Anna Retulainen

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Anna Retulainen (born 1969 in Orimattila ) is a Finnish painter .

Career

Anna Retulainen studied at the Helsinki University of Art and Design (TAIK) and the Swedish University of Art and Design (Konstfack) . She has been a painter since 1995. Retulainen lives and works in Helsinki and Berlin .

style

Her style is expressive and characterized by a rich but balanced use of colors. The starting point of her painting are often still lifes of everyday objects, which she abstracts. The dynamics of their works are usually inspired by music.

Exhibitions and prizes

Retulainen is the first artist from whom a work was acquired for the Finnish presidential palace during her lifetime. In 2018 she received the Prize of the Finnish Cultural Foundation. She was nominated for the Carnegie Art Award in 1999 and 2014 and was the first to receive the William Thuring Grand Prize of the Finnish Art Society in 2005.

Her works have been shown in Berlin (2014) and Leipzig ( Kunstkraftwerk 2016), among others. They have been exhibited in Finnish museums and are part of the permanent collection of the Finnish Museum of Modern Art ( Kiasma ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anna Retulainen on the Helsinki Contemporary Gallery. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ Samuli Tiikaja: [1] In: Helsingin Sanomat of February 11, 2020. Retrieved on February 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Website of the Finnish Cultural Foundation from May 16, 2018. Accessed February 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Website of the Finnish Art Society. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ Anna Retulainen on the Helsinki Contemporary Gallery. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

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personal data
SURNAME Retulainen, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Orimattila