Artist Statement

Refugees III
»Paintings from 2015«

Rosalia thinks she is getting married today, alcyd and oilpaint on plexi, 40 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2024«

The Blackbird is singing again, Oil on mdf-board, 30 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2021«

Ice princess
»Paintings prior 2013«

Family
»Paintings prior 2013«

Off Monastriki square
»Paintings from 2017«

Letting go, oil paint on paper, 40 x 30 cm
»Paintings from 2022«

I can always close my eyes, Oil and acrylic paint on card, 100 x 70 cm
»Paintings from 2016«

Looking out, Oil on mdf-board, 55 x 35 cm
»Paintings from 2024«

It is all about the red hair no 8, Oil paint on mdf 40 x 28 cm
»Paintings from 2017«

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

Professor B
»Paintings from 2014«

Splittrad, ink, oilpaint and collage on paper, 100 x 80 cm, 2024
»Installations«

Mutation makes beauty
»Installations«

Global Village 12
»Installations«

The pale girls
»Paintings prior 2013«

Cloudrunners, oil on paper, 70 x 100 cm
»Paintings from 2019«

The ballerina
»Paintings from 2014«

Life is a Carnival III
»Paintings prior 2013«

We are not bathing while you are watching, Oil painting, 80 x 28 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.