Location: Finland
Living and working in Loviisa, Finland, Marja-Liisa Aalto-Annala studied at the Institute of Art and Design, Helsinki (1958-62). In the summer of 1960 she participated in a course taught by Oskar Kokoschka at International Summer Academy, Festung Hohensalzburg, in Austria, where her work was recognized with the 2nd Place Kokoschka Prize. After her graduation and prior to her long career as an Art Teacher Aalto-Annala continued her development at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, as well as in the Academie Julian, in Paris.
For Marja-Liisa the line and it’s rhythm are important, energy and movement in general. In her work she transmits harmony, balance and peacefulness. Amongst her most used media are woodcut, charcoal, oil paint, pastels and collage.
She has participated in numerous collective and solo exhibitions both in Finland and abroad and is featured in various international art publications.
‘I have always found fine primitive African art inspiring, and in recent years I’ve been particularly fascinated with traditional textiles. Some forms and configurations in these paintings have semiotic connotations related to the ornamentation and symbolism of these fabrics’.
Oil on canvas, 75x105cm, 2012
Oil on canvas, 80x110cm, 2013
Oil on canvas, 45x46cm, 2011
Oil on canvas, 100x115cm, 2012
Oil on canvas, 52x50cm, 2012
Oil on canvas, 86x105cm, 2011
Oil on canvas, 85x115cm, 2011
Oil on canvas, 86x110cm, 2011
Oil on canvas, 90x115cm, 2011
Oil on canvas, 75x80cm, 2014
Oil on canvas, 72x84cm, 2014
Oil on canvas, 80x110cm, 2012
Mixed techniques, 44x37cm, 2015
Oil on canvas, 44x42cm, 2016
Oil on canvas, 100x115cm, 2012
Oil on canvas, 80x115cm, 2012
Oil on canvas, 100x115cm, 2013
“Black river”
“Night flowers”
“Longing”
“Oil”
“Humility and dignity”
“Young apis”
“Domesticated”
“Letters from Africa 1”
“Letters from Africa 2”
“Night fire”
“Old story”
“Farm yard”
“Festive mask 1”
“Festive mask 2”
“Encounter”
“Letters from Africa 3”
“Pink letters”
