"The diversity of influences of different cultures & societies have led my artworks to be more informative, socially and environmentally sensitive. To me the purpose of being an artist is to reflect and respond to what I see and experience in life. In order to accomplish that I try to achieve the emotional balance between the inner, hidden mind and reality. My paintings are adjustments of impurities of life. The world that I inherit - the reality - I analyse its ingredients and define its limits."
Riitta Kuisma
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Riitta Kuisma
Born in Finland, Riitta studied Visual Arts first at Turku Arts Academy, Finland. She left for Moscow to study Monumental and Decorative Painting and History of Arts and received her Masters of Fine Arts in Monumental Painting and Art Criticism from Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts (named Stroganov) in 1996. Riitta is known as a mural and portrait artist and she works on commission basis. Her works often have strong relation to nature and her drawings and paintings discuss about nature's existence in interaction with human. Riitta has held solo exhibitions and has joined many group exhibitions in Europe and Asia. Her works can be seen in public and many private collections in many countries in Europe, Asia and North America. She has received grants for her works from Finnish Cultural Foundation.
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- 1996 Master’s Degree in Fine Arts ( Monumental and Decorative Painting ) and Art Criticism, Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts ( named Stroganov )
- 1994 Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts ( Monumental and Decorative Painting ),
- Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts ( named Stroganov )
- 1990-91 Turku Arts Academy / Finland, Painting -facult
SOLO SHOWS
- 2017 JMStyle Furniture and Gallery – Hong Kong
- 2016 Fooody – Hong Kong
- 2014 Fooody – Hong Kong
- 2013 Artist of the month, Turku Artists’ Association / Taidelainaamo – Kirjakahvila, Turku, Finland
- 2010 Hotel Aleksanteri – Finland
- 2010 FINDS – Hong Kong
- 2010 Harkko art museum – Finland
- 2009 Renaissance College Hong Kong “Children’s Rights Awareness” – Hong Kong
- 2009 Harbour Plaza – Hong Kong
- 2009 The Gallery of Modern Art – Hong Kong
- 2008 Harbour Plaza Hong Kong hotel
- 2004 Art Walk – Mumbai, India
- 2001 Fringe Club – Hong Kong
- 1999 Fringe Club – Hong Kong
- 1997 Studio 7 – Mumbai, India
- 1994 Raisio Town Hall – Finland
INTERNATIONAL ART AND DESIGN FAIRS
- 2017 Business of Design Week – Hong Kong
- 2016 Affordable Art Fair Stockholm 2016 – Alla Prima Co Gallery
- 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2016 – Alla Prima Co Gallery
- 2015 Affordable Art Fair Stockholm 2015 – Gallery Kadieff
- 2015 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2015 – Blue Lotus Gallery
- 2014 Asia Contemporary Art Show 2014 Hong Kong – Alla Prima Co Gallery
- 2013 Hong Kong Contemporary Art Show 2013- Hong Kong
GROUP SHOWS
- 2018 Turku Artists’ Association Summer Exhibition – Turku City Theatre, Finland
- 2018 HeART Walk 2018 / H Studio Gallery – Hong Kong
- 2018 Fotan Open Studios – Hong Kong
- 2017 Sai Kung Art and About local art fair – Hong Kong
- 2017 Fotan Open Studios – Hong Kong
- 2016 Sai Kung Art and About local art fair – Hong Kong
- 2016 Blue Lotus Gallery – Hong Kong
- 2016 Fotanian Open Studios 2016 – Hong Kong
- 2015 Blue Lotus Gallery – Hong Kong
- 2015 Galleria FOGGA- Helsinki
- 2015 Fotanian Open Studios 2015 – Hong Kong
- 2014 Galleria 5 – Oulu, Finland
- 2014 Galleria A – Turku, Finland
- 2014 Fotanian Open Studios 2014 – Hong Kong
- 2013 Hong Kong Art Prize 2013 – Wheelock Gallery, Hong Kong
- 2013 Fotanian Open Studios 2013 – Hong Kong
- 2012 Swan of Finland – Turku, Finland
- 2010 Prive – Hong Kong / charity event
- 2009 HLYIS “Art Extravaganza” – Hong Kong
- 2009 Klomp! in Pacific Place –Hong Kong / charity exhibition
- 2008 Red Elation Gallery – Hong Kong
- 2008 Business of Design Week – Hong Kong
- 2008 Stage 1 Gallery – Hong Kong
- 2008 Blue Lotus Gallery – Hong Kong
- 2005 Bajaj Art Gallery – Mumbai, India
- 1996 University of Industrial and Applied Arts – Moscow
- 1995 Annual Young Artists’ show – Moscow
- 1994 Annual Young Artists’ show – Moscow
- 1992 Annual Young Artists’ Show – Moscow
- 1989 “Osuuspankki” – Raisio, Finland
COMMISSION WORKS IN COMMON AND PUBLIC PLACES
- Mural Painting “Koi Fish” (2018) New Focus Ltd office – Hong Kong
- 3-D Ground Painting (2018) / Sai Ying Pun – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Transformation II” (2018) / Sai Ying Pun – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Transformation I” (2018) / Sai Ying Pun – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting for Y1 Primary building (2018) / Renaissance College – Hong Kong
- 3-D Ground Installation “Flamingo Park” (2017) by Sai Kung District Council / Po Tung Road, Sai Kung – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Pretty in Pink” (2017) by Sai Kung District Council / Sai kung – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Sakura Forest” (2017) / Delicious Eatery -restaurant in Ho Man Tin – Hong Kong
