Camilla Vuorenmaa graduated from the Department of Painting at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2005. She lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
Vuorenmaas reflects her personal experiences into her work while exploring what we do in order to survive. She is interested in generational experiences and human activities as part of a group. She has studied people as a member of some profession or lifestyle, for example, a fisherman or in a sports culture and also animals like sheep and dogs. The symbolism associated with animals and the relationship with humans runs strongly as part of human history.
Her use of materials and techniques varies. The choice of materials (wood, fabric, MDF board, plexiglass, UV-light painting installations, media art, etc.) is an important part of the nature of her work and the beginning of the process. She finds subjects for her work through photography, and these photographs serve as sketches. In recent years, she has extended ways of working to media art, short film and sound works.
In 2017 Vuorenmaa was a nominee for Finland's biggest art price Ars Fennica. She got the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Prize in the spring of 2015 and in 2018 a William Thuring prize. She received the International Solo Award in 2013 at the Spring Exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen.
Vuorenmaa’s recent solo exhibitions include Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Hämeenlinna, Finland (2023-2024), Finlandia Universitys Gallery, Hancock, Michigan, US (2023), Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland (2022), Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu, Finland (2021), Gallery Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland (2017), EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland (2016), Gallery Huuto, Helsinki, Finland (2011), TM-gallery, Helsinki, Finland (2008). Her work has also been seen in group exhibitions such as Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland (2017), Gallery Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden (2017), Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, Manchester, England, Amos Andersons Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (2015), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (2014).
Vuorenmaa’s works are found in collections such as the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Saastamoinen Foundation, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Kiasma.
Photos: Jussi Tiainen
Portrait of Camilla is by Pasi Vähänen/ Hämeenlinna Art Museum
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