Purple II Painting

NAME: Silja Selonen (She) 20.10.1965, Finland LOCATION: Lieto, Finland BIO: To be part of life and the flow - to be suns ashes and their glow. Nature is my home, a resource of materials and food, and an inspiration for my art. I see the equality and unity of all beings in this curving and chaotic world of time and space. Nothing else - and it is all. WORK: I often use egg tempera, natural glues, clay, and earthy pigments in my paintings. With sketchy, still exact brushstrokes, I seek those warm or cold shades of light in shadows and reflections. I sculpt with a brush and colours, seeing the world more as geometrical forms and resonating masses than even and steady. You can find expressive naturalism and posthumanism in my art. Often, they are a mixture of realism and abstraction, because I think of the world as one. We experience reality through our senses, which can not reveal the abstract world of quanta and quarks. ACHIEVEMENTS: I graduated with an MA in Art and Media from Aalto University in 2025. I did my BA in Visual Arts at the Arts Academy of Turku University of Applied Sciences in 2009. I have also taken courses in various fields of art and science. My expertise is painting, but I have also made public art in the fields of light and bioart. My enthusiasm for science has led me to create genemusic with organist Arttu Selonen, which has chimed in several churches. I have painted portraits of many children and also some authoritative ones. My second profession is with old buildings, and I have had the opportunity to restore many beautiful manors and prestigious spaces.