About

Galleria Pihatto is a gallery space owned by the city of Lappeenranta, located in the city centre, in a beautiful natural setting in the historic Lappee old vicarage. Pihatto is located at Valtakatu 80, 53130 Lappeenranta.

Gallery Pihatto is in use as a gallery space, and small events such as concerts, performances or workshops can also be organised in the space. 

 

Opening hours

Tue - Fri 11:00-18:00 

Sat - Sun and weekday public holidays 11:00-15:00

Any exceptions will always be informed.

Free entry to all exhibitions

 

Upcoming exhibitions

 

26.8.-12.9.2025 Kseniia Redina: Kirkkaat maisemat

 

16.9.-3.10.2025 Jonna Luostari: A Boob Journey 2023 

A Boob Journey is Jonna Luostari’s photographic documentary about Johanna “Pinksu” Marjomaa’s fight against breast cancer. Every year 5000 women in Finland are diagnosed with breast cancer. This is a true story on one of them. 

In January 2023 Johanna was told that both of her breasts would have to be removed due to the fact that she had breast cancer precursor. As Johanna had already survived cancer at a younger age, the only cure for this new diagnosis would be a surgery to remove her breasts; a mastectomy. The surgery took nine hours, and months to recover from. 

The exhibition consists of video work, portraits, diary quotes and commentaries Johanna got during her journey. Video work includes photography by Jonna Luostari, video posts from Johanna’s social media accounts and audio recordings from January through July 2023. 

 

7.10.-24.10.2025 Heidi Jäkälä: Akvarelleja & Timo Rönkä: Maalauksia ajan virrasta

28.10.-14.11.2025 Maria Mallitskaya: Kukko & Kaverit

18.11.-12.12.2025 Ilkka Aho & Juha Peuhkuri: Minä maailmassa, maailmat minussa

16.12.2025-9.1.2026 Hanna Perälä, Field Recordings

 

Call for exhibitions at Galleria Pihatto

It is possible to apply to Galleria Pihatto to organise an exhibition.  The application periods will be published on this website. The next application round for exhibitions taking place in the spring 2026 will be opened in the autumn 2025.  

The selection criteria include the description of the content, the conditions for organising the exhibition, existing references and the professionalism of the organiser. Preference will be given to professional artists.

The selected exhibitions will be organised by the applicant. The city will conclude a lease agreement with the operator for the space of the Gallery Pihatto for the duration of the exhibition in question. The space is rent-free to the organiser, but the organiser is responsible for the supervision of the space during the opening hours of Galleria Pihatto, as well as for the marketing and communication of the exhibition and other contractual obligations of the tenant. The City of Lappeenranta is the tenant of the space and has no role in the organisation of the exhibition itself.

 

Galleria Pihatto – space and equipment

The address of Galleria Pihato is Valtakatu 80, 53130 Lappeenranta.

The large exhibition space is about 13 meters wide and 9 meters deep. The room height is about 3.2 meters. The walls of the room are surrounded by hanging rails. It is also possible to hang works on hooks in the middle of the ceiling.

The space has windowsills which can be used to display the works. The windowsills measure approximately 100 cm x 100 cm x 140 cm. The windows can be covered with blinds. 

The space is equipped with an LED adjustable lighting system, two video projectors, 7,2 m x 1,7 m 
m projection screen and sound system: a Yamaha MG10X mixer, speakers and 3 wired 
microphones and 3 microphone stands.

 

More information about the practices of Galleria Pihatto

Galleria Pihatto's practices:

Nelly Hakkarainen, Culture Coordinator, tel. 040 6314 276, nelly.hakkarainen@lappeenranta.fi 

Anu Talka, Cultural Director, tel. 040 350 8111, anu.talka@lappeenranta.fi