NAME: Silja Selonen (She)
20.10.1965, Finland
LOCATION: Lieto, Finland

BIO:
To be part of life and the flow - to be suns ashes and their glow.

Nature is my home, a resource of materials and food, and an inspiration for my art. I see the equality and unity of all beings in this curving and chaotic world of time and space. Nothing else - and it is all.

ACHIEVEMENTS:
I graduated with an MA in Art and Media from Aalto University in 2025. I did my BA in Visual Arts at the Arts Academy of Turku University of Applied Sciences in 2009. I have also taken courses in various fields of art and science. My expertise is painting, but I have also made public art in the fields of light and bioart. My enthusiasm for science has led me to create genemusic with organist Arttu Selonen, which has chimed in several churches.
I have painted portraits of many children and also some authoritative ones. My second profession is with old buildings, and I have had the opportunity to restore many beautiful manors and prestigious spaces.Silja Selonen has gratuated at Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences year 2009. She did her written thesis about Art and Science. She also has master`s degree in painting and restoration.

THEJEALOUSCURATOR.COM:

• her paintings are a beautiful marriage of art and science

SPONTANEITY.ORG
-She is interested in capturing the invisible world in the visible, representing time, matter, energy and gravity, through her painting.

MHS National Art Honor Society
Finnish artist Silja Selonen creates beautifully atmospheric paintings that are deceivingly simple. She uses close, neutral colors to paint her figures, often left somewhat ambiguous and without excessive detail. This simplicity lends itself well to her emphasis on lighting, emotion, and the often geometric figures she paints as an interacting element in her artworks. Her pictures often capture a moment in time and the corresponding feelings of those within the space; this effect is enhanced by the soft but bright lighting of her figures and the intentional blur imposed upon the figures.