CURRICULUM VITAE

EEVA-MARJA SAARINEN

(b.1989 in Kauhajoki) Lives and works in Espoo, Finland.

Her artworks are known from organic brush strokes and a claiming ambiance of ongoing metamorphose. To create her more often figurative work Saarinen uses acrylics and mixed medias with her unique way of line - making. She works with painting and installation, and finds her inspiration by mirroring the interminable natural cycles of human and nature.

Saarinen graduated from Free Art School in Helsinki in 2020. Since 2015 she has participated in exhibitions in Finland and since 2021 elsewhere in Europe. In 2021 Saarinen received a public price in VNEPT competition and in 2022 she finished her first commissioned public artwork in Jyväskylä, Finland. Saarinen has her work included in private and corporate collections in Finland, Switzerland, United States, Spain and Germany.

ART EDUCATION
  • 2015-2020   Free Art School/ professional fine art degree
  • 2006-2008  College of dance and music/ Kuopio
  • 2003-2006  Kauhajoki folk high school/ fine art studies


GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
  • 2024 Kauhajoki Cultural Foundation
  • 2022 Taike
  • 2021 Taike
  • 2021 The Paulo Foundation
  • 2020 Taike 
  • 2020 Taike
  • 2019-2020  Young artist residency/ Salmela Art Center/ Mäntyharju
  • 2016  Kauhajoki Cultural Foundation


 ART AWARDS:
  • 2021 VNEPT competition public price

PUBLIC ARTWORKS
  • 2022 public mural artwork, Jyväskylä  


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
  • 2021 Galleria Uusikipinä/ Lahti
  • 2019 Galleria Saima/ Helsinki
  • 2017 Galleria Hella/ Kauhajoki
  • 2016 Galleria Espoonsilta/ Espoo


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
  • 2024 Group exhibition/ Art Center Salmela
  • 2021 Group exhibition/ Brussels Contemporary Art Fair/Brussels
  • 2021 Group exhibition/ Kummelholmen Art Hall/ Stockholm
  • 2020 Group exhibition/ Valssaamo/ Kaapelitehdas/ Helsinki/ 
  • 2020 Group exhibition/ HCP/ Kaapelitehdas/ Helsinki/        
  • 2020 Group exhibition/ Galleria Forum Box/ Helsinki 
  • 2020 Group exhibition/ Galleria Pihatto/ Lappeenranta 
  • 2019 Group exhibition/ Galleria Saima/ Helsinki
  • 2019 Group exhibition/ Galleria Vaaga/ Helsinki
  • 2018 Paperia ja parisataa kuppia kahvia/ livepainting/ Kanneltalo/ Helsinki
  • 2018 Group exhibition/ Galleria Vaaga/ Helsinki
  • 2017 Art goes to Destiny/ Destiny Gallery/ Helsinki/ curated exhibition
  • 2016 Itsenäisyys/ Galleria Verte/ Helsinki
  • 2016 Espoo Art ry.n 40-vuotis juhlanäyttely/ Kaapelitehdas Puristamo/ Helsinki/ curated exhibition
  • 2016 Group exhibition/ Galleria Vaaga/ Helsinki
  • 2015 Vastavuoroisuus/ Galleria Vaaga/ Helsinki/ curated exhibition
  • 2015 40 minuuttia/ Galleria Vaaga/ Helsinki/ curated exhibition


PUBLICATIONS
  • 2019 Helsingin sanomat + Kauhajokilehti
  • 2017 Kauhajokilehti
  • 2015 Creative/ International online art magazine


ARTWORKS IN COLLECTIONS
  • Mäntyharju town art collection
  • Art Center Salmela collection
  • private and corporate collections in Finland, Switzerland, United States, Spain and Germany


OTHER
  • Memberships/ Helsinki Artists´Association / Finnish Painters´Union / Artists´Association Yö
  • Interested in a commission?
PHOTO @ VIRPPI VENELL