Check the interview:

http://fciny.org/residency/camilla-vuorenmaa

“I am going to interview practitioners and professionals of a variety of occupations. I am interested in exploring the ways they perceive the future, and whether they feel an influence of the Spiritualist movement in their lives. The idea of how we sometimes need to ask questions that may not have answers fascinates me. On the basis of these interviews I will create a series of spatial paintings through which the audience can “look into the future”. “

Vuorenmaa is fascinated by the different sides of human behavior.  She focuses on contrasting everyday encounters between people; exploring personal experiences of separation as well as blending in. In recent years her artistic work has focused on exploring various depictions of occupations.

https://artreview.com/reviews/ar_march_2019_review_camilla_vuorenmaa/

Happy to be part of the next Mänttä Art Festival!

https://www.kuvataideviikot.fi/en/exhibition-2019.htm

The Mänttä Art Festival is the largest summer exhibition of Finnish contemporary art. Its curator  (this year Marja Helander) is selected annually. The award-winning Mänttä Art Festival is a destination highly regarded by art professionals and much loved by the general public. Permanent exhibition space is located in Pekilo, in the centre of Mänttä. The theme of the XXIV Art Festival is ”The Human Era”. The exhibition poses the question: What happens when humans control the land and natural resources? Mänttä Art Festival from June 16 to September 1, 2019 in Mänttä-Vilppula, Finland.

My solo exhibition Roses, Black birds and Witches was held at the Gallery Helsinki Contemporary from 11.1. to 3.2.2019.

https://helsinkicontemporary.com/exhibition/roses-black-birds-and-witches

There was a review of the exhibition in Helsingin Sanomat:

https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000005980753.html

UPSIDE DOWN
and other works of art from the Saastamoinen Foundation Collection

21 September 2018 – 3 February 2019

The art collection of the Saastamoinen Foundation has evolved from the home collection of the Saastamoinen family of industrialists of Kuopio into one of Finland’s leading art collections. The Foundation, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, relocated its art collection in EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art in 1999. The present exhibition presents the collection’s latest works of contemporary art, a consistent focus of the Foundation’s acquisitions in recent decades. Finnish artists featured in the exhibition include Jenni Eskola, Markus Rissanen, Jani Leinonen, Maiju Salmenkivi and Camilla Vuorenmaa.  Foreign artists with works in the collection include Eggert Pétursson of Iceland,  Chantal Joffe of the United Kingdom, and the Swedish artists Ernst Billgren and Roland Persson.

https://kuopiontaidemuseo.fi/in-english/

I am grateful for being one of the ten receivers of William Thuring Prize, awarded by the Finnish Art Society.

https://suomentaideyhdistys.fi/en/suomen-taideyhdistyksen-palkinnot-ja-apurahat-2018/

S.P.G is happy to announce for the first time: four artist from Finland, curated by:
Hannaleena Heiska. 

The exhibition will run until December 22, 2018

Gaze – present: Hannaleena Heiska, Rauha Mäkilä, Olli Piippo and Camilla Vuorenmaa

• Susanne Pettersson Gallery

  Gävlegatan 10 b
  113 30 Stockholm
  tfn: +46(0)731 83 91 71

• Gallery hours:
  Wednesday – Friday 12-5 pm
  Saturday: 12-4 pm, or acc. to specific agreement

  Short intro to the exhibition Gaze with the artists:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we7z-UdtKH8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR10nifRxbhYur6A84YNYwL0k2CZ386djTj-NeldcMXpdBZ3vs3e3RihLVI

I have chosen artists whose works have an emotional effect on me. It felt natural to invite colleagues whose working methods I was familiar with after countless discussions and studio visits over the years. This is about immersion, not about moving sideways.

Instead of a specific theme, the framework for the exhibition is formed by the intuitive way of working, which combines the artists and artworks. In the core of the exhibition is the gaze that each of the artists casts upon the world surrounding them. What connects them all is their way of processing gathered perceptions and experiences at the studio, in painting as well as through material experiments.

At the studio, a certain private experience is brought to a more common level, for others to experience. The gaze is filtered upon the artworks through the viewer’s own experiences and renders the works critically reflective. Foremost, and highlighting: I have chosen artists for the exhibition, whose works touch me emotionally. -Hannaleena Heiska