21.9.–18.10.2026 Tiina Zilliacus: Living Color
The drawings, watercolors and sketches on display were created during 2026 while I was on the move in Paris, Helsinki and various parts of Finland.
I have been interested in exploring and observing the living movement of people, nature and color in different environments. How the eye perceives and how the hand does. I have also been interested in how different tools and colors move on materials.
I get inspiration from nature and the outdoors, from colors, the freedom and flow of expression, the lightness of childhood summers, the playful and even humorous way of exploring, experiencing, looking at and perceiving the world. For me, the work is complete when the combinations of different perspectives become visible.
My way of making a picture is expressive, committed to gesture and the moment. I start with color and input. When I make a picture, I often feel the movement or position in my own body. I capture the atmosphere and feeling. I get involved in the experience and the making.
In an era where technology produces data-based linear and problem-solving thinking, code and content, and the world is full of copying, it is in image making and art that I am interested in the freedom of creation, the experience of the body and the materiality of making with hands, as well as the originality of one's own expression and work. The fact that each creator's mark is unique and personal.
Creativity is a celebration that everyone is invited to. With this exhibition, I want to remind everyone of the joy of making their own handiwork, no matter what medium or method it is done with.
Tiina Zilliacus
MSc Econ, MSc Narrative Futures
Entrepreneur and artist
The exhibitions are open to the public during the opening hours of the Helsinki Adult Education Centre. Opening hours may vary – please ask for up-to-date information. from the gatekeepers.
The Program
2026 autumn
20.8.-20.9.
Merja Salonen di Giorgio and Juha Okko
The world in chaos and order
21.9.-19.10.
Tiina Zilliacus
Vibrant color
20.10.-27.11.
Tiffany's Association
1.12.-11.1.
Jane Hughes' students
Exhibition space
The AULA gallery, located in the school building, is primarily intended for showcasing the work of the school's art groups. We also offer exhibition space for the work of the school's teachers and artists from Töölö. There is no rent charged for the use of the exhibition space.
The exhibition space is located in the spacious lobby on the second floor of the school building, which provides access to the classrooms on the floor.
AULA The Gallery is open during the school's opening hours (sometimes also on weekends). You can inquire about current opening hours. from our gatekeepers.
More information
Training Manager Juha Okko, +045 859 11 93 XNUMX, juha.okko@helao.fi