Artist Statement
Fragmented Stories VII, oil on mdf, 30 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2020«
We are not bathing while you are watching, Oil painting, 80 x 28 cm.
»Paintings from 2017«
By the wall
»Paintings prior 2013«
Wrapped up and well protected but still cold, oil paint on mdf-board, 55 x 35 cm
»Paintings from 2022«
Golden Installation , detail
»Paintings from 2023«
Next to you
»Paintings from 2013«
Outsider
»Paintings from 2015«
The waterfall
»Paintings prior 2013«
Everything turns into air, Oil on paper mounted on board, 30 x 90 cm
»Paintings from 2024«
One out of three 3. Oil on mdf. 50 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2018«
Sense of connection, oil on paper, 40 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2022«
The Turningpoint, oil on mdf, 45 x 28 cm, 2019
»Paintings from 2019«
Let’s go girls, Oil on mdf-board, 110 x 140 cm
»Paintings from 2024«
Golden Installation no 1, oil on paper, 40 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2023«
Mutation makes beauty
»Installations«
The wedding, oil painting on mdf, 30 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2018«
In the eye of the storm, oil paint on mdf-board, 140 x 110 cm
»Paintings from 2022«
Forever young II
»Paintings from 2015«
Priestess Veleda, Oil on mdf, 45 x 28 cm
»Paintings from 2018«
The snowball
»Paintings prior 2013«
The Finnish painter and installation artist Maria Wolfram lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
Identity, interaction, human condition and power are returning topics in Wolfram´s art. She exhibits frequently installations combining paintings and mixed media sculptures using oil, acrylic, ink and collage on linen, mdf-panel or card. In her sculptures she uses material such as stockings, textiles, knitted or chrocheted elements, shoes, hair and feathers. Materiality and an experimental approach often spiced with humour are important elements in Wolfram´s practice.
Wolfram looks at the world from a female perspective and she likes to challenge and confront the viewer with questions related to exclusion and inclusion. She draws inspiration from everyday encounters with people; contemporary posing culture where people create a particular identity for themselves and from a culture that is defined by the endless hunger to be seen.
Maria´s portraits capture intimate glimpses of fleeting moments of something unmasked and real. They seem to look back at us asking: What do you see when you look at me? Her work is an attempt to create a dialogue between the surface and the hidden and the public and the private. In this time of history in an increasingly dehumanized world Wolfram makes art that mirrors real human experiences and emotions.
Maria Wolfram graduated as Bachelor of Fine Art from Kingston University in London in year 2000 and as Master of Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of London in year 2002. Since then she has frequently exhibited her art and has had over 20 solo exhibitions both in Finland and abroad.
Maria Wolfram has received many awards and scholarships both in Finland and in England. She is also an active member of the Finnish artists community where she has had many positions of trust.