Marjatta Tapiola

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Marjatta Tapiola Biography

Marjatta Tapiola was born in 1951 in Sysmä which is a rural area in Finland. Her father Olli Tapiola was a farmer and her mother Kerttu Tapiola was a housekeeper, art dealer and the owner of used bookstore.

Marjatta Tapiola (born 30 April 1951, Sysmä, Finland) is a Finnish painter. At the time of her breakthrough in the 1980s the neo-expressionist art style was gaining popularity; however Tapiola’s art does not necessarily fit inside these boundaries. Some typical elements in Tapiola’s paintings are minotaurs, horses and skulls. Tapiola’s newer paintings are said to be characterized by fluent drawing quality and multilayered lines. Recent works often feature network of lines on a pale background.

Tapiola studied in the Finnish Art Academy School (new name Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki) between 1969–1974. Her debut art exhibition was organized in year 1973 at Jyväskylä, Finland.

Marjatta Tapiola has two daughters, writer Aina Bergroth (b. 1975) and film director and screenwriter Zaida Bergroth (b. 1977).

Marjatta Tapiola has received several awards during her career. In 2004 she was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal.

In February 2013 the portrait of the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö painted by Marjatta Tapiola sparked controversy and got considerable media attention in Finland.

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