Art Prize of Nordea Art Foundation Finland

Nordea Art Foundation Finland supports Finnish art by awarding an art prize to one established artist in Finland each year. The second winner of the art prize will be announced in June 2025.

The art prize is a recognition award that cannot be applied for, and the Art Foundation grants it based on a proposal made by an expert jury of art professionals. 

This year the jury consisted of Museum Director Emerita Maija Tanninen-Mattila (chair), art gallerist, art critic Veikko Halmetoja and Director of Turku Art Museum Kari Immonen.

The art prize is quite substantial: 25,000 euros. 

Art prize 2025 awarded to Lada Suomenrinne, who explores remoteness and Arctic consciousness through they art

Lada Suomenrinne

Lada Suomenrinne is an artist from Sápmi who works with photography, moving image and text. They live and work in Nuorgam and holds a Master’s degree in photography from Aalto University.

In their art, Lada Suomenrinne explores the borderland and Arctic consciousness and reflects on the aesthetics and forms of decolonisation in Sámi photography. Their artistic work is founded in belonging and the body-land trauma they explore in the imaginary landscapes of their works. Their objective is to create a dialogue with seen and unseen other species and ancestors.

Lada Suomerinne: A picture from the series Eeatnamat:Leango Landscape:AM I (2021)

Lada Suomenrinne is highly accomplished internationally. Their works have been exhibited at the Whitney Biennial (New York, 2024), Kunstnerforbundet (Oslo, 2024), Bergen Kunsthall (2024), Les Rencontres d’Arles (France, 2023), and KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art (Berlin, 2022). Their works are included in the collections of the Finnish Museum of Photography and the State Art Collection of Finland.

Lada Suomenrinne’s works will be on display at the Nelimarkka Museum in Alajärvi from September 2025 to January 2026.

Congratulations to the prize winner and many thanks to the prize jury!

Lada Suomenrinne is an exceptionally compelling young artist who addresses timely and global themes with artistic conviction. Their work is grounded in the historical tradition of photography, yet introduces a fresh aesthetic perspective to visual expression. In Suomenrinne’s art, contemporary Sámi expression meets a global visual language,

Chair of the jury Maija Tanninen-Mattila

Earlier scholarships and art prizes

Contact Info

Mailing address:
Nordea Art Foundation Finland 
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Executive Director Anu Kehusmaa
anu.kehusmaa [at] consult.nordea.com
Tel: +358 41 4377566