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Päivyt Niemeläinen
Helsinki in Finland is her home town. Nowadays
she makes paintings, mixed media works, and
installations. She likes to use different materials.
Cool Evening (diptych)
Mixed Media on Board, 72 x 67 cm, 2010
From the year 2000 solo exhibitions in Finland,
Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal and the USA.
Participations in collective exhibitions and art fairs
in Finland, Australia, Bulgaria, China, England,
France, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malta,
Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the
USA. Notable participation in Biennale di Venezia
2014, in Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art
Las Vegas USA 2013, Museo d’Arte di Chianciano,
Triennale Internationale d’Art Contemporain de
Paris, Cité International des Arts 2013, Höstsalong
and Edsvik Konsthall Sollentuna Sverige 2009.
Artworks are published in international art publications
in Finland, Bulgaria, China, England,
France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia and the
USA. Paintings in public and private collections
in Finland, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt,
France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Russia
and the USA.
Impressions and phenomenons of nature are sources
of her working. Also human life – ingood and
bad – is in the focus of her art. Over the past few
years she has made anti-war art against greediness
for money and violent oppression. These artworks
act as a comment on behalf of peace.
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