Biography
Riitta Hellén-Vuoti (b. 1959) is a Finnish artist, living and working in Kuopio, Finland. By education she is a licensed medical specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. She has been artistic since her youth, and started dedicating more time to painting and poetry around the year 2000.

Her artistic focuses remain in painting and poetry. Her artworks have been on display in various galleries around Finland since the year 2000 and internationally since 2020. She is now a full – time artist.


Statement
I am interested in – and inspired by – the human being and the never-ending complexities of life. In art it is possible to deal with all the questions and concepts in a more intuitive way. When I was young, I thought I would grow up to be a painter, and now life has shown me it is possible. At first, I mainly worked with oil paint on canvas, but now I also use mixed media. Paintings and poems are inner images. They can sometimes be the same. Layers, textures and metaphors playing together, creating meaning in varying degrees of abstraction.


CV
Education
Licensed medical specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy

Solo Exhibitions
Galleria Tila33, Kuopio 2023, 2022, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009
Galleria Dix, Helsinki 2016, 2013
Pohjolan Sanomat, Kemi 2011, 2001
Galleria Kapriisi, Kuopio 2003
Galleria Art Halvare, Oulu 2000

Group Exhibitions
Online Exhibition, Contemporary Art Collectors, 2023
Contemporary Firenze, Firence 2023 Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome
Contemporary Art Collectors, VAE, 2023
Monat Gallery, Madrid 2023
Contemporary Art Collectors, VAE 2022
Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome 2022
Monat Gallery, Madrid 2021
Margin Alexander’s Music Exhibition, New York 2021
M.A.D.S Art Gallery, Milan 2021, 2020
Brick Lane Gallery, London 2021, 2020
Galleria Fogga, Helsinki 2020
Galleria Tila33, Kuopio 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010

Art Fair
International Contemporary Tokyo Tower Art Fair, Contemporary Art Collectors, 2023
International Contemporary Art Fair Parma, Parma, Artastasia Lugano Switzerland, 2023
International Contemporary Art Fair Luxembourg / Monat Gallery, Madrid 2022
International Contemporary Art Fair Bruxelles, Van Gogh Gallery, Madrid 2021
International Contemporary Art Fair Paris, Monat Gallery, Madrid 2021
SHARE IDENTITY, Focus Art Fair, Paris 2021
ART Helsinki 2013, Galleria Dix, Helsinki 2013

Publications
2023 Contemporary Art Collectors Book, Contemporary Art Collectors
2022 Contemporary Art Curator Magazine - Interview with Riitta Hellén-Vuoti
2022 Contemporary Art Curator - Power of Creativity Art Book

Prizes
Harmony for Humanity The Global Consciousness Art Prize by Contemporary Art Collectors, 2023
Collectors Art Prize 2023, Contemporary Art Curator and Contemporary Art Collectors
Dante Alighieri. International Price, curated by Salvatore Russo & Francesco Saverio Russo 2021