Sisko MäättäOulu
Osaaminen
taidemaalari
muotoilu, käsityö/muu
Oma kuvaus
Olen tunneihminen, rakastan luontoa ja tunnen myös näkymättömän maailman läsnäolon. Luonnosta ammennan voimaa ja energiaa sekä inspiroidun. Minua kiehtoo kaikki vanhat tarinat keijukaisista, maahisista ja menninkäisistä. Työskentelen eri tunnetilojen lävitse, jolloin näen maailman eri värisuodattimien kautta. Näkymättömyys ilmestyy joskus myös näkyväksi töissäni itseni siihen vaikuttamatta.
Olen maalannut vesi-, peite-, öljy- ja akryyliväreillä sekä tehnyt joitakin tussi-, tekstiili- ja huovutustöitä. Nykyään maalaan pääasiassa akryyliväreillä.
Kaikenlaiset käsityöt ovat olleet aina lähellä sydäntäni. Vuosien varrella on syntynyt myös satoja onnittelu- ja joulukortteja.
Olen saanut innostuksen taiteen tekemiseen syntymälahjana, jonka lisäksi olen lukenut taidealan kirjallisuutta ja osallistunut taidekursseille (kuten öljyväri, vesiväri, keramiikka, huovutus). Maalaustekniikkaa minulle opetti oululainen taiteilija Tauno Ohenoja.
Toimiessani IT -alalla erikoissuunnittelijana intoni taiteeseen säilyi, vaikka aikaa taiteen tekemiseen oli vähemmän. Eläkkeelle jäätyäni sain vihdoin mahdollisuuden toimia kokopäiväisenä taiteilijana.
Työtilani sijaitsee kotona
I have had a versatile and multi-professional career elsewhere (as a special designer among other things), but as a carpenter’s daughter art has been a concrete part of my life in drawing and painting. I’m both self-educated and course-trained artist, one of my teachers has been Tauno Ohenoja, a visual artist from Oulu.
After my retiring I made my dream come true and started to work as an artist full time.
I have been given a gift of inspiration for art at birth. Ever since I could hold a pen, I have been drawing and painting. The nature speaks to me powerfully as also do stories about spirits of the nature, earth sprites and gnomes. This all gives me energy and inspiration, which can be seen in my artwork. I love the diversity, uniqueness and beauty of all four seasons. Also, the vulnerability of the nature concerns me.
I’m an emotional person and I also sense the presence of the invisible world. Sometimes the invisible becomes visible in my paintings unintentionally. I like to try out different techniques. In addition to painting in acrylics I have done recycled art with patches of felt, fabric and paper. I work through different emotional states and doing so I see the world through coloured filters. Green, blue and purple are very strong in my artwork.
My artwork doesn’t represent any specific stylistic direction. They place themselves somewhere between realism, impressionism and abstract. Visiting famous galleries and museums has given me stimulus to my own work.
CV
PALKINNOT / AWARDS
International Prize Michelangelo "The Genius of Italy"
The Michelangelo International Prize is a recognition that is assigned to all those artists who have distinguished themselves over the years for their artistic research and for the stylistic value of their works of art. The Prize is intended for painters, sculptors, photographers, video artists, performers and digital artists.
The curators of the Award are Dr. Salvatore Russo and Dr. Francesco Saverio Russo
22.7.2023 at the Teatro Italy, Rome, Italy
Top Artists, The protagonists of contemporary art
The column "Top Artists, The protagonists of contemporary art",
was created with the intention of paying tribute to some of the best international artists.
Curated: Salvatore Russo, Francesco Saverio Russo
Capitulary hall of the Palace of St. Theodore, Venice, Italy
18.5.2023
International Prize PEGASUS
The Prize is for the Artists that are worth for their artistic merit.
It is one of the most prestigious art awards awarded in the heart of Venice.
Curated: Dr. Salvatore Russo and Dr. Francesco Saverio Russo
at SCUOLA GRANDE of San Teodoro, Venice, Italy
18.5.2023
International Prize LEONARDO DA VINCI
“For the occasion will be selected, by Salvatore and Francesco Saverio Russo, some of the best international and contemporary artists. The award is a right symbol for an important artistic career.”
National Museum of Science and Technology, Milan, Italy
5. 4. 2023
International Prize DONATELLO
“The Prize is for the Artists that are worth for their artistic merit.”
Curated: Salvatore Russo & Francesco Saverio Russo
Borghese Palace, Florence, Italy
21.1.2023
The ARTBOXY Artist Sponsorship within the Thomson Art Prize
Thompson Gallery Zug, Fine Art, Switzerland
ARTBOXY (www.ARTBOXY.com)
10. 12. 2021
MUUT ASIAT / OTHER THINGS
One-page publication in an important Italian monthly cultural magazine
https://www.latoscananuova.it/
La Toscana Nuova (Luglio/Agosto 2025)
Appunti D’Arte
La voce della natura
Sisko Määttä
Two-page publication in an important Italian monthly cultural magazine, https://www.latoscananuova.it/
La Toscana Nuova (6/2023)
Occhio critic, a cura di Daniela Pronesti:
Sisko Määttä
“Dentro la natura, lungo I sentieri delle favole”
Flyer Art Gallery publishes International Art Catalog 2023-24
World Wide Contemporary Art 2023-24
” The guide is available in digital version and printed edition. World Wide Contemporary Art is an elegant art book, curated by Prof. Egidio Maria Eleuteri, one of the most important Art Critics in Italy.”
