"My paintings are figurative and often depict everyday life. I am interested in portraying
realistic people in sketchy, almost abstract settings, making use of bold and expressive brushwork and
want to utilize the phenomenon of chance. I strive to turn my personal experience into something others can relate to as well.
I am interested in fleeting moments and everyday situations that are familiar to us all.
I work primarily on acrylic glass sheets as a base material for my oil paintings.
I use to paint both sides of sheet, which makes the colours glow.”
Erika Adamsson is a painter. After graduating from Turun Piirustuskoulu (‘Turku Art School’) in 1996, she has held solo exhibitions and participated in several group exhibitions.
In Helsinki, she has held a solo exhibition in the gallery Kluuvi (Helsinki Art Museum) (2014), Huuto (in 2008), the gallery of the Finnish Painters’ Union (in 2011, 2004), and in MUU gallery (in 2002).
Adamsson is a member of the Finnish Painter’s Union and Turun Taiteilijaseura (‘Turku artists’ society’).
Since 1999, she has taught painting in the Fine Arts degree program at Turku University of Applied Sciences (previously Turun Piirustuskoulu).
She lives and works in Turku.
Works of Erika Adamsson can be found e.g. in the Finnish national art collection as well as in the collections of Turku University Hospital and the city of Turku.
+358449064996
studio address:
Wibeliuksentie 3 a
20880 Turku
FINLAND
ERIKA ADAMSSON
XXII MÄNTÄN KUVATAIDEVIIKOT
11 June – 31 August 2017
www.mantankuvataideviikot.fi
Muddy Spring
80 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Idyll I
80 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Passing by
80 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Tikanoja Children
90 x 125 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Dining Room
89 x 79 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Christmas Street
80 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Student Village
95 x 125 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Sun on Teen´s Face
95 x 125 cm
Oil on Aluminium
After Bathing
95 x 125 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Awakening
120 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
In Full Light
125 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Happy Days
90 x 125 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Darling
186 x 186 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Alexander
136 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Business
186 x 186 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Early Morning
136 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Decision
136 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Perception
136 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Darjeeling
136 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Nostalgy
1.–21.2.2019
gallery Forum Box, Helsinki
Nostalgy
1.–21.2.2019
gallery Forum Box, Helsinki
May
136 x 160 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Stop Motion I
136 x 160 cm
Oil on Aluminium
November
136 x 160 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Looking for Lost Time
136 x 112 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Olga
136 x 112 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Chinese Vase
136 x 122 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Intensity
136 x 112 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Focused
136 x 112 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Visitors
122,5 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Guided Tour
122,5 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Waders
122,5 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Evening on the Beach
136 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Before the Rain
90 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
White Towels
136 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
It is Good to Be Bored
136 x 136 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Sand from Sahara
136 x 136 cm
Oil and Pigment on Aluminium
Father and Daughter
90 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Locker Room
90 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Morning at Las Palmas
90 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Pool (Imppari)
90 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Makasiini Contemporary
In Those Moments
11 Mar–23 Apr 2017
Art Museum (Mänttä)
90 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Night Watch
90 x 90 cm
Oil on Aluminium
Studio Visit
62 x 55 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Trying to Catch the Idea of Milon Venus
69 x 48 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Connoisseurs
49 x 46 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Museum
50 x 50 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Personal Space
140 x 140 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
On the Beach
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Parallel Play
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Private Collection
Distance
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Brotherhood
140 x 140 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Canadian Brother I (maple syrup)
100 x 88 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Canadian Brother II (maple syrup)
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Holy Days Coffeeware
103 x 118 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Competitive Drive
103 x 118 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
On the Landing Place
140 x 140 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Turku City Art Collection
Investigators on the Patio
of Il Roccolo
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum
2015
Brothers I-IV
130 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Brothers I-IV
130 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Brothers I-IV
130 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Brothers I-IV
130 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
After Eight
148 x 103 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Arvo
153 x 103 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
In Wilderness Cabin
103 x 180 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Golden Youth
153 x 103 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
At Little Cottage
103 x 153 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum
2015
Senior Artist IV
100 x 130 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Turku Art Collection
Senior Artist V
130 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Turku Art Collection
Senior Artist II
115 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Turku Art Collection
Post-War Generation II
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Post-War Generation I
100 x 105 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Playa del Faro I
120 x 65 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Private Collection
Playa del Faro II
70 x 40 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Shadows of the Park
102 x 120 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Bodom
155 x 206 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Haaga, Helsinki
96 x 68 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Herttoniemi
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Jokela II
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Jokela I
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Lehtimaki
101 x 106 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Porvoo
72 x 103 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Toijala
100 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Adidas-Man
140 x 120,5 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Turku Art Collection
Accessible
104 x 140 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Turku Art Collection
Homelike II
152,5 x 103 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Homelike I
152,5 x 103 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
The Dining Room
120 x 205 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Recreational Activities
140 x 100 cm
Oil on Acrylic Glass
Turku Art Museum
Everyday Memory I
60 x 60 cm
Oil on Board
Finnish Art Association Collection
Everyday Memory II
60 x 60 cm
Oil on Board
Everyday Memory IV
70 x 70 cm
Oil on Board
Private Collection
Everyday Memory III
60 x 60 cm
Oil on Board
Funeral
58 x 120 cm
Oil on Board
Lars Swanljung Art Collection
Mourners
70 x 70 cm
Oil on Board
Lars Swanljung Art Collection
Epidural
Detail of Passio Series
Water Color
Turku Art Collection
Gas, mrs. Adamsson
Detail of Passio Series
Water Color
Turku Art Collection
Pain
Detail of Passio Series
Water Color
Turku Art Collection
Nap
50 x 55 cm
Oil on Board
The Wriggler
a’ 60 x 50 cm
Oil on Board
Turku Art Collection
Child of Light
60 x 50 cm
Oil on Board
Private Collection
Cabbage Suffle
30 x 36 cm
Oil and woodcut on canvas
Turku Art Collection
Italian Dinner
30 x 36 cm
Oil and woodcut on canvas
Turku Art Collection
Sfumato in My Kitchen
30 x 36 cm
Oil and woodcut on canvas
Turku Art Collection
17th Century Lemon
30 x 36 cm
Oil and woodcut on canvas
Turku Art Collection
Turkey and Side Dish
30 x 36 cm
Oil and woodcut on canvas
Turku Art Collection
All Together
120 x 120 cm
Oil on plywood
State Art Collection
Maestro
120 x 120 cm
Oil on plywood
Break
120 x 120 cm
Oil on plywood
Private Collection
To Lunch Break II
120 x 120 cm
Oil on plywood
To Lunch Break I
120 x 120 cm
Oil on plywood
Works Canteen
120 x 120 cm
Oil on plywood
The Yearly Maintenance
135 x 200 cm
Oil on canvas
The Hostess
135 x 135 cm
Oil on canvas
Helsinki City Art Collection