Artist Statement

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

My home is my castle, oil on paper mounted on board, 100 x 70 cm
»Paintings from 2024«

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

The picture before the picture
»Paintings from 2013«

The frozen lake
»Paintings prior 2013«

Ragna is always ready, ink and oilpaint on mdf-board, 40 x 35 cm
»Paintings from 2024«

In hair we trust, Oil painting, 110 x 140 cm.
»Paintings from 2017«

Oveheating, ink and oil on paper, 200 x 70 cm
»Paintings from 2020«

Next to you too
»Paintings from 2014«

The others IX
»Paintings prior 2013«

Something borrowed
»Paintings from 2013«

More snow to come
»Paintings prior 2013«

The Quartet
»Installations«

Off Monastriki square
»Paintings from 2017«

Refugees IV
»Paintings from 2015«

Just go, oil painting on mdf, 130 x 100 cm
»Paintings from 2018«

Studio wall
»Paintings from 2013«

The Totem 2, oil on mdf, 240 x 60 x 60 cm, 2019
»Paintings from 2019«

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

In conversation with my shadow, scrollpainting, mixed media, 200 x 95 cm
»Paintings from 2023«
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.