Art
Art – a creative retreat
Viscosa Culture Factory offers artists a unique opportunity to create and exhibit their works in spaces that stand out for their scale and atmosphere. The cathedral-like exhibition hall, with its high ceilings and vast openness, is ideal for showcasing large-scale and monumental works. Viscosa Culture Factory inspires artists to push creative boundaries while offering visitors an immersive sensory experience.
Exhibitions 2026
Baltic new paintig
In the summer of 2026, the exhibition “Baltic New Painting” brings to the Viscosa factory gallery a selection of fresh, polyphonic Baltic painting pulsing with many voices. Bringing together 150 artists from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania aged up to 40, the exhibition offers a snapshot of how a new generation uses, shifts, and redefines painting in an era where the visual landscape is fast, digital, and saturated. The curator of the exhibition is Reigo Kuivjõgi. The exhibition runs from 20.06–30.09.2026
La Viscosa. Textile Factory
Exhibition organized by the Estonian Textile Artists’ Association “La Viscosa. Textile Factory” is dedicated to the rebirth of the imposing artificial silk factory founded in 1912 as the Viscosa Cultural Factory and to Hiiumaa as an incredibly exciting island of textile industry. The artists also address the Estonian textile industry and the field of meaning of textiles as a material more broadly through architecture, logistics and women’s employment.
The exhibition runs from 20.06–31.10.2026
Reflections
A reflection creates the sense that space continues, repeats itself, or opens into somewhere we cannot physically reach. It erases the clear boundary between above and below, here and there, now and then, making the viewer’s image part of the whole. The movement of air binds light and fabric together — the visible comes into being through movement. Reflections do not merely show us space. They open a state of being we already inhabit.
With the textile exhibition “Reflections” by Maarja Meeru, Viscosa marks the 111th anniversary of the founding of the La Viscosa artificial silk, or viscose, factory. The exhibition runs from 20 June to 31 October 2026.
Robinbow
The paintings of Robin Nõgisto, one of the most striking and unique painters in contemporary Estonian art, take the viewer into a colorful and detailed world of images where pop culture, dreams, humor, and fantasy meet. The exhibition runs from 20.06–31.10.2026
Exhibitions 2025
Exhibition of nature photographs “Hiiumaa – state of mind”
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The exhibition created by curator Ülle Puustusmaa features large-format works by photographers inspired by the nature of Hiiumaa: Kaja Hiis, Toomas Kokovkin, Meeli Küttim, Tiit Leito, Pääro Metsand, Argo Nurs and Viive Kai Rebane.
Hiiumaa’s nature and Hiiumaa’s essence act as a time-saver, a touch to the senses, an inspiration, a boundary-shifting force in every season. So too Viscosa. The massive walls and powerful volume of the Steam House act as a contrasting backdrop and amplifier to the nature-inspired work.
Photographs are available for purchase – information in the exhibition hall.
Estonian’s Sculptors Union’s annual exhibition “FANTOOM”
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This summer in Hiiumaa you’ll see something never seen before – the largest exhibition of contemporary sculpture, where 40 works by 34 sculptors will create a unique spatial experience in Viscosa’s powerful Cathedral gallery.
Created by curator Elo Liivi , “FANTOOM” is not an exhibition, but a journey into a world of visual and spatial stories – the works do not just stand on the wall, but form a whole world that invites movement. It is a profound experience of space, form and the invisible – the very things that sometimes haunt every human life. Even if you don’t usually go to exhibitions, something very personal can reach you here – through shadows, shapes, silence or… a child’s screams.
Among the participants will be top Estonian sculptors such as Edith Karlson, Jass Kaselaan, Elo Liiv, Kirke Kangro, Tauno Kangro, Mare Mikof and many others.
Navitrolla “I am what I paint. You are what you see”
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Playing on the border between fantasy and reality, Navitrolla brings an exhibition to the walls of the Viscosa Art Cafe for the summer, perfectly in tune with the creative atmosphere of Viscosa. You can enjoy the café’s tasty dishes alongside the paintings. If you really like a painting, you can even buy it for yourself.
What Artists Say About Viscosa
A Place Where Art, History & Local Identity Converge
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If art, history, and a sense of place could be kindred spirits, then Viscosa is where they come together to create an inspiring environment.
Viscosa is a time machine – a former factory reborn as a cultural hub, where creativity, heritage, and modern energy merge into a unique experience waiting to be explored.
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The sun shines, the wind blows, birds fly, wild strawberries bloom, and an industrial landscape unfolds… For an artist, Viscosa Culture Factory is an inspiring land of opportunities, seemingly created for cultural expression, with a remarkably art-driven team that supports every artistic vision.
“The Estonian Sculptors’ Association has had the privilege of being involved in Viscosa’s cultural program – an incredibly rewarding experience. We look forward to new collaborative projects!