Kaija Savinainen Mountain

Kaija Savinainen is a professional artist whose studio is near Canada’s capital, Ottawa. She earned her Fine Art degree from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, taught by an inspiring group of professors originally from the US, and UK who built that exemplary program. There, she excelled at painting, printmaking and drawing and received several studio awards and a faculty commission. She graduated with Great Distinction and was awarded the President’s Gold Medal. Her Nordic ancestral roots have given her a strong affinity for the environment. Her paintings offer insights into nature’s vulnerability but also, it’s aesthetic beauty. As she states, “Through my art I stimulate the viewer’s sense of where we are going with what nature has bestowed upon us. Nature needs our respect, and care more than ever these days”. Savinainen belongs to The Ten Collective, a group of artists who exhibit annually to rave review in the Ottawa area and online. Her works have been purchased by several universities, and the Alberta Art Foundation, and are in private collections in USA, Canada, Japan, and Europe.

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

2025 - 16th Annual Contemporary Art Juried Exhibition, the Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake, On.
The Ten Collective Exhibition, Almonte
Paint Ontario, Grand Bend
45th Annual BMFA Juried Art Show, Collingwood
Landscapes, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto
2024 - Ontario Society of Artists, 150th Annual Open Juried
Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Group Show, The Gallery on 47th Street,
Yellowknife
John B Aird Gallery, Toronto, Wildlife 2024
2024, 2023 - Artissima, Ottawa
Light, Space and Time Gallery, 13th "Animals"
SCA 2023 Open International Juried Online Exhibition
The Ten Collective, Almonte, On
The Gallery on 47th Street, Yellowknife
2022-The Ties that Bind Us, Gallery on 47th Street, Yellowknife
The Ten Collective, Almonte On
SCA's Open International Juried Exhibition
2021- John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, On., “Florals Exhibition
The Ten Collective, Mississippi Mills Textile Museum,
2019-The Ten Collective, Textile Museum Gallery, Almonte,
2019-Society of Canadian...