Pitted Dates is an exhibition platform serving neatly packed group exhibitions of the finest quality. Nothing added, rich in fibre : )

Located in a former two-room cold storage in the Teurastamo area. Address: Työpajankatu 2, Teurastamo R1s, Helsinki, Finland.

NOTE: Unfortunately, the space is not wheelchair accessible.

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Open on Sundays 14:00-16:00 + by appointment.

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Contact (FIN/ENG): p1tteddates@proton.me

IG: @p1tted_dates

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Pitted Dates is a curated platform for group exhibitions connecting artists across generations, founded and run by Sakari Tervo. Each show is accompanied by a commissioned poem that functions both as an exhibition text and as an independent artwork. Pitted Dates is an Apartheid Free Zone (AFZ). Pitted Dates is supported by Kone Foundation and The Finnish Cultural Foundation.

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OH HOW CLEARLY YOU LOVE THE DUST
6.2.–15.3.2026
works by Hertta Kiiski & Janne Punkari, Eila Minkkinen, Matti Sumari, Aurea Tanttu, Laura Wesamaa + commissioned poem by Roos Hermsen 

LET IT BE KNOWN, I AM STILL HERE
19.9.–2.11.2025
works by Liisa Ryynänen, Ronya Hirsma, Kristina Sedlerova Villanen, Mari Sunna + commissioned poem by Iona Carmine Roisin

LEIPÄKIVI
30.8.2025
public event by Eliel Tammiharju, Anna Maria Häkkinen, Johan Högsten, Helmi Nöjd & elieli

RIGA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
11.–13.7.2025
Frans Nybacka & Man Yau

SUMMER RESIDENCY
21.6.–30.8.2025
Eliel Tammiharju, Anna Maria Häkkinen, Johan Högsten, Helmi Nöjd & elieli

AND THOSE SWEATY, RAGGED KIDS... 26.4.–15.6.2025
works by August Joensalo, Inga Meldere, Jaakko Pietiläinen, Goro Shintami, Bogna Luiza Wisniewska, Denise Ziegler + commissioned poem by Ville Laurinkoski

WHILE I CAST A SHADOW ALREADY CAST, TIME LEAKS STEADILY OUT OF MY PALM
10.1.–23.2.2025
works by Sara Blosseville, Pamela Brandt, Ida Koitila, Aurora Reinhard, Anssi Taulu, Man Yau + commissioned poem by Laura Cemin

Hereillä, mutta mihin hintaan - Nykytaiteen millenniaaliantologia (book launch)
7.11.2024 18:00–20:00
A publication edited by EDIT, published by Khaos Publishing and designed by Jaakko Suomalainen

CONK
7.9.–20.10.2024
works by Alma Heikkilä, Frans Nybacka, Sebastian Reis, Eetu Sihvonen, Sari Soininen, Julia Toarie Strandman + commissioned poem by Milka Luhtaniemi

NIGHT LORE
22.3.–5.5.2024
works by Tobi Keck, Helmi Nieminen, Carl Victor Wingren + commissioned poem by Sini Silveri, printed by Lukas Malte Hoffmann

ESOTERIC DIESEL
20.1.–3.3.2024
works by Kristoffer Ala-Ketola, Zody Burke, Otto Byström + commissioned poem by Jaakko Pallasvuo

SWEET SURPRISE -fundraising / Doctors Without Borders emergency fund for GAZA
9.12.2023
Shia Conlon, Niklas Hallman, Minjee Hwang Kim, Maija Luutonen, Inga Meldere, Benjamin Orlow, Joel Slotte, Nora Tapper, Elina Vainio, Man Yau

STICK HUT
31.10. & 4.11.2023
by Milja Havas, Koira1 & Emma Vilppula

DOWNWELLING STARLIGHT
16.9.–29.10.2023
works by Shia Conlon, Liina Aalto-Setälä, Elina Vainio + commissioned poem by Flis Holland

NAKKIKIOSKI
17.6.2023 14:00–16:00
by Koira1 & Emma Vilppula

SMALL BREATHERS CRAVING LIFE
13.5.–16.6.2023
works by Victor Gogly, Pauliina Nykänen & Nora Tapper + commissioned poem by KDH

FOR SOMETHING TO BE FILLED
25.3.–30.4.2023
works by Corinna Helenelund, Minjee Hwang Kim & Emese Veszely + commissioned poem by Maarit Mustonen

THIS NEST FOR US TO REST
28.1.–5.3.2023
works by Hertta Kiiski, Inga Meldere & Eetu Sihvonen + a commissioned prose poem by Juuso Tervo

 Pitted Dates / 2026