Keith Tyson

Serlachius Manor

24.05.2025

—26.10.2025

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Universal Symphony

EXHIBITIONIn Keith Tyson’s art, everything is connected to everything, surprisingly and without hierarchy, accurately reflecting the complexity of our shared world.

“I don’t believe in a permanent self or developing an artistic style,” says Turner Prize-winning British artist Keith Tyson. In his sculptures and paintings, which are technically and conceptually confusingly diverse, he draws elements from natural sciences, mathematics, poetry and mythology, among others.  

Instead of self-expression, he is interested in how the information systems, physical processes as well as social and aesthetic impulses we encounter in everyday life create works that are ultimately unique entities. 

Serlachius’ exhibition is the largest museum exhibition he has ever organised. The exhibition is extended from the interior of Serlachius Manor to the Sculpture Park and, with the Dark Sundial sculpture outdoors, to the entire Milky Way. The curator of the exhibition is Timo Valjakka.

“I don’t believe in a permanent self or developing an artistic style,”

Keith Tyson

Images from the exhibition

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Keith Tyson, Installation view from the exhibition Universal Symphony. Photograph: Serlachius, Sampo Linkoneva.
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Keith Tyson, Dark Sundial, 2024, bronze, stainless steel, electronic guidance, motor, stone plinth, Courtesy the artist. Photograph: Serlachius, Sampo Linkoneva.
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Keith Tyson, Installation view from the exhibition Universal Symphony. Photograph: Serlachius, Sampo Linkoneva.
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Keith Tyson, Scholar's Stonei, 2023, patinated bronze, courtesy of the artist. Photograph: Serlachius, Sampo Linkoneva
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Artist Keith Tyson. Photograph: Serlachius, Sampo Linkoneva.

Keith Tyson

Keith Tyson was born in Cumbria UK in 1969. After his early studies in engineering, Keith Tyson pursued art at Carlisle College of Art in 1989 and at the University of Brighton from 1990 to 1993. He held his first solo exhibitions in London and New York in 1996.

Tyson has held numerous solo exhibitions and participated in group shows in museums and galleries across various countries in Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America, and South Africa. He has also taken part in the Berlin and Venice Biennale in 2001 and the São Paulo Biennale in 2002. In 2002, he was awarded the prestigious Turner Prize. He was named an Honorary Doctor of the University of Brighton in 2005.

Tyson is known as a versatile artist whose production includes drawings, paintings, installations and sculptures. His influences range from science and mathematics to poetry, mythology, and the history of art.

Instead of self-expression, Tyson is interested in how the information systems and physical processes as well as social and aesthetic impulses we encounter in our everyday lives give rise to works of art, each of which is ultimately a unique entity.

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The exhibition is accompanied by a book that opens up more about Keith Tyson’s art and his thoughts.

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Keith Tyson, näkymä Universal Symphony -näyttelystä. Kuva: Serlachius, Sampo Linkoneva
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The curator of the exhibition, Timo Valjakka, writes about Tyson’s art in the Serlachius+ article.

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