Gladiator and other portraits

These woodworks form a series of portraits that are created by one's interpretation, but embody certain universal feelings. Losses, unresolvable situations, innocence, beauty, carnality - experiences reflecting individual's deep humanity. 

Images from old magazines, my own photos from Oaxaca (Mexico, 2012) and historical war photos have all fundamentally influenced the thematic framework. The Mexican influence is also vividly seen in the way the colours have been intensified in the later stages. 

Working with wood has intensified my search to find deeper levels and forms within a painting. For the past four years I have worked on wood-based panels which I have altered in turns with brush and chisel. The shape and materials of my works have varied over the years, and I often aim to create three-dimensional entities that fill the space. 

Camilla Vuorenmaa´s (b.1979, Finland) background:

International Solo Award, Spring Exhibition in Denmark 2012. Stina Krook Foundation Award in 2011. Vuorenmaa works have been seen in mm. Edsviks Konsthall in Sweden (2014), Stockholm's Supermarket Art Fair (2012), Young Art Biennale Hall (2005) in Helsinki and Tabor 09 show at Aleksis Kivi Museum in Nurmijärvi (2009). Upcoming exhibitions in 2015 are "Finnish contemporaries" at Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, Manchester, Great Britain and the Salo Art Museum in Finland.