Maiju Salmenkivi
Photo: Veikko Kähkönen
Maiju Salmenkivi (b. 1972), graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2003, is a Helsinki-based visual artist known for her strong expressionist style and modern landscape paintings. Drawing inspiration from daily observations and global phenomena, Salmenkivi blends current events with her vibrant and intensely atmospheric artworks. Her colorful paintings engage in a captivating dialogue between urban environments and human figures, seamlessly merging fantasy and reality.
Salmenkivi’s works have been on display in various solo and group exhibitions in Finland and abroad, including those at HAM Helsinki Art Museum (2022), Helsinki Contemporary’s Overlook exhibition (2020), Turku Art Museum (2019), and Landskrona Museum, Sweden (2017). Her works are represented in the collections of EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Saastamoinen Foundation, Amos Rex, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Turku Art Museum, and the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation. Thank you to the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, and Alfred Kordelin Foundation for supporting the artist’s work.
Exhibitions
15.9.-22.10.2023
2.10.-25.10.2020
3.11.-3.12.2017
3.6.-3.7.2016
6.2.-1.3.2015
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
30
Sep 2023
14
Sep 2023
23
Oct 2020
02
Oct 2020
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