- Painted ukulele “Nature calls” (2017) by Hong Kong Art and Culture Anywhere Foundation Association / Saint Joseph Primary School – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Dandelion and dragon flies” (2017) / “My meat run buddy” -restaurant in Tau Kok Tsui – Hong Kong
- Painted piano “Nature blooming” (2017) by Hong Kong Art and Culture Anywhere Foundation Association – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Kites” (2017) / 20th Anniversary of HKSAR, by Kowloon City District Counci – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Balloons” (2017) / 20th Anniversary of HKSAR, by Kowloon City District Council – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Lotus Flower” (2017) / Pure Yoga – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Koi Garden” (2017) by Sai Kung District Council – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “8 happy fish” (2017) by Sai Kung District Council – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Waterfalls” (2017) / Sai Kung District Council – Hong Kong
- Painted piano “Underwater” (2016) / Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Hong Kong in Kwai Chung South Centre – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Up and beyond” (2016) by Sai Kung District Counsil – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Meeting at Causeway Bay” (2016) -restaurant & venue place (2016) – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Under the sea” / Eco-Sys Action office (2016) – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Beneath the surface” / Sai Kung District Council (2016) – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Symphony orchestra” at Tai Po Government Secondary School (2016) – Hong Kong
- Mural Painting “Dolphin” in Tai Po Waterfront Park (2016) / Hong Kong Art and Culture Anywhere Foundation Association – Hong Kong
COMMISSION WORKS IN PRIVATE PLACES
- Indoor door painting “Free to go” (2018) / private home – Hong Kong
- Ceiling mural painting “Sky” (2018) / private home – Hong Kong
- Indoor Wall Painting “Hong Kong Nature Calls” (2018) / private home – Hong Kong
- Outdoor Floor Painting “Wonders of Underwater” (2017) / private home – Hong Kong
- Wall Painting “Boat” (1992) – Taivassalo, Finland
WORKS IN COMMON AND PUBLIC PLACES
- Hotel Aleksanteri – Finland
- Eero Rantanen Foundation – Finland
- RCHK – Hong Kong 2009
- Oberoi Hotel – Mumbai, India
WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- Europe – Finland, Sweden, Russia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France and Spain
- Asia – India, China, Japan and Hong Kong,
- Australia and Canada
WORKS DONATED FOR CHARITY
- 2018 HeART Walk 2018 / H Studio Gallery, Hong Kong
- 2012 RMHC Gala Dinner, Hong Kong
- 2010 “Angels Rock” in Prive, Hong Kong
- 2009 “Klomp” in Pacific Place, Hong Kong
WORKSHOPS AND ART CLASSES
- 2009 – 2018 After School Art Classes at Sha Tin Junior School – Hong Kong
- 2009 – 2018 After School Art Classes at Renaissance College – Hong Kong
- 2018 Mural Painting workshop for visual art scholars at RCHK – Hong Kong
- 2017 Sai Kung Art And About art fair / live painting performance – Hong Kong
- 2017 St. Joseph Primary School / clay modelling workshop – Hong Kong
- 2016 Sai Kung Art And About art fair / live painting – Hong Kong
- 2013 Sha Tin College CAS week / painting workshop – Hong Kong
- 2012 Renaissance College Hong Kong / Portrait talk – Hong Kong
- 2012 Ronald McDonald House Charities / painting workshop – Hong Kong
- 2012 Sha Tin College CAS week / painting workshop – Hong Kong
- 2011 Renaissance College Hong Kong / Portrait talk – Hong Kong
GRANTS
- 1996 The Finnish Cultural Fund, personal grant
- 1995 Tellervo and Juuso Walden’s Cultural Foundation, personal grant
- 1995 The Finnish Cultural Fund, personal grant
- 1993 25th Anniversary of Raisio, personal working support grant
MEMBERSHIPS
- Turku Artists’ Association, Finland
- Asiaportrait, Hong Kong
- Fotanian Artists’ Association, Hong Kong
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
- ScandAsia China/ June 2017
- Asian Art News/ “A Vision Of Time We Can’t Get Back”/ volume 27 number 1 2017
- Home Journal/ Hong Kong January 2016 issue
- Ming Pao / summer edition 2014
- Fotanian 2013 / Riitta Kuisma, viewing from outside 2013
- Mirkka Mattheiszen / art critic (“Meetings” -show) 2010
- Kaupunkiuutiset –newspaper (“Meetings” -show) 2010
- Turun Sanomat –newspaper (“Meetings” -show) 2010
- HK magazine (“Brush with nature” –show) 2010
- Sing Tao newspaper (“Journeys Of Life” –show) 2009
- SCMP – Special report 2008
- Journal Des Palaces -magazine (“Translations” –show) 2008
- Sing Tao newspaper (“Just A Little Ladies’Talk” –show) 2008
- Asia Art News –magazine 2008
- Sahara TV / Mumbai (interview) 2004
- Elle Mumbai (interview) 2004
- Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Mumbai (“Alphabets Of Life” –show) 2004
- Mumbai Times (“Alphabets Of Life” –show) 2004
- Ming Pao –newspaper (“In Touch With Nature” –show) 2001
- BC Magazine (“In Touch With Nature” –show) 2001
- Cable TV / Hong Kong (interview) 2001
- Sing Tao newspaper (“Alphabets Of Life” –show) 1999
- RTHK / Hong Kong (interview) 1999
If you are interested in any of one Riitta’s artworks, please do not hesitate to contact us.