FAQ

Frequently asked questions:

Identification and evaluation of artworks and signatures?

The Artists’ Association of Finland does not offer a service for identification or evaluation of artworks.

Why is data on a deceased artist missing from the register?

If an artist has belonged to one of the association’s member organisations and their data is missing in the online database, please check the last printed edition of the register, from 2004. Kuvataiteilijat 2004 can be ordered from Kustannus Oy Taide. Enquiries: sales and marketing director Tuula Airas, tuula.airas(at)artists.fi.

How do I renew my User ID?

Artists already included in the register can renew their user ID by paying 20,00 to the account of the Finnish Artists’ Association Nordea FI8315 7230 0002 5080 with reference 1122. If the payer is someone other than the artist, the reference will be omitted and the artist’s name and number 1122 will be written in the message field.

What do I need to do to have my data included in the register?

Only professional artists are represented in the register. Artist members of all the member organisations of the Artists’ Association of Finland (Artists’ Association MUU, Association of Finnish Sculptors, Association of Finnish Printmakers, Finnish Painters’ Union and Union of Artist Photographers in Finland) are automatically eligible to join the register.

Artists who are not members of any of the above organisations can apply for inclusion in the register by submitting a freeform application to the Artists’ Association. Since only professional artists can be accepted, the applicants must provide proof of their professionalism.  The free-form application attachments are: a curriculum vitae and information on artistic work, and a collection of images of art works or a link to a website where artists’ works are displayed. The application fee is 40,00. Payment information: Account nr FI8315 7230 0002 5080, reference nr 1122, receiver: Suomen Taiteilijaseura/Artists’ Association of Finland

Applications are considered twice a year: applications for the next round must be submitted to matrikkeli(at)artists.fi no later than April 30, 2024.

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