5.5.2023

Meet the artist: Maria Stereo

Meet our Derby artist Maria Stereo at the Halli exhibition space on the free admission Friday May the 5th. The artist is present from 4-6 pm.

Maria Stereo got to know the skateboarding culture of Seinäjoki with the guidance of members of the Lakeuden WallRiver SK8boarding association. In the artwork, the imagery of skateboarding and the artist’s aesthetics combine into an altar—a tribute dedicated to skateboarding.

Maria Stereo (b. 1979) lives and works in Kangasala. She is known as an artist who uses richly decorative visuals and insightful recycled materials. Stereo’s world is full of rococo, kitsch, and surrealism. The works are strongly related to the artist’s childhood in the 80s and her image of those times. Stereo graduated as a visual artist from Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

 

Photo: Tomi Salminen