
Marjatta Tapiola
Lehmä ja kallot, 2019
Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm / 51.18 x 38.19 inches
MTAP_115
Marjatta Tapiola
Pietà, 2018
Oil and tempera on canvas
240 x 160 cm / 94.49 x 62.99 inches
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Marjatta Tapiola
Sommarlek, 2017
Oil and tempera on canvas
340 x 380 cm / 133.86 x 149.61 inches
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Marjatta Tapiola
Minotauros ja kaksipäinen härkä, 2017
Ink and tempera on canvas
210 x 500 cm / 82.68 x 196.85 inches
MTAP_006
Marjatta Tapiola exhibition 2019
Marjatta Tapiola exhibition 2017
Born in Sysmä, Finland 1951 | Lives, and works in Sysmä, Finland
Marjatta Tapiola established her name in the 1980s as a leading Finnish proponent of neo-expressionism. She received the Pro Finlandia medal in 2004 and the Finnish State Art Prize in 2006. Her work is represented in leading Finnish museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Sara Hildén Art Museum and the collection of the Saastamoinen Foundation.
Through her masterful command of line, Tapiola exquisitely captures life’s cruelty and carnal indulgences in her airy paintings. Their gamut of emotions swings from suffering to an intense sensuality that seems ready to burst into a wild dance any second. Fiery passion pumps in the veins of her red, orange and purple color spectrum. Tapiola paints in tempera, an ancient technique dating all the way back to the art of Classical times. With the twists of her brush, Tapiola infuses her contemporary works with a sense of antiquity.
Galerie Forsblom has been representing Marjatta Tapiola since 2018.