THE TEMPORARY BOOKSHELF IS A PLATFORM DISTRIBUTING PUBLISHING PRACTICES THROUGH CURATED BOOKSHOPS AND EVENTS. PUBLICATIONS, ART BOOKS, ZINES, INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS AND SELF-PUBLISHED. 

THE TEMPORARY BOOKSHELF IS LOCATED IN HELSINKI, FINLAND, IT IS AN ARTIST RUN INITIATIVE FOUNDED IN 2021 BY HIKARI NISHIDA.


EVENTS

2023
Under the Leaf Art Book Fair #2, Kohta Gallery & Kalasataman Seripaja

Utopias Lahti x The Temporary Bookshelf, official festival bookshop & Art Book Fair

Children’s Saturday: Let’s make a book!, workshop for children, Sarjakuvakeskus

2022
Frosty December Book Fair, Duotone Photography Studio

Books With Pictures, pop-up curated bookshop, Enne Studio

Seasonal Book Launches, Kalasataman Seripaja

Under the Leaf Ar Book Fair, Monitoimitila O.

2021
Seasonal Book Launches, Kosminen

Drifts Festival, pop-up curated bookshop, Museum of Impossible Forms

Art Books Outdoors, Pengerpuisto

BOOK CURATION
2023
Tokyo Art Book Fair
, Finland Guest Curator - the Nordic Art Bookstore

2022
Vantaa Art Museum shop
, for Transition points(s) exhibition

HIAP
(Helsinki International Art Programme), Taming a wild tongue, Open Studio x Laura Cemin

Nordic Culture Point
, for A Fruit is Becoming ill in Sugar, performance night

2021
Publics gallery
, for The Month Of Books, festival

BOOKSHOP(S) 
Kaapelitehtaan Konttori, 03.03.2022-28.02.23

Kosminen Art Space
, 27.03.2021-27.11.2021

CONTACT
Hikari Nishida
hello@thetemporarybookshelf.com

Assistant - Oscar Nicod
assistant@thetemporarybookshelf.com

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