Artist Statement

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

The lace collar
»Paintings prior 2013«

The light returns
»Paintings prior 2013«

Outsider
»Paintings from 2015«

The series: Miniatures, oil painting, 15 x 10 cm
»Paintings from 2018«

Waiting, Oil painting, 90 x 120 cm.
»Paintings from 2017«

Twins, Oil painting, 110 x 140 cm.
»Paintings from 2017«

Nothing you can say ior do, oil paint on mdf-board, 50 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2025«

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

Do not look back, Oil painting, 100 x 70 cm.
»Paintings from 2017«

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

Who are all these children and why do they keep calling me mum?, Oil painting, 100 x 135 cm.
»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«

Who Let The Dogs Out, 2, acrylic and oil on mdf board
»Paintings from 2021«

Refugees II
»Paintings from 2015«

New Beginnings, acrylic and oil on mdf, 140 x 110 cm
»Paintings from 2020«

Refugee IX
»Paintings from 2015«

Mutation makes beauty
»Installations«

The Assembly, acrylic and oil on mdf-board, 110 x 140 cm, 2019
»Paintings from 2019«

Refugee V
»Paintings from 2015«
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.