Animated Painter
🇬🇧 The HELENE20 art exhibition is now open in Kulttuurihalli in Helsinki Railway Station. It’s open 15.–25.9. on weekdays from 9-19. Free Entry. 🇫🇮 HELENE20 taidenäyttely on nyt auki Helsingin Rautatieaseman Kulttuurihallissa. Näyttely on auki 15.-25.9. asti viikolla 9-19. Vapaa pääsy. 🇬🇧 Due to COVID-19 we couldn’t have an official Vernissage. But just having an actual exhibition
VARIS, JOKA HALUSI OLLA SATAKIELI Elli Maanpää // Kustantamo Mini Kustannus // 15.9.2020 ”OLISINPA SATAKIELI”, Varis huokasi ja katsoi kaihoisasti Satakielien puuta. Eläintarhassa asusteleva Varis haaveilee muutosta Satakielien puuhun, joka on puitteiltaan koko eläintarhan hulppein. Ongelmaksi koituu kuitenkin se, että Satakielien puuhun päästäkseen tulisi osata sataa eri kieltä! Katso kuinka yllä oleva kuvitus syntyi YouTubessa. Kirja
+- PIHKA IS MY NAME Music Video: Elli Maanpää // Music: Pihka Is My Name – Henna Helasvuo and Lasse Turunen // Length: 02:23 min // 2020 // Pihka is an imaginary friend of a boy grown out of needing an imaginary friend. The single ‘+-‘ and video are about Pihka discovering the beauty of northern nature
HELENE20-taidetukiprojekti tallentaa korona-aikaa taiteen avulla. Koronakevät on ollut ahdistava, jopa lamauttava. Se on silti tarjonnut myös inspiroivia mahdollisuuksia. Niistä yhtenä on Helsinki Hospitalin HELENE20-taidetukiprojekti. TULEVAISUUDEN TAITEILIJAT Kuusi nuorta taiteilijaa valittiin 114 hakijan joukosta HELENE20-projektiin. Minun lisäkseni taiteilijat ovat Emilio Mäkipää, Janne Jääskeläinen, Aura Latva-Somppi, Marika Schulze ja Alma Peltola. Me teemme kesän aikana itsenäisesti taideteoksen
I UPDATED MY PAINTING PORTFOLIO I added lots of NEW ART from 2020 and 2019 to my painting portfolio. I’ve been quite productive especially with painting on recycled stuff and portraits. I’ve been painting on dia slides, wine corks, coins and much more. Also the portrait painting is something I’ve enjoyed a lot recently. One impressive
TOVE AND TUUTI Elli Maanpää 2020 // 2 acrylic paintings on cotton canvas pad After I painted the first Tove Jansson I got requests to make another one. This time she was hoped to be accompanied by her life partner Tuulikki Pietilä. Tove and Tuuti were both artists. Their atelier apartments were in neighbour buildings
PARTY ANIMALS Elli Maanpää 2020 // 3 acrylic paintings on sparkling wine corks I do like sparkling wine but I did not drink the wine these corks accompanied. I got these corks (there’s still about 300 left) from a friend of mine who worked in the cafe of the Helsinki City Theatre. I’d like to
MEMORIES FROM MY E-TRAVELS Elli Maanpää 2020 // 9 acrylic paintings on recycled dia slides I love travelling in IRL (in real life) but the price the Earth has to pay for it is too high. In this painting series I wanted to offer an alternative way to travel. We can still be inspired by exotic
LOOP: THE BIPOLARITY OF CREATIVITY Elli Maanpää 2020 // Acrylic painting on 4 canvases I studied visually the bipolar nature of creative life. Before deadline – which can be an art exhibition or film festival for example – the days are quite manic. Working long hours while being overly excited. Then after the event comes
OBJECTS REIMAGINED Elli Maanpää 2020 // Acrylic paintings on stuff I’ve collected these treasures from recycling bins all over Helsinki. These little canvases are both inspirational, ecological and budget friendly. That plexiglass on “Behind the Window” I dumpster dived on the day the Museum of Finnish Architecture was moving to a new location. I painted