SIRPA MOGHISSI
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Icons of Nature - Sirpa Pajunen-Moghissi’s current series of work - draws on the traditions of icon painting. But golden halos have turned into large abstract shapes that play on the pictorial surface, echoing the rhythms of traditional iconography, but speaking the language of contemporary image making. And here, nature is the subject of worship, not human gods or saints.

Sirpa’s mixed media, multi layered collages combine drawing, printmaking, painting, photography and found imagery, built up on a birch wood surface. Rejecting any hierarchy of discipline, Sirpa has developed a uniquely individual approach, referencing both time honoured techniques and her own creative digital image making processes. The result is that, on the surface, the ideas for Sirpa’s work are rooted in the past, but the techniques she uses bring
them to the forefront of contemporary image making, moulding the past into the present whilst asking us to be vigilant in the way we step forward. As society begins to face up to the damage it has wrought on the planet, Sirpa’s work - with its symphony of colour, gold leaf and pattern, and its layering of images from nature - encourages us to celebrate and hold precious now her icons from the natural world.

Sirpa lives and works in London.
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​Education

1997-1999       Middlesex University, MA in Fine Art, London
1993-1996       Byam Shaw School of Art, BA Hons. in Fine Art, London

Selected Exhibitions
2020             New York Volta, US, C&C Gallery
2020             London Art Fair, Mona Osman, Melissa Kime and Sirpa Pajunen-Moghissi, C & C Gallery, stand G9
2019             Icons of Nature II, 12 Star Gallery, London SW1   -   SOLO
2019             Amalgamation, Cello Factory, curated by Alexander Hinks
2019             Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, Piccadilly, London 
2019             CEOS 2019, Hornsey Town Hall, London

2018             Icons of Nature, C&C Gallery, London - SOLO

2017             Finnish Painters Union, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2017             DisPlay, Ply Gallery, London
2017             Know One, Crouch End Open Studios, London N8
2017             Finnish Painters Union, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2017             Desktop, The Office Group, Curated by Alexandra Baraitser, London  
 
2016             Scandinavia – A Celebration of the Northern Province, Willesden Green Library Gallery
2016             Random I, Ply Gallery, London
2016             Crouch End Open Studios, London
2016             Finnish Painters Union, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
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2015              Double Agent, Koleksiyon, Lontoo
2015              ArtKapsule @ Home, New York
2015              Remembrance, St Martin’s Church, London
2015              What Can I do With an Art Education, King Alfred School, London
​2015              Holborn Medical Centre, London
2015              Koleksiyon, London

2014              Auction, C&C Gallery, London
2014              Highgate Contemporary Art, London
2014              Royal Academy Of Arts, Summer Show, London

2013              Koleksiyon, Camouflage, London
2013              Koleksiyon, Drawing The Line, London
2013              Auction, C&C Gallery, London
2012              Canvas and Cream, London
2012              Affordable Art Fair, Highgate Contemporary Art, London
2011              Galleri Skada, Lulea, Sweden
2011              Nordstrom Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2011              Graceland, London
2011              Affordable Art Fair, Milan, Italy
2010              Hide and Seek, Highgate Contemporary Art, London - SOLO
2010              Highgate Contemporary Art, Summer Miscellany, London
2009              Annual Art Auction, Special Yoga Centre, London
2009              Frozen, The Original Gallery, London
2009              Leytonstone Arts Trail, London
2009              Highgate Contemporary Art, Gallimaufry 2009, 'Contemporary British Artists in Highgate'.       
2008              Holborn Medical Centre, London - SOLO           
2007              Royal Academy Schools Gallery, London
2006              The Original Gallery, London
2005              John Jones Gallery, London
2005              Crouch End Open Studios, London
2004              The Chocolate Factory Open Studios, London
2003              Holborn Medical Centre, London - SOLO
2003              The Chocolate Factory Open Studios, London
2002              Lauderdale House, London
2002              Art at Home, London        
2002              The Chocolate Factory Open studios, London
2002              X-Roads, The Art Pavilion, London
2001              Artmonsky Arts, Abstract Works, London
2001              The Affordable Art Fair, Bath 
2001              Holborn Medical Centre, London
2001              Terra Firma' Artmonsky Arts, London
2001              The Chocolate Factory Open Studios, London
1999              Artmonsky Arts, Summer Show, London
1999              Middlesex University MA-Fine Art Degree Show
1999              The First Affordable Art Fair 1999, Battersea Park
1997              Red Gallery, London
1997              PMC National Open and Michael Rothenstain Trophy
1996              Byam Shaw Degree Show, London 
1996              Hiision Ullakkogalleria, Finland 
1996              Whitechapel Open Studios, London
1995              Frame Effects, London – SOLO
1992              Kehystamo Gallery, Finland

Publications

1992                Ilta-Sanomat, Paivyri, Seppo Iisalo, Finland
1992                Kymen Sanomat, Kuvataide, Satu Itkonen, Finland
1996                Gloria, Rita Tainola, Finland
1996                Kouvolan Sanomat, Pirjo Paloranta, Finland
1996                Nastolan-Lehti, Finland
1996                Iitinseutu, Finland
1997                Gloria Koti, Laura Iloniemi, Finland
1995                Channel 1, London News, Thomas Moore, UK
2001                Ham & High, London, UK
2004                Kymen Sanomat, Finland
2009                Frozen – Exhibition catalogue, UK
2010                Scan Magazine, Cultural Calendar, UK
2010                Finemb.org, In search of lost time, April 2010
2012                Kauppalehti, Elama on taidetta- ja jalkapalloa, Auli Valpola                            
2012                5 Questions, Finnish Institute, London 
                    www.finnish-institute.org.uk/en/articles/577-5-questions-with-sirpa-pajunen-moghiss
Curator
2014                Wanted,Koleksiyon,London (Co-Curator with Juan Bolivar)
                             Artists: Juan Bolivar, Andy Hsu, Patric Tresset
                    www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/culture-news/bazaar-art/paul-patrick-tresset-wanted

2015                Double Agent, Koleksiyon, London (Co-Curator with Juan Bolivar) 
                            
Teaching

1997 – 2009 Part-time tutor/lecturer in printmaking and in fine-art, Art Foundation, Shadwell Centre, London 
2001 - 2004  Printmaking courses for Life Long Learning in Tower Hamlets, London

Grants and Awards

1993    Finnish Cultural Foundation - student
1995    Finnish Cultural Foundation - student
2007    Arts Council of Finland
2009    Finnish Embassy, London

 
Sirpa Pajunen-Moghissi is a co-founder and director of ArtKapsule (UK).  


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