Mari Suso

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Basic information

b. 1977

Visual Artist

Contact information

Email: marisuso@icloud.com

Artist’s Statement

I am inspired by the diversity of nature, rooting in the land, myths of the Nordic region, spirits of the past and mysticism around the world.

Trees, mental landscapes and the genius loci are my favorite subjects. Hidden levels in my semi-abstract paintings can be found by the traces cut into the birch plywood with a wood carving knife.

In graphic art works I combine woodcut with monotypes printed with plants. Recently, I have been crumpling Japanese paper using the momigami technique and making collages of my works using wheat starch paste. The durability and versatility of paper combine the levels of time and thought.

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Works from the artist

Name of the work: Memento mori, Miekkajärvi. ( a tribute to Georgia O´Keeffe)

Name of the work: Aika ei ole jana vaan ympyrä

Name of the work: Hiljaisuuden äänet – sounds of silence

Name of the work: kuningattaren rakastajien vaietut salakäytävät

Name of the work: Olet tervetullut tänne

Bio

BIOGRAPHY

Mari Suso

Born 1977 in Ikaalinen, lives and works at Nokia.

Graduated from Savonlinna High School of Art and Music in 1996.
Graduated from Tampere School of Art and Media in 2002 as Visual Artist (AMK) (Tampere University of Applied Sciences). During the studies, the focus of her artistic interest was first on photography (completed specialization studies in Color Photography 2003 TAMK) and ink drawing, but later on she focused on art graphics and painting.

As adult studies, Suso has taken courses at the Open University of the Arts, e.g. delving into the features of Japanese paper.
Completed Masters degree in Culture and Art at the University of Applied Sciences 2020–2022 as Visual Artist (YAMK) at SAMK Kankaanpää Art School.
Latest completed studies are core studies in Art History at the University of Lapland 2023–2024.

She has held solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in Finland and abroad, and has been part of the M M M M Artist Group that experiments with the limits of art graphics since 2022. She belongs to the Finnish Woodcut Artists Society, Tampere Artists' Society, Paperihuone ry and The printmakers of Pori.
There are her works in the collections of the Finnish Parliament and in private collections.