Ojanen, Maija | Artist Register – Artists’ Association of Finland

Bio

Maija Ojanen (born 1981) is a visual artist working with drawing and painting on paper. She has focused on large-scale watercolor paintings and ink drawing. Gouache and watercolor painting has been her main technique for several years. Lately she has started to draw and bright colors have changed to a black and white color scheme. She build her art works trough details. At the center of her forks is a human. Often woman or a child. In her works she combines together her perceptions of the world we are living in. Believes, myths, popular stories, science and parapsychology all melts and mix together. Maija Ojanen completed her master´s degree in fine arts at Aalto University in 2012 . She also so has completed visual art studies at art institute of Kankaanpää at Satakunta university of applied sciences in 2006.