Memories of nature
Aarni Art Gallery warmly welcomes you to the opening of Maria B Raunio’s exhibition ‘Memories of nature’ on Tuesday the 1st of March at 5-7 p.m.
In the opening, saxophonists Anna-Sofia Anttonen and Nanna Ikonen (members of the Saxtronauts Ensemble) will perform.
We kindly ask our guests to arrive on time for the opening programme which will begin at 5:15 p.m. Maria’s exhibition will be opened together with Ilona Cutt’s exhibition.
In my recent works, I focus on organic forms in the environment and landscape. I explore nature and its details, which I paint as visual memories. Sometimes, an experience of nature and plants appears in abstract ways, sometimes more concretely. The process is an encounter.
In my recent works, I focus on organic forms in the environment and landscape. I explore nature and its details, which I paint as visual memories. Sometimes, an experience of nature and plants appears in abstract ways, sometimes more concretely. The process is an encounter between the conscious and the unconscious, between the random and the planned.
Maria B Raunio graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in painting (2011) and in visual arts pedagogy (2013). She works in Budapest and regularly holds exhibitions in Finland, Hungary and other Central and Eastern European countries.
Raunio is a frequent visitor and member of several art colonies in Eastern Europe. She has taught visual arts and art history in high schools and in her summer art courses at Lake Balaton.
Photo: Maria B Raunio Kesän loppua, 150 x 198 cm, akryyli kankaalle, 2021