Maiju Salmenkivi
Photo: Veikko Kähkönen
Fantasy meets reality in Maiju Salmenkivi’s contemporary expressionistic landscapes. In her paintings strongly coloured skies and grounds are collading with anonymous human figures in urban settings. She uses daily observations, including global phenomenons from news imagery, as the pictorial starting point of her work. In addition to everyday experiences and smaller-scale events, mass meetings and crowds are a recurrent subject in Salmenkivi’s works. A playful, layered, painting process results as imaginative scenery in the paintings instead of a feel of illustrativiness.
Exhibitions
2.10.-25.10.2020
3.11.-3.12.2017
3.6.-3.7.2016
6.2.-1.3.2015
7.6.-7.7.2013
Works
18
Nov 2019
20
Jun 2017
16
Mar 2017
Group exhibition with six Finnish artists in Landskrona museum
Heidi Lampenius, Supernatural, 2016, acrylic and ink on canvas, 190 x 170 cm. Photo: Jussi Tiainen.Landskrona Museum in Sweden presents the first exhibition that showcases six Finnish contemporary art. Sensual Knowledge exhibits works by Hannaleena...
18
Aug 2016
Maiju Salmenkivi in group exhibition at Kunsthall Stavanger
Maiju Salmenkivi: Crystal Waters (2014—2016)Maiju Salmenkivi participates in a group exhibition at Kunsthall Stavanger in Norway, opening next week. The exhibition The Only Way is Up presents artworks that in various ways relate to major...
12
May 2016
01
Mar 2013
30
Jul 2013
Maiju Salmenkivi in group exhibition Greetings from the family
Maiju Salmenkivi is one of ten artists in the group that presents its third joint exhibition at Gallery Huuto in Helsinki. The exhibition Greetings from the family deals with the subject of family, children, relationships, moms and dads and also...
16
Jan 2014
28
May 2014
17
Jun 2014
Maiju Salmenkivi and Henry Wuorila-Stenberg at Amos Anderson Art Museum
Maiju Salmenkivi and Henry Wuorila-Stenberg are featured in the exhibition The Big Picture, with works from the museum collections, at Amos Anderson Art Museum. The exhibition ponders whether size matters in art, deals with big topics and the...
25
Aug 2014
03
Nov 2014
23
Oct 2020
02
Oct 2020
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