Sari Moilala

I was born in northern Finland in 1965. Due to the long, cold, and dark winter, colors have become very important to me. In my work, I usually describe spring and summer. I see the process of painting as a pathway to another consciousness, where you get to past memories, experiences, or solved emotions and it shows everything I reveal through colors and movement on the canvas. The starting point is a presence and being in the moment. Experientiality and all sensory perceptions, as well as awareness of the constant movement around them, are key elements in the painting process, which seeks to depict the emotions evoked by experiencing nature and the environment throughout the body. Time is an integral part of the experience.
My painting style is lyrical abstract, but there are also figurative works. The paintings are built in layers using energetic and warm color compositions. Colors express emotional states and come before shape. I strive for a creature that is concrete to the viewer. Nature, landscape, and the environment are the inspiration.
I graduated as a visual artist in 2021 at the age of 56 and have participated in group and solo exhibitions as well as solo exhibitions. My work is currently in the collections of the Pori ...

2017-21 Visual Artist, SAMK University of Applied Sciences, BFA
2015-16 Basic Studies of Visual Arts, Lapland University
2016-17 Oulu Institute, painting and drawing courses
1982-83 Kuusamo Folk Highschool, Graphic Line

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Gallery a2, Helsinki
2022 Kissgallery, Helsinki
2021 Vanity Fair, Saskia scholarship exhibition, Poriginal Gallery, Pori
2021 Own Land, The Art Hall of SAMK Campus Pori, Pori
2021 I ask for silence, Kankaanpää Gallery, Kankaanpää
2016 First, Pancake House, Oulu

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Winter Salon, P-Gallery, Pori
2021 Realm of Fine Arts 2021, Mänttä
2021 Growth, SAMK, Graduation Exhibition, Artcenter Mältinranta, Tampere
2021 Dreamspaces, Gallery Agora, New York
2020 3x3, Gallery MABD, Oulu
2020 Hope Doesn't Give Up, Gallery Fogga, Helsinki
2018 Christmas Exhibition Spacious, Artschool Gallery
2018 Autumn Exhibition, Artschool Gallery, Kankaanpää
2018 Spring Exhibition, Artschool Gallery, Kankaanpää
2017 Christmas Exhibition Light, Artschool Gallery, Kankaanpää
2016 Spring Exhibition of Oulu Institute
2014 In Molten Harmony, PopUp Exhibition, Oulu
2011 Christmas Exhibition, Villa Victor, Oulu
2010 PopUp Exhibition, Oulu Artmuseum, Oulu