Elisa Matikainen
Basic information
b. 1978, Tampere
Visual Artist
Residence: Kökar
Contact information
Email: elisamatikainen(at)gmail.com
Artist’s Statement
A pencil is rasping in a silent room and draws to a paper. Hand knows what to do, I always don`t; I follow. At its best this intuitive process is meditative, invigorating and usually also unpredictable – and always subjective.
As an artist I am strongly a drawer, but I use also painting techniques and sometimes, for examble, writing. In my work the typical marveling of natural phenomenons and the exploration of often very unnoticeable details is combined with the depiction of the changing and multifaceted experience of existence. In a human being there is a lot of some kind of silence which is difficult to express with words. Working with images is a meaningful way to give a form for that dialogue between the dark and light in a human mind and body .
As an artist I am strongly a drawer, but I use also painting techniques and sometimes, for examble, writing. In my work the typical marveling of natural phenomenons and the exploration of often very unnoticeable details is combined with the depiction of the changing and multifaceted experience of existence. In a human being there is a lot of some kind of silence which is difficult to express with words. Working with images is a meaningful way to give a form for that dialogue between the dark and light in a human mind and body .
