Bonds and Fractures - Kuvataidetalo

About the Exhibition

The exhibition explores cracks and fading surfaces, belonging and bindings, relations in the change that surrounds us.

In creating these works, Määttänen reflects on letting go and release, repair, and the act of leaning on fragility. In other words, the pieces examine relationships and the changes we experience in life.

Vilma Määttänen’s works are created using tempera and fresco techniques. She crafts most of the pigments herself, using mineral stones and plant-based pigments, such as indigo.

Vilma Määttänen

Vilma Määttänen (b. 1989, lives in Helsinki) graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki in 2019 and a Bachelor of Philosophy majoring in cultural studies from the University of Gothenburg in 2022. In Finland, her works were exhibited the previous time at the Kotka Art 2022 exhibition, her works are in the collections of the Academy of Fine Arts.

Stina Krooks Stiftelse, Svenska Kulturfonden and Hélène och Walter Grönqvists Stiftelse have supported the exhibition.

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