Vilmalotta Olivia Schafhauser

Vilmalotta Olivia Schafhauser is an established Finnish visual artist and painter based in Helsinki. Since graduating with a Master of Fine Arts from the prestigious Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2002, she has dedicated her life to a full-time painting practice. Her distinguished career includes extensive exhibitions across Finland and internationally, spanning countries such as Germany, England, Spain, Russia, Japan, and the Philippines. Notably, she was the first Finnish contemporary artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
Schafhauser’s deeply psychological work focuses on the themes of modern womanhood, embodiment, and life’s profound transitions. Driven by a fascination with human growth, her paintings explore what it means to be connected, to stand apart, to hold on, and to let go. Blending rich emotional narratives with a vivid visual language, her art captures the delicate balance between external chaos and the quiet sanctuaries of the human mind. For Schafhauser, painting is more than a profession—it is an inseparable part of who she is.

Master of fine Arts, Academy of fine Arts Helsinki

ART STUDIES
2001-2002 Academy of fine arts, Helsinki, Master of Fine Arts 1998-2001 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Bachelor of Fine Arts 1997-1998 Lahti Polytechnic, Institute of Fine Arts 1992-1993 Orivesi College of Fine Arts
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS
2026 TAIDETILA TERRA, Kangasala, Finland
2024 IITTI ARTCENTER, Finland
2023 GALLERY KOIVULINNA, Pukkila, Finland
2022 GALLERY Pirkko-Liisa Topelius, Helsinki, Finland
2021 ARTCENTER TAARASTI, Lahti, Finland
2019 GALLERY CONTEMPO, Helsinki
2017 ARABIANRANNAN KIRJASTOTILA, Helsinki
2016-2017 LAVLI LIVING ROOM, Galleria Esplanadi, Helsinki
2016 TUKKATALO, Hki
2016 URBANSTORY, Hki
2016 KASVUN PAIKKA, Hki
2016 DIAK, KALASATAMA, Helsinki
2013 GALLERY GUMBOSTRAND, Finland
2010 ART GALLERY UUSITALO, Helsinki
2008 INSTITUTOIBEROAMERICANO DE FINLANDIA, Madrid
2008 ART GALLERY JUST, Turku
2006 ART GALLERY UUSITALO, Helsinki
2006 MOSKOW MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS, Moskow, Russia
2006 ART GALLERY KONSTA, Porvoo
2005 ART GALLERY KOIVULINNA, Pukkila
2004 ART GALLERY UUSITALO, Helsinki
2002 ART GALLERY ULAANI, Helsinki
2000 THE CULTURAL CENTRE OF TURKU, THE OLD TOWN HALL
1999 ART GALLERY ULAANI, Helsinki
1999 HELSINKI ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, CORRIDOR GALLERY, Helsinki
JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2025 ARTMUC, Muenchen, G...