Montreal

Vickie Vainionpää’s practice is an ongoing investigation into the connections and gaps between the
natural and the technological, the mundane and the sublime, and the artificial and the organic. Her works are created using generative 3D modelling software, then painted by hand using oil on canvas. The forms fluctuate between atmospheric and graphic, abstract and figurative, and artificial and natural. By embracing new digital means of reading space and content, the works draw attention to the relationship between the human hand and digital technology.

Vickie Vainionpää is an emerging artist living and working in Montréal, QC. She holds a B.A Honours with Studio Art Specialization from the University of Waterloo. She has shown both nationally and internationally. She has won many creative awards such as the Artist Project's UNTAPPED Emerging artist award, as well as the University of Waterloo’s Excellence award, and 1st place in the Ontari Society of Artists Emerging Exhibition. She was recently a resident in Visual + Digital Arts at The Banf Centre (Banff, AB), and will be a resident at Vermont Studio Center in August 2019. Upcoming solo presentations include Galerie AVE (Montréal, QC) and Robert Fontaine Gallery (Miami, FL). She is represented on the east coast of the US by Robert Fontaine Gallery.