My contribution: The catalog will contain my introduction and pictures of my art.
Guto Ajayu Culture: Art Anthology VI Book
Drector of the project Augusto Mendoza Mendeta
“We focus on telling the story of what art looks like today. The book will contain ISBN registration, legal deposit and copies in the National Library of Spain.” The book was published in Madrid Spain 2/2023.
My contribution: The book will contain my introduction and 5 pages of my art.
YKSITYISNÄYTTELYT / SOLO EXHIBITION
2023
- 'MY INTUITION OUTPUTS', Pyhäjoen kirjasto, Pyhäjoki, Finland
2022
- 'AUTUMN MOOD', UG NELIÖ-GALLERIA', Oulu, Finland
Leena Kangas in her criticism (in Kaleva 18.12.2022) sums it up in two words: "Magical moments"
- 'SHREDS, SCRAPS OF FABRIC AND SOMETHING ELSE', Tyrnävän Myllykirjasto, Tyrnävä, Finland
2019
- 'FEELINGS FROM NATURE II', Makkaragalleria, Helsinki, Finland
2018
- 'FEELINGS FROM NATURE', Galleria Kajaste/Kellarigalleria, Kajaaninkatu 25, Oulu, Finland
Excerpt from Leena Kangas’ criticism in the newspaper Kaleva on April 22, 2018:
”… The world of colours in many paintings is exciting, like it’s seen through purple lenses. It separates the paintings from aim for realism and elevates them to observations of mystical experience.”
YHTEISNÄYTTELYT / JOINT EXHIBITION
Virtual exhibitions are mentioned separately, others are physical exhibitions.
- Flyer Art Gallery: Physical long-term exhibition 2022 -2025, Seven paintings will participate in exhibitions in the following cities, Rome, Venice, London, New York
2025
- Andakulova Gallery, (via ARTBOXY * virtually) Al Habtoor City, Dubai
- Suomen Taiteilijat ry. annual exhibition, Kaapelitehdas, Valssaamo, Helsinki, Finland
- Gasa del Palma (via ARTBOXY * virtually) Palma, Spain
- SWISSARTEXPO Art Festival 2025, (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Zürich, Switzerland
- EXTRANJERIA', Capital Culture House in collaboration with Espacio gallery, London, England
- 'VÄRIHARMONIAA' Suomen Taiteiliat ry theme exhibition, Helsingin Kaapelitehdas, Puristamo, Helsinki, Finland
- 'ROHKEUS' Haukiputaan taideyhdistys, spring exhibition, Haukipudas library, Oulu, Finland
- 'ECHO' Virtual exhibition, M.A.D.S Art Gallery, Art Curator Mara Cipriano, Milan, Italy
2024
- 'ART SUMMER FEST 2024', M.A.D.S Art Gallery, (virtually) show case in Time Square and gallery, New York, USA
- 'The MADS LUXORY ART EXHIBTION', M.A.D.S Art Gallery, curated by Mara Cipriano (virtually) show case in Time Square and gallery, New York, USA
- 'ZURICH ART3F 2024', Capital Culture House, in collaboration with Zurich Exhibition Hall,
Zürich, Switzerland
- 'BARCELONA ART3F 2024', Capital Culture House, in collaboration with MONT JUIC Palace Barcelona, Spain
- Thomson Gallery (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Zug, Switzerland
- Nicoleta Gallery (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Berlin, Germany
- 'EXODUS TO INLAND' in Medinaceli Museum, (virtually) Capital Culture House, in collaboration with The Fundación DEARTE Medinaceli, Soria, Spain
- Andie Art Gallery, (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Athens, Greece
- Nicoleta Gallery (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Berlin, Germany
2023
- 'Conversations with the Fantasy', Galleria Fogga, Lauttasaarentie 6. 00200 Helsinki, Finland
- 'Ilmattaren ihmeet', Autumn exhibition of the Haukipudas art association, Haukipudas, Oulu
- 'UNVEILING THE SUBLIME', Capital Culture House, in collaboration with Santana Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- 'INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO 2023', Curated by Floriano Massera, Flyer Art Group, Milan, Italy
- FINITY Gallery (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Berlin, Germany
- Artbox Expo New York (via ARTBOXY * virtually), New York, USA
- Casa del Arte (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- ART Lab (via ARTBOXY * virtually), The Art Lab in California was a temporary gallery for the exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
- Johnathan Schultz Gallery, (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Miami, USA
