Galleria Pihatto
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
Musta Lista-kollektiivi, OLIO, 8.2.–20.2.2025
Rikkomo, RIKKOMO, 4.3.–21.3.2025
Julius Blad, mariel Helovirta, Senni Koskenvesa, Anna Salmi, Lassi Nokelainen 25.3.–11.4.2025
Kaija Eerola, Kaksi tarinaa, 15.4.–2.5.2025
Ella Kettunen, Illuusio ja pehmeä siirtymä, 6.5.–23.5.2025
Events
Meditation 27.2. & 6.3. 18:00-19:30
Experience joy and balance through meditation
You are welcome to try meditation in Galleria Pihatto.
Thursday 27th of February and 6th of March at 18-19.30
Free entrance. The events will be held in Finnish and English. There are chairs available. If you prefer to sit on the floor, please bring a mattress or a pillow.
More information: Aino Ruggiero, aino.ruggiero@gmail.com www.jooga.org
Call for exhibitions at Galleria Pihatto for autumn 2025
It is possible to apply to Galleria Pihatto to organise an exhibition. For the autumn season, six 3-4 week exhibition periods are available from the end of August 2025 to mid-January 2026. More exact details of the periods can be found in the application form.
Fill in the application form here
The deadline for applications is 20.2.2025.
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 Pihato 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:
Anu Talka, Cultural Director
tel. 040 350 8111, anu.talka@lappeenranta.fi