Maria Pääkkönen (b. 1988) is a Finnish artist currently living and working in Maastricht, the Netherlands, as a participant of Jan van Eyck Academie‘s residency program supported by Saastamoinen Foundation. She works with drawing, installation and durational drawing performance. The concentrated drawing process and the space in which it takes place play a significant part in this work. She explores topics like impermanence, time and memory through her main material, paper, and its behaviour and fragility. The memory-based drawings construct spaces and atmospheres that hover over the imaginary line between the material and immaterial worlds. 

 

Contact:

mariapkknen@gmail.com

Instagram: maria_paakkonen

Coming up:

Nov 2017 – Jan 2018 group show curated by Chiara Ianeselli, Galleria Mazzoli, Modena, Italy

Jan – Feb 2018 solo exhibition, B-galleria, Turku, Finland

March 2018 residency & exhibition, Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan

 

Recent exhibitions and workshops:

9. – 11.3.2017 Van Eyck Open Studios, Maastricht, Netherlands

1. – 5.11.2016 Entering Another Unknown Place, Ti-la2016 Jyväskylä

2.9.-16.10.2016 SYYT – group exhibition of the Union of Finnish Art Associations, 

Art Center Haihatus, Joutsa

19.8. – 24.9.2016 Kuvitella / kokea /kerääntyä, Vanhan Raatihuoneen galleria, Turku, with Salla Myllylä & Ulla Leppävuori

6. – 12.8.2016 Nordic Studio: “CLEARCUT” -post-MFA workshop, Rejmyre Art LAB, Kalbo, Sweden. Supported by Nordic Culture Point

7.4. – 30.4.2016 Revisiting Unknown Places (vol.2), Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä

Revisiting Unknown Places / 13.2. – 28.2.2016 / Galleria Huuto, Jätkäsaari, Helsinki

 http://www.thelearnedpig.org/maria-paakkonen-revisiting-unknown-places/

© Maria Pääkkönen