Artist Statement

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

From the series: The Korai are still smiling, Oil on mdf, 50 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2018«

Sisters II
»Paintings from 2014«

Face Book
»Installations«

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

The temple and the prison, oil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
»Paintings from 2023«

The Korai are still smiling no 3
»Paintings from 2017«

Lisa is about to give a speech but she cannot remember a ting, ink and oilpaint on mdf-board, 45 x 35 cm
»Paintings from 2024«

The scolar
»Paintings from 2017«

Among us
»Installations«

There are no birds
»Paintings prior 2013«

On the opposite side
»Paintings prior 2013«

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

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

I am no Mickey Mouse, Oil painting, 100 x 70 cm.
»Paintings from 2017«

The dress of power, Woolen knitted dress, 240 x 120 x 120 cm.
»Sculptures«

Takatalvi ja kevään paletti sekaisin, Oil on mdf-board, 30 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2021«

Into another dimension, oil paint on mdf-board, 140 x 110 cm
»Paintings from 2021«

French manicure
»Paintings prior 2013«

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