We Love Illustration.
The Finnish Illustration Association promotes illustration in various fields and supports illustrators in their profession. Our organization’s close-knit professional community includes over 800 members.
Johanna Lumme
22.3.2025 – 17.4.2025
Johanna Lumme’s solo show Ikimetsän sydän (“Heart of the Evergreen Forest”) invites you to step into the forest’s embrace. It has its roots in the children’s book Journey to the Evergreen Forest (Otava 2024), written and illustrated by Lumme. The exhibition also features brand new paintings inspired by the same theme.
Spring 2025 Courses & Clubs
Our spring training themes include animation, fairs, ordering illustrations, pricing, contracts, typographic illustration and illustration business. The language of instruction is mainly Finnish.
Free Contract Models
Our renewed contract models for Illustration Commissions and Illustration Licensing are an easy way to a successful Illustration Commission.
Illustrator of the Year 2024 exhibition attracted a record number of visitors
The Illustrator of the Year Marika Maijala’s award exhibition was seen in the Ahjo exhibition space of the Espoo Cultural Centre from 2 November to 20 December 2024. A total of 4825 illustration lovers visited the exhibition! We would like to thank the Espoo Cultural Centre and the exhibition sponsors: EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Etana Editions and Ursa Astronomical Association for their cooperation.
Kuvittaja Magazine: The Poetic Illustrator
Canadian illustrator Sydney Smith has his first solo exhibition at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. His illustrations highlight memories and the importance of presence.
Illustration: Sydney Smith
