Riitta Vainionpää Explained
Riitta Maija Vainionpää (3 October 1952 – 24 April 2021) was a Finnish-Swedish textile artist.
Biography
Vainionpää has been awarded several scholarships and was chosen Artist of the Year 2011 by the Swedish-Finnish art association Suomiart.[2] [3] [4]
Vainionpää's work has been displayed in galleries throughout Sweden, in exhibitions such as "Swedish: Då och nu" (English: "Then and Now") at Liljevalchs konsthall in 2011,[5] and "Swedish: Nu får det vara nog" (English: "Enough is enough") at the Röhsska Museum in 2015/2016.[6]
Vainionpää died on 24 April 2021, in Stockholm, from COVID-19. She was 68 years old.
Notes and References
- https://www.minnesrummet.se/system/funeral_notices/pdfs/001/209/579/original/2539488-1.pdf?1622121109 Death notice.
- News: Konstnären Riitta Vainionpää död i covid . May 13, 2021 . . . https://archive.today/20210514012615/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/dlXKXX/konstnaren-riitta-vainionpaa-dod-i-covid . 2021-05-14 . live .
- Web site: Riitta Vainionpää. Mar 24, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324041155/http://www.liljevalchs.se/utstallningar/varsalongen-2011/riitta-vainionpaa/. 2018-03-24.
- . . 2011-05-13 . Årets sverigefinska konstnär 2011 är Riitta Vainionpää . The Sweden Finn artist of 2011 is Riitta Vainionpää . https://web.archive.org/web/20210514013541/https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/suomiart__sverigefinska_bildkonstnarernas_forening/pressreleases/aarets-sverigefinska-konstnaer-2011-aer-riitta-vainionpaeae-633208 . 2021-05-14 . live .
- News: Forsberg . Nils . 2011-02-02 . . sv . Broderar ut sin ideologi . Embroidering one's ideology . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324041526/https://www.expressen.se/kultur/broderar-ut-sin-ideologi/ . 2018-03-24 . live .
- Web site: . 2015-12-01 . Det stora stygnet – broderi som vision och vittnesbörd . The big stilch – embroidery as vision and testimony . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324041435/http://rohsska.se/11443/ . 2018-03-24 . dead .
