LAYERS – Tuulia Iso-Tryykäri

I am interested in the human being and the countless ways in which stories about people and humanity can be told. A painting generally begins with a thought, feeling, or experience, which transforms into a physical process through the act of working. At the beginning of the process, I place myself into the situation within the painting, and it is important for me to experience it personally. I am the model for my paintings, and they are often self-portraits. What is important is the act of looking and daring to be looked at. The canvas is a surface on which I have learned to release negative feelings and thoughts, which I might not otherwise express aloud.

Tuulia Iso-Tryykäri (born 1985, Ulvila) is a visual artist living and working in Lappeenranta. She primarily works in painting, but occasionally explores other techniques such as video and, especially, video performance. She graduated from Saimaa University of Applied Sciences in 2009 with a degree in visual arts, majoring in painting, and completed her advanced degree in visual arts in 2013.

Iso-Tryykäri has participated in several group exhibitions in Finland and abroad. The exhibition at Poriginal Gallery is her seventh solo exhibition and her first solo exhibition in Pori.
Thanks to the Arts Promotion Centre Finland’s Visual Arts Grant Committee for supporting her artistic work.

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