Artist Statement

The pink cloud, Oil on mdf, 68 x 45 cm
»Paintings from 2018«

The light returns
»Paintings prior 2013«

From the series:Free Floating, Acrylic and oil paint on mdf, 40 x 28 cm
»Paintings from 2016«

One of the red ones. Oil on mdf. 68 x 45 cm
»Paintings from 2018«

Almost Touching The Stars, ink and oil on mdf, 195 x 140 cm
»Paintings from 2020«

Fly Me To The Moon, 80 x 70 cm, oil on paper
»Paintings from 2021«

The rain will soon be over, Oil on mdf, 68 x 45 cm
»Paintings from 2018«

I look at you in the middle of all this, oil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
»Paintings from 2023«

From the series: When is it a portrait, oil on paper, 40 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2021«

From the series: When is it a portrait, oil paint on paper, 40 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2022«

Anybody=Nobody VIII
»Paintings prior 2013«

From the series:Free-Floating, Oil paint on mdf, 40 x 28 cm
»Paintings from 2016«

Mun mummuni muni mun mammani mun mammani muni mun, mixed media 380 x 35 x 33 cm
»Sculptures«

The look
»Paintings from 2017«

Some Swiss ladies, Series of oil paintings, each 40 x 28 cm
»Paintings from 2016«

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

Anybody=Nobody XIII
»Paintings prior 2013«

The red dress and its carriers
»Installations«

Fragmented Stories I, 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«
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.