Vilma Määttänen
I’m gunning you, 2018
£1,000
Vilma Määttänen
b. 1989, Finland. Lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden and Karjalohja, Finland
Vilma Määttänen has exhibited in multiple group exhibitions and a solo exhibition in Finland and Sweden. Vilma Määttänen’s practice includes painting, moving images and sculpture. She is deeply interested in the materiality of painting, and produces most of her pigments herself from raw materials found in her environment.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 – Liikkuva Linna, Project Room, Helsinki
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
- 2021 – Time Machines and Utopias, The Museums of Gallen-Kallela, Ainola and Visavuori, Helsinki and Valkeakoski
- 2020 – At Home, with Shirin Hotta, Pocket-Gallery, Helsinki
- 2019 – Together.Differently., Curated by the collective Expodium, Project Room, Helsinki
- 2019 – Pielenmaisema, Ars Kärsämäki, Kärsämäki
- 2019 – Kuvan Kevät, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
- 2018 – Bulletin, Mindepartementet, Stockholm
- 2018 – Rajallisia tilaisuuksia, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
- 2017 – BFA exhibition, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
- 2017 – Fondia, Helsinki
- 2016 – Boarderline, Tasku-gallery, Helsinki
- 2016 – RE:VIEW, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
Awards & Residencies
- 2019 – Gloria´s open studios, New York City
- 2017 – Academy of Fine arts residency, Berlin
- 2018 – Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts grant
Collections
- Suomen Taideyhdistys teosarpajaiset 2019, Helsinki
- Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts collection, Helsinki
Education
- 2020 – Cultural studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2019 – Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts, Helsinki
- 2017 – BFA Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts, Helsinki
- 2014 – Gerlesborgsskolan Bohuslän, Sweden
Works by Vilma Määttänen
Vilma Määttänen
Spring I, 2019
£600
Vilma Määttänen
Inside II, 2019
£600