- Casa del Arte (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Lelie Galerij (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Casa del Arte (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 'BRAIN CAKE', M.A.D.S Art Gallery International Contemporary Art Exhibition (virtually)
Casa Milà La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain
2022
- 'ELYSIAN' , Capital Culture House Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- Miami Artweeks (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Miami, USA
- 'PERPETUAL LIGHT' , Capital Culture House Gallery organize, in Elsa Victorios Gallery,
Miami, USA
- 'Tuli ja leimaus', Vesi-Jatuli, Haukipudas, Finland
- VIFAF 2.2 Virtual International Fine Art Fair, World Art of Crete WOC, Crete
- ARTBOX.PROJECT Zürich 4.0 / SWISSARTEXPO 2022 (virtually), Zürich, Switzerland
- 'ORIZZONTI TRASVERSALI', International Contemporary Exhibition (virtually), M.A.D.S Gallery, Milano Italy and Fuerteventura Spain
- Thomson Gallery (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Zug, Switzerland
- Urbanside Gallery (via ARTBOXY * virtually), Zürich, Switzerland
- VIFAF 2.2 Virtual International Fine Art Fair, World Art of Crete WOC, Crete, Greece
- 'K2 Unplugged 2022', K2 Artist House / Cultural barraks, Oulu, Finland
- VIFAF 2.2 Virtual International Fine Art Fair, World Art of Crete WOC, Crete, Greece
2021
- 'K2 Unplugged 2021', K2 Artist House, Oulu, Finland
- 'HYSTERICA', Virtual exhibition, M.A.D.S Art Gallery, Art Curator Ilaria Falchetti,
Milano Italy and Fuerteventura Spain
Excerpts from the critique of Art Curator Ilaria Falchett (in the official catalog of the art exhibition “HYSTERICA” - the critique can be read in its entirety):
“… Sisko connects man with nature through her creations, seeking to establish a strong and lasting relationship. Sisko captures the most fascinating, energetic and often elusive aspects of natural elements. The invisible becomes visible in her paintings. The intrinsic spirits of nature find an outlet in the artist's colours and shapes, dissecting the deepest and most hidden emotions of the human being.
…
…The technique used seems to come close to the impressionism of the great painters such as Manet and Monet through the rendering of a perceptible reality. Fast, energetic brushstrokes of pure colour immediately record what the artist's eye sees. The sky is dynamic, surreal and abstract…
...
The artist’s dexterity is remarkable. Sisko proves to be a versatile artist. She often uses similar subjects but reworks them with different techniques and in a creative way. She takes emotional paths that reveal the vulnerability of nature and are able to bring out deep emotions. The energy she conveys to the viewer is unique and indescribable.”
- 'Värien väreilyä', Kellon nuorisoseura, Haukipudas, Finland
- Open theme, Loviisan Kappeli, curated by Aino Kallio, Loviisan Kappeli, Loviisa, Finland
- Suomen Taiteilijat ry, annual exhibition 2021, curated by artist Maarit Björkman-Väliahdet.
Helsingin Kaapelitehdas, Valssaamo, Helsinki, Finland
2020
- 'Syksyn sivellin', Iin Nättepori, Ii, Finland
2019
- 'Elonkorjuu', Teatterikuoppa, Haukipudas, Oulu, Finland
- 'K2 Connect', Galleria Kajaste, Oulu, Finland
- 'Puutarhassa', Metsola Galleria, Oulu, Finland
- 'K2 Unplugged 2019', K2 Artist House/ Cultural barraks, Oulu, Finland
- 'Elämänilo', Metsola Galleria, Oulu, Finland
- Kaupunkimme festivaali, 'K2 Plugged 2019', Oulu 10, Oulu, Finland
2018
- 'Taidekylläilyä puttaalla', Teatterikuoppa, Haukipudas, Oulu, Finland
- 'Maailmojen välissä', Taidesivut.net autumn exhibition, curated by E.Niiranen,
Kulttuuritalo Valve, Oulu, Finland
- Oulu city hospital, hospice department, Charity exhibition, Oulu, Finland
- 'K2 Unplugged 2018', K2 Artist House/Cultural barraks, Oulu, Finland
2017
- 'K2 Unplugged 2017', K2 Artist House/ Cultural barraks, Oulu, Finland
JÄSENYYS / MEMBERSHIP
Suomen taideyhdistys
5.9.2023 -
Suomen Taiteilijat ry.
30.7.2020 -
Haukiputaan Taideyhdistys ry.
4.9.2018 –
TAIDETEOKSIANI ON NÄHTÄVISSÄ / MY ARTWORKS CAN BE SEEN AT:
https://www.ARTBOXY.com/profile/yvJ3Ytj0S2fWJ8dXu0ZE
http://www.taidesivut.net/siskomaatta
https://www.instagram.com/siskomart
https://www.facebook.com/sisko.maatta.9/
