European Outsider Art Association, EOA

13/02/2026

Winter feelings from Parikkala Sculpture Park!

29/01/2026

Maisons-mères – Architectures utopiques et concrètes (Mothers’ Houses – Utopian and Concrete Architectures). New exhibition, curated by Philippe Lespinasse with a special contribution from Swiss photographer Mario Del Curto, will take place at La Ferme des Tilleuls in Swizerland, from February 12 to June 21, 2026. The exhibition takes us on a journey to discover alternative architectures, imagined, built, and inhabited by individuals guided by their utopia. Traveling the world in search of these intimate wonders, the exhibition explores both familiar and preserved worlds, as well as environments that have sometimes disappeared or never before seen.

🏠 Maisons-mères – Architectures utopiques et concrètes. 🏠

Nouvelle exposition à La Ferme des Tilleuls sous le commissariat de Philippe Lespinasse avec une contribution particulière du photographe suisse Mario Del Curto.

📅 Du 12 février au 21 juin 2026
🍸 Vernissage le mercredi 11 février à 18h30

🖼️ Maisons-mères nous emmène à la découverte d’architectures alternatives, imaginées, construites et habitées par des individus guidés par leur utopie. Parcourant le monde à la recherche de ces merveilles intimes, l’exposition explore autant des univers connus et préservés que des environnements parfois disparus ou jamais dévoilés.

📍 Infos & inscriptions sur notre site, à retrouver dans la bio de notre page.

🚌 TL 17 ou 19 – arrêt Renens-Croisée/Tilleuls ou Renens-Sous l’Église

Affiche :
Graphisme : © Atelier Poisson
Image : © Lorenzo Tricoli
La Casa Volante : © Annunzio Lagomarsini

Liste des artistes exposé·e·s :
Bruno Weber
Erwin Schatzmann Schatzmann
Daniel Jacqui Danielle Jacqui
Clarence Schmidt
Vaïke Lubi
Jeanne Devidal
Yves Jaffrennou
Polina Rayko
Dominic Espinosa
Enni Id
Bonaria Manca Manca - Studio d'Artista
Francis Lee Smith
Annunzio Lagomarsini
Nicolaï Petrovich Sutyaguin
… et bien d’autres

Liste des photographes exposé·e·s :
Mario Del Curto
Nora Rupp
Cyrille Weiner
Jürgen Nefzger Nefzger
Eric Tabuchi et Nelly Monnier Tabuchi
Kelly Ludwig Ludwig
Deidi Von Schaewen
Francis David
… et bien d’autres

Partenaires
La Fabuloserie Fabuloserie
Openart museum art museum
Association for Rural Culture and Education Maaseudun Sivistysliitto

Chantal Bellon The Lausanne Guide

09/01/2026

The ITE Artist of the Year 2026 is Jyri Rastas (b. 1956, living in Tampere, Finland). Read more: https://msl.fi/itetaide/en/ite-artist-of-the-year/.

Jyri Rastas’s works combine strong craftsmanship, organic forms, and warm colors. He skillfully utilizes a variety of materials and techniques, especially his own handmade ceramic mosaics. Over the decades, his body of work has included ceramic objects, small sculptures, serial works, and silver jewelry, as well as self-built musical instruments and tools that highlight his technical and artistic self-sufficiency. His works also reflect critical thinking and observations on contemporary phenomena.

The Association for Rural Culture and Education, MSL, chose the ITE Artist of the Year for the seventh time. MSL got to know Jyri Rastas during the ITE art survey in the Pirkanmaa region in 2017–2018. Even then, his diverse creativity and talent were showcased in exhibitions. Last summer, Rastas realized his long-held dream by organizing his very first solo exhibition.

Warm congratulations to Jyri Rastas!

ITE-taide | Maaseudun Sivistysliitto

01/10/2025

The ITE artist of the year 2025, Markku Sarastamo, will open his solo exhibition on Friday, Oct 3rd in Rauma, Finland: https://msl.fi/itetaide/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/Karbujo-exhibition-by-Markku-Sarastamo-1.pdf.

In Finland, there is a tradition to choose the ITE artist of the year. The purpose of the award is to introduce the public to the voices and views of self-taught artists who have produced a significant body of work. Aside from recognition and publicity for the artist, it is hoped that the award will provide inspiration to others to find their own sources of creativity.

31/07/2025

EOA Member from Germany Kunsthaus Kannen invites you to "Cultural Places for Art, Soul, and Senses" 18.-19. September 2025.

The conference will also be the farewell from director Lisa Inckmann, who will retire at the end of December 2025, after a good 30 years of building and managing the Kunsthaus.

Cultural meeting places such as the Kunsthaus, the Sensory Park, and the Garden of Silence were able to emerge with the opening of the psychiatric facility in the 1990s on the Alexianer grounds.

Numerous exhibitions, conferences, workshops, concerts, readings, and activities brought many professionals, visitors, and families to the Alexianer Campus. A lively exchange and regional and international networking in the field of Outsider Art developed.

The Sensory Park was created on the clinic grounds based on the ideas of Hugo Kückelhaus: an integrative space with 13 experiential fields, where relaxation, encounters, therapy, as well as music, theater, and summer festivals can be experienced. Another park, the Garden of Silence, encourages meditative immersion in the thoughtfully designed landscape architecture.

In September 2025, we would like to invite you again to a conference to reflect on the current status of the topic "Art and Psychiatry": What goals have been achieved, which ideas have been abandoned and which visions are being formulated?

After over 30 years of leading the Kunsthaus, Lisa Inckmann invites you to a closing meeting at the Kunsthaus: We are creating a platform for many of the supporters of the Outsider Art scene to express themselves with various creative contributions and formats.
Together we began, and together we go. After a long collaboration, with landscape planner Ilse Copak (Sensory Park, Garden of Silence, etc.) and Thomas Schwarm (Dipl. Art Therapist / Studio) are concluding their long-term partnership.

We offer a two-day platform to continue promoting exchange.
Meeting: September 18th / 19th, 2025
Location: Kunsthaus Kannen and the gardens on the Alexianer Campus Münster
https://www.kunsthaus-kannen.de/kunsthaus/