174. Katja Syrjä - Ålands pappersbruk

Address

Åttbölevägen 466
22310 Pålsböle

Phone

+358400448049

Genre

Crafts, Drawing, Environmental art, Graphic art, Painting, Visual arts

Accessible for persons with reduced mobility

Information about the artist / the group

Katja Syrjä-Johansson is a visual artist based in Åland. She graduated from the Turku School of Fine Arts in 1997 and from The Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki in 2003. Her principal mediums are stone lithography, natural pigments and handmade paper, but her methods also include painting, photography and video. Essential in Katja Syrjä’s art are process­ oriented practices, like making own color pigments from nature; plants, mushrooms and minerals.

Syrjä’s practice is distinguished by her collaboration with biological field research stations and researchers in the Åland islands. Her process is not unlike scientific research: its temporal duration is typically long and it involves engagement with the conservation of species and protection of biodiversity.

https://galleriskarpans.ax/artists/