Art Castle is open on Sundays from 12:00 to 17:00.
Art hall is open from 8 June to 17 August 2025, every day from 12 noon to 5 pm.
SOILE YLI-MÄYRY of Finland, Doctor, a painter for more than 40 years, makes her paintings by using a palette knife. She uses paint in three ways: a thin, even coat, thick lines and by scraping lines into the painted area, for a three-dimensional look. The main theme in Yli-Mäyry’s work is humanity and people’s alienation from nature in the urban world. Since her arts studies at the Arts Academy in Stuttgart in Germany (1972-75) she has had in 30 countries about 300 solo exhibitions in Japan, in China, in India, in Latin America, in the United States and in many countries in Europe.
Art Hall is open from 8 June to 17 August 2025, every day from 12 noon to 5 pm.
Welcome to my hometown!
In Soile Yli-Mäyry's birthplace, Kuortanene Mäyry, an exhibition with a new theme is on display every summer. Also on display are the latest glass sculptures and glass totems crafted in Murano, Venice.
Art Hall has been open to art lovers for 32 summers.
Art Castle exhibits the works of artist Soile Yli-Mäyry, a portrait of the Stuttgart Academy of Arts from the final work to the present day. Art Castle also exhibits an extensive glass sculpture and glass totem exhibition. The sculptures are shaped by the artist in Murano, Venice.
On display are wonderful paintings and glass sculptures!
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
300 SOLO EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1976 IN 30 COUNTRIES
Helsinki (5 exhibitions), Lahti Art Museum (1991), Vasa Art Hall (1976, 1985), Oulu Art Museum, Hyvinkää Art Museum (1990), Turku (7 exhibitions), Stockholm (12 exhibitions since 1987), Gothenburg (since 1988), Oslo (2001), Copenhagen (1991, 2017, 2022, 2025), Cologne (1991, 2007), Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Basel, Zurich, London, Rome (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024), Paris (1998, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2025), Luzern (2009), Hamburg (2014), Toscana, Pietrasanta, Italy (2014).
Miami (2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2024), New York (22 exhibitions since 1989), Washington (1998), Irving Arts Center (Texas, 2001), Toronto (2001), Rio de Janeiro (Rio Design Center 1998), Sao Paolo (Museu da Casa Brasileira 1999), Buenos Aires (Centro Cultural Recoleta 1999), Lima (Centro Cultural PUCP 1999), Santiago de Chile, Mexico City (2000).
Tokyo (35 exhibitions since 1989, 2026), Saitama Museum of Modern Art (1999), Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai Art Museum (1997, 1999, 2002, 2005), Hong Kong (1996, 1997, 2001, 2010), Singapore (1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2024, 2026), Taipei, Mumbai (exhibitions since 1999), Abu Dhabi (Cultural Foundation 1999), Dubai (1999, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024), Jerusalem (1997), Tel Aviv, Sydney (2001), Kuala Lumpur, Malesien (2013, 2014), Oman, Muscat (2014, 2016).
Sao Paulo (Pinacoteca Art Museum 2003), New Delhi (Lalit Art Academy Gallery 2003, 2006), Indian Trienale New Delhi (2005, 2012), Beijing (National Art Museum of China 2003, 2008), Shanghai (Zendai Museum of Modern Art 2006), Chennai, India (2009), Kolkata, India (2007)
Art hall´s 32st summer exhibition, 9 June to 18 Auqust 2024, Kuortane (Mäyry) Finland.
