Marja Lianko
sculpture and painting
studio : 20 Vernon Street, 7th Floor, studio #86
email : marjalianko@gmail.com
web : www.marjalianko.com
Instagram :
@marjalianko
2023, plaster, acrylic, mixed media 12”x13”x2”
2023, plaster, acrylic, mix. media 10”x15”x2”
2024, plaster, acrylic, mix. media 6”x19”x6”
2022, plaster, acrylic, mix. media 9”x24”x9”
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statement
I have continued working with the Black Bird series. These sculptures were inspired by a Finnish song that my mother used to sing.
Using similar textural effects I have also created a series of “vessels” as wall sculptures.
biography
Marja Lianko was born in Helsinki, Finland. She is a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University.
Her work has been exhibited in a number of local galleries and museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Art Museum, the DeCordova Museum, the Rose Art Museum, the Fuller Museum, and the Art Complex Museum. Recently two of her sculptures were exhibited at the Nicolaysen Museum in Casper, Wyoming and at the Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany, N.Y.
Marja has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, the Artists Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation.
Marja’s work is in the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, the DeCordova Museum, the Fogg Art Museum, as well as in numerous corporate and private collections.
