Maria Wolfram
{{Short description|Finnish artist (born 1961)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Maria Wolfram
| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland
| alma_mater = Kingston University
Chelsea College of Art and Design
}}
Maria Wolfram (born 24 August 1961) is a Finnish visual artist. She is known for creating art that is viewed through the female perspective.{{cite news |title=Finnish-Swedish minority celebrated in Tokyo for a week |url=http://www.finstitute.jp/2018/11/15/finnish-swedish-minority-celebrated-in-tokyo-for-a-week/ |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=The Finnish Institute in Japan |date=15 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Maria Wolfram "Sisters are Doing It" |url=https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2019/E2A9.en |website=Tokyo Art Beat |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=FINLAND – MESSAGES – World Art Tokyo 2019 |url=https://art-tokyo.jp/wat/2019/en/messages/fi/ |website=art-tokyo.jp |publisher=Art Tokyo Association |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Maria Wolfram: Artist |url=https://artfacts.net/artist/maria-wolfram/346742 |website=ArtFacts |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=en}}
Education and career
Wolfram enrolled at art school Vapaa Taidekoulu to study painting. She attended Berkshire College of Art and Design in the UK and obtained a foundation diploma in art. Wolfram earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Kingston University. She obtained her master's from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London.{{cite news |last1=Heiskanen |first1=Hanna |title=Maria Wolfram {{!}} Empowering womanhood |url=https://scanmagazine.co.uk/maria-wolfram-empowering-womanhood/ |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=Scan Magazine |publisher=Scan Client Publishing |date=13 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=http://www.mariawolfram.com/0_en_CV.html |website=Artist Maria Wolfram |access-date=7 December 2020}}
Wolfram began exhibiting in 1998. Since then, she has participated in many art fairs and festivals around the world. Wolfram has held solo exhibitions outside Finland, namely in Japan, Belgium, Sweden etc. She had worked as an artist-in-residence at the Finnish Institute in Athens, among others.{{cite web |title=NordArt 2015 Maria Wolfram |url=https://www.nordart.de/downloads/kuenstler/2015/162_Maria_Wolfram.pdf |website=NordArt |access-date=7 December 2020}}
Wolfram began tutoring art under vocational and technical school, Axxell City, in 2011. She held governing positions in several Finnish art organizations. She is a member of several art associations in Finland, such as the Taidemaalariliitto (Finnish Painters’ Union).{{cite web |title=Axxell - Utbildning för dig! |url=https://www.axxell.fi/en |website=Axxell |access-date=7 December 2020}}
Wolfram is a recipient of many awards and grants in England and in Finland. In 2018, she received a project award from Konstsamfundet rf and Svenska Kulturfonden.{{cite web |title=Föreningen Konstsamfundets verksamhetsberättelse och bokslut 2018 |url=https://konstsamfundet.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Konstsamfundet_verksamhetsbera%CC%88ttelse_2018.pdf |website=KONSTSAMFUNDET |publisher=KSF Media |access-date=7 December 2020}}
Art
Wolfram is a painter and installation artist. She creates art with a contemporary approach, valuing elements such as experimentation and materiality. Wolfram uses mixed materials such as stockings, feathers and various textiles on her sculpture; she would mix oil, acrylic and ink, although she often uses oil in painting.{{cite web |title=Circle Quarterly Art Review {{!}} 5 {{!}} Summer 2020 |url=https://issuu.com/circlefoundationforthearts/docs/cq5_mag--print |website=Issuu |publisher=Circle Foundation for the Arts |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=en}}
Wolfram exhibits large-scale oil paintings on wooden panels. She likes to delve in narrative painting — where feminism, identity and power are recurring topics. She takes inspiration from folklore and mythology, and she is interested in the interpretation of history from different cultures. Fueled by the insufficient coverage of women's contributions throughout history, she creates art that is viewed through the female perspective.{{cite web |title=OpenART: Maria Wolfram |url=http://www.openart.se/2013/konstnarer/maria-wolfram/ |website=www.openart.se |access-date=7 December 2020}}
Selected works
- In the Shadow of Corona{{cite web |title=Kasvoja karanteenista! #1 Maria Wolfram |url=https://kulttuuritoimitus.fi/kirjoittaja/kulttuuritoimitus/1-maria-wolfram-coronan-varjossa/ |website=Kulttuuritoimitus |publisher=Kulttuuritoimitus Suomi Oy |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=fi |date=25 May 2020}}
- Sisters are Doing it
- Reunion{{cite web |last1=Jacobs |first1=J. L. |title=THERE IS A ROAD: POEM BY LAURA SCHULKIND |url=http://abstractmagazinetv.com/tag/wolfram/ |website=Abstract Magazine |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- Lady Huntington
- There’s Always be a Sister Somewhere{{cite web |title= Artists / Maria Wolfram|url=http://galleria.pirkkoliisatopelius.com/en/taiteilijat/maria-wolfram/ |website=Galleria Pirkko-Liisa Topelius |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- The Townhall Meeting{{cite web |title=The Townhall Meeting Painting |url=https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-The-Townhall-meeting/1256559/4991350/view |website=Saatchi Art |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=en}}
