Artist Statement

Next to you I
»Paintings from 2014«

Detail of Golden Installation in NordArt 2024, ink, acrylic and oilpaint on paper
»Paintings from 2024«

Refugees II
»Paintings from 2015«

The adveturer, Oil paint on card, 100 cm x 70 cm
»Paintings from 2016«

On the opposite side
»Paintings prior 2013«

The greek story
»Paintings from 2017«

Anybody=Nobody V
»Paintings prior 2013«

The wife of Pablo Garcia, ink and oil on mdf, 45 x 28 cm, 2019
»Paintings from 2019«

It is all about the red hair no 2, Oil paint on mdf, 40 x 28 cm
»Paintings from 2016«

From the series Free floating, Oil paint on mdf board, 40 x 28 cm
»Paintings from 2016«

The others III
»Paintings prior 2013«

Global Village 12
»Installations«

The fragile transition
»Paintings prior 2013«

Change, Oil on paper on board, 30 x 90 cm
»Paintings from 2024«

The pink lady, oil painting on mdf, 40 x 28 cm
»Paintings from 2018«

It is all about the red hair VII, Oil painting 40 x 28 cm.
»Paintings from 2017«

Sudden clarity, oil paint on card, 50 x 40 cm
»Paintings from 2025«

Marooned, oil on paper, 40 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2022«

Hesitation
»Paintings from 2015«

When does it matter what Iam? Oil painting on mdf, 200 x 55 cm
»Paintings from 2020«
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.