 with snippets from Eeva Jäntti’s wonderful work diary 🤍Eeva was an intern at Arabia Art Department ...
27/12/2025

Looking back at 2025 with snippets from Eeva Jäntti’s wonderful work diary 🤍
Eeva was an intern at Arabia Art Department Society specializing in assistant and secretarial services. She graduated from Careeria in November with a degree in Vocational Qualification in Business.
Congratulations Eeva and thank you so much for everything! ❤️
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Kim Simonsson’s new numbered series of ’Glasshead’ is now available in cobalt blue 🩵 The sculpture is part of the Arabia...
18/12/2025

Kim Simonsson’s new numbered series of ’Glasshead’ is now available in cobalt blue 🩵

The sculpture is part of the Arabia Art Department Society’s Art Collection, which consists of works by the society’s artists and also by visiting artists who have worked at the department in the Visiting Artist program.

The numbered works in the collection are cast and glazed by hand at the Arabia Art Department, in the legendary premises of the former Arabia porcelain factory, Helsinki.

Kim Simonsson
’Glasshead’
2025
ceramics, glaze
Edition of 20
2500€ (including VAT)

Available from

Hämeentie 135 A, 8. flr, Helsinki
Inquiries: [email protected]

Photos: Anna Autio


❤️❤️🎄🎄Warmest thank you to everyone who visited our Christmas Sale over the weekend! Wishing you happy holidays and see ...
15/12/2025

❤️❤️🎄🎄Warmest thank you to everyone who visited our Christmas Sale over the weekend! Wishing you happy holidays and see you again next year!
Lämpimät kiitokset kaikille, jotka vierailivat Joulumyyjäisissämme viikonloppuna! Mukavaa joulunaikaa ja nähdään taas ensi vuonna!













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