- All-Kind-of-Ballerinas{{cite web |title=MARIA WOLFRAM 31.1 – 19.2.2020 {{!}} Galleria Saskia |url=https://tampereensaskiat.com/maria-wolfram-31-1-19-2-2020/ |website=TAMPEREEN SASKIAT |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=fi}}
- Miniatyrri 1
- Walk with me{{cite news |title="Walk with me" di Maria Wolfram a Palazzo Mora |url=https://www.sempionenews.it/cultura/walk-with-me-di-maria-wolfram-a-palazzo-mora/?cn-reloaded=1 |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=Sempione News |date=27 September 2019 |language=it-IT}}
- What if Rembrandt had been Rembrandtina{{cite web |title=What If Rembrandt Had Been Rembrandtina, ink and oil on mdf, 140 x 110 cm |url=http://www.mariawolfram.com/2020-09-16_032-2020 |website=Artist Maria Wolfram |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- The Scent of Snow{{cite web |title=Teos: Lumen tuoksu |url=https://www.kansallisgalleria.fi/fi/object/631260 |website=Kansallisgalleria |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=fi}}
Selected exhibitions
=Solo=
- 2004 – “Meetings”, Hanasaaren Kulttuurikeskus, Helsinki, Finland
- 2010 – “Oversea Spotted”, Water Institute Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2011 – “There is Room”, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland{{cite web |title=Galleria Huuto » THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM |url=https://www.galleriahuuto.fi/there-is-enough-room/?lang=en |website=GALLERIA HUUTO |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- 2011 – “Surface and Undercurrents”, Kulturcentrum Korpoström, Pargas, Finland
- 2013 – “Merry Go Around”, Galleria Katariina, Helsinki, Finland{{cite web |title=Helsingin Taiteilijaseura – Maria Wolfram – Merry go round |url=https://helsingintaiteilijaseura.fi/nayttelyt/maria-wolfram/ |website=Helsingin Taiteilijaseura |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=fi |date=13 July 2018}}
- 2014 – “Among Us”, KuKuk V.o.G, Raeven, Belgium
- 2019 – Art Goes Kapakka Festival, Helsinki, Finland{{cite web |title=Maria Wolfram Totem 2019 |url=http://www.artgoeskapakka.fi/en/maria-wolfram-totem-2019-2 |website=Art goes Kapakka |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- 2019 – “Almost Touching the Stars”, Ars Gallery, Tokyo, Japan{{cite web |title=Maria Wolfram |url=https://fi.linkedin.com/in/maria-wolfram-79885446 |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- 2020 – “Pow Wow”, Galleria Saskia, Tampere, Finland
- 2023 – “Face to face”, Helsinki, Finland{{cite news | author=Forsbacka, Jonas | title=Maria Wolframs porträtt ifågasätter hierarkierna mellan oss | newspaper=Hufvudstadsbladet | date=2 September 2023 | pages=24–25 | language=Swedish | location=Helsingfors | url=https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/867b44db-c6d9-5103-85c1-39675c6bd2ab | url-access=subscription }}
=Group=
- 1998 – Kingston University, London, United Kingdom
- 1999 – Stanley Picker Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- 2013 – “OpenArt 2013”, Örebro, Sweden{{cite web |title=OpenART 2013. Konstverk: Bland oss, av Maria Wolfram, Vågen konstRUM. |url=https://www.europeana.eu/fi/item/916121/S_OLM_photo_OLM_2013_6_37 |website=europeana |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=fi-FI |date=13 July 2018}}
- 2015 – “NordArt”, Budelsdorf, Germany{{cite web |title=The artists of the NordArt |url=https://www.nordart.de/en/die-kuenstler.html |website=NordArt |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- 2016 – “Our Fukishima”, National Institution Museum, Kumanovo, Macedonia{{cite web |title=NEW EXHIBITION THE GOGYOSHI ART PROJECT INTERNATIONAL |url=http://www.projectmailartbooks.com/i_about_78.html |website=GAPI Macedonia |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- 2017 – “Silence and Echo”, Vestjylland Art Museum, Tistrup, Denmark{{cite web |title=Gruppeudstilling: SILENCE & ECHO |url=https://kunsten.nu/artguide/calendar/gruppeudstilling-silence-echo/ |website=kunsten.nu - Online magasin og kalender for billedkunst |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=da-DK}}
- 2018 – “The Finnish Illusion” (with Katja Tukiainen and Llona Cutts), Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, USA{{cite web |title=Farewell to The Finnish Illusion on view thru April 28th |url=https://www.robly.com/archive?id=e5ceee8465dd9d9eccbb14284047fe23 |website=Spruill Center for the Arts |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- 2019 – “World Art Tokyo” (Representative of Finland), Tokyo, Japan{{cite web |title=ARTISTS {{!}} World Art Tokyo 2019 |url=https://art-tokyo.jp/wat/2019/en/artists/ |website=art-tokyo.jp |publisher=Art Tokyo Association |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=en}}
- 2019 – “Personal Structures”, Venice, Italy{{cite web |title=2019 ART |url=https://ecc-italy.eu/exhibitions/2019art |website=ecc-italy.eu |publisher=The European Cultural Center |access-date=7 December 2020}}
Selected collections
- Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection{{cite web |title=Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Artworks |url=http://www.imagomundiart.com/artworks?collections[]=45400 |website=Imago Mundi |access-date=7 December 2020}}
- The Finnish State's Art Collection, Finland
- Vattenfalls Konstförening rf., Sweden.
- German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce, Finland
- Ameco International Ltd (British Petrol), United Kingdom
References
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