Elli Maanpää (b.1985 Turku) is a visual artist. Her acrylic paintings are colourful and narrative. They reflect themes that are present i.e. climate change, bending the reality and lady boss -attitude.
To paint from imagination – rather than reality – she uses morning doodling and blind contour. Blind Contour is a technique where you draw the contour (the