Girls and Sticks
Welcome to the opening ceremonies on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, from 17:00 to 19:00.
Story telling intertwines with history writing and it is impossible to separate them. Fairytale is still present in molding our reality today and the most convincing narrative is chosen in favor of whoever arises most emotion. History of storytelling has a scent of testosterone and growing from boy to man is described as a crucible. At the edge of a page there is a girl who stays a girl. In my paintings the girl is however a metaphor for freedom of expression and revolution.
I paint with ancient egg tempera technique where pigment is mixed with egg yolk and other substances. The painting process is time consuming and laborious which I feel has a special value amongst fast flowing images of today. For me painting is remembering, documenting and thinking.
Artwork above: Girls and Sticks, 2024, egg tempera on birch wood, 100 x 100 cm
Kristiina Sario (born in Karjalohja in 1979) is a Tampere based artist (MA), whose paintings are often described illustrative. Sario found her unique way to express through painting whilst studying in London. She returned to Finland in 2005 and continued her art studies in Tampere and Turku. Her working history consists almost solely of painting and for the past fifteen years she has specialized in egg tempera techniques.
The Gallery is closed: Thursday 1.5. and Sunday 11.5.