Kaija Savinainen Mountain

Kaija Savinainen Mountain

Almonte, ON, Canada

About Kaija Savinainen Mountain

Born Ikaalinen, Finland. Kaija is a professional working artist, tutor and teacher. She paints from Willow Creek Studio in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario, near the very picturesque and artistic community of Clayton, west of Ottawa, Canada's capital city."When people look at my work, they may just see horses...it's about so much more. One needs to look beyond the surface and understand that horses or other animals in nature, can be symbolic parallels to human lives. I often use the imagery of horses - imagery that I believe is accessible to most people - to illuminate and enrich our existence, to help viewers to focus on the underlying potential and dignity of our lives. The works are suggestive - they speak to viewers, who can then fill in the blanks' with there own echoes. Why horses? Their contrasts can say so much. Despite their strength and vitality, they have a vulnerable, graceful quality. They are wild and chaotic, yet can exude peace, calm and gentleness. Plain and heavy or exotic and delicate - they are as varied as humans. And through the subtlety of the gentleness, they give grace to life, providing us with aesthetic pleasure just by being. My work has an immediacy of vision that is reflected in its spontaneous, seemingly disordered or haphazard nature. Underlying the surface imagery, however, are formal elements and a sense of balance that is surprising. The order results from my vision of what I want to express.I like to think my work has an energy, and an exuberant quality, amplified by the fact I work in mixed media - watercolours, oil paintings, and pastels -entirely left-handedly. A decision to use the untrained hand, to attempt to tap into instinctive, subconscious, non-rational energies that supposedly emanate from the right brain has added another interesting dimension to my work. Kaija Willowcreek studio facebook

Education:

Bachelor of Education, University of Ottawa
Bachelors of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge

Events:

Blog: https://www.thetencollective.com/ttc-blog/2019/12/31/winter-darkness-snow-colour-light-kaija-savinainen-mountain

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Second Show | April 6 & 7, 2019
Third Show | April 4-5, 2020

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Exhibitions:

Group, Solo and Online Exhibitions
2019-The Ten Collective, Textile Museum Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2019-Society of Canadian Artist, 2019 International Open Juried Online Exhibition
2018-The Ten Collective, Textile Museum Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2018 – Memory Scapes-Fairview Manor Gallery, Almonte, ON
2017-The Ten Collective, Textile Museum Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
2014 – Carleton Community Art Exhibition, Carleton University Gallery, Ottawa
2013 – 2006 – Agnes Etherington Gallery, Queens University, Kingston
“Joy of Colour” Art Show, Almonte Artist Series
2005- to Present- Saatchi Gallery UK Online 2005 to Present
2013 – 1998 –Founder and exhibitor, Fall Studio Tour, Almonte Area
2000 - 2005 Ramsay Art Association Members Exhibition, Almonte
Phase 1 Installation (Millennium Project, Year 6), Kingston, ON
1995 -2002 Ottawa Art Gallery, Arts Court Art Lending Program
1996 Society of Canadian Artist Members Exhibition, Toronto
Toronto City Hall SCA Members Exhibition, Toronto
1995 Royal Winter Fair Equine Art Show, Toronto
Agnes Etherington Gallery Fall Exhibition, Kingston
11th Annual Prince of Wales Exhibition, Fort Erie
Triangle Gallery, Calgary
1994 “Energy”, John Black Aird Gallery, Toronto
Society of Canadian Artist Members Exhibition, Etobicoke
“Source of Art”, Ottawa
Resurgence 94, Ramsay Gallery, Almonte
1993 Hoofbeats and Brushstrokes, Fox Covert Gallery, New Market
Focus Show, Art Lending, Ottawa Art Gallery
Rideau Valley Arts Festival, Westport
Ninth Annual Prince of Wales Equine Art show, Fort Erie
Memory Traces, Mill of Kintail, Almonte
1992 Kindred Spirits, Station Gallery, Okotoks, Alberta
Eight Annual Prince of Wales Equine Art Show, Fort Erie
1991 Vue des Femmes, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
1990 Exhibition 90, Cornwall Regional Gallery, Cornwall
Second annual Westboro Arts Festival, Ottawa
“Women’s Friends” Concordia University, Montreal
Mississippi Valley Studio Tour, Almonte
1989 “Papier/Paper” Artscourt Gallery, Ottawa
“Seize Femme” International Women’s Week Exhibition, Ottawa
First Annual Westboro Arts Festival, Ottawa
1987 “Two Hearts Two Minds”, Bowman Arts Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
1986 “The works” Art festival Latitude 53 gallery, Edmonton, AB
1985 “Art of Lethbridge Residents Artists” Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, AB
Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, University of Lethbridge
“Southern Alberta Creates” Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG), Lethbridge, AB
Recent works & Prairie Imagery, Bowman Arts Gallery, Lethbridge AB
1980-85 Fine Arts Faculty Annual Student Art Exhibition, University of Lethbridge, AB