Artist Statement

Surrounded By Ice, 100 x 100 cm, oil on mdf board
»Paintings from 2021«

Waiting in Three Generations, oil on mdf, 30 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2021«

Nostalgia, oil paint on card, 60 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2025«

The story used to be very black and white II, oil on paper mounted on board, 100 x 125 cm
»Paintings from 2021«

Walk with me installation in conection with Venice Biennale 2019
»Paintings from 2019«

On the rock
»Paintings prior 2013«

Waiting, oil on mdf, 30 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2020«

It has been a long journey but it was worth it, Oil painting, 100 x 70 cm
»Paintings from 2017«

Good Vibes, acrylic and oilpaint on mdf-board, 50 x 40 cm
»Paintings from 2024«

Forever young I
»Paintings from 2014«

Red lips, black dress and the golden mask will protect me, acrylic and oilpaint on mdf-board, 45 x 35 cm
»Paintings from 2024«

Timetravellers, acrylic and oilpaint on mdf-board, 80 x 100 cm
»Paintings from 2024«

High and Low, oil on mdf, 30 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2020«

Hidde, oil painting on mdf, 100 x 70 cm
»Paintings from 2020«

Bad body and hair day no 1
»Paintings from 2017«

From the series Some Swiss Ladies, Oil paint on mdf board each 40 cm x 28 cm
»Paintings from 2016«

Starlight, star bright, first I see tonight: I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight, oil on paper, 40 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2023«

What if Bellini had been Bellina? Oil painting on mdf, 140 x 110 cm
»Paintings from 2020«

All the things hidden
»Sculptures«

Everything turns into air, Oil on paper mounted on board, 30 x 90 cm
»Paintings from 2024«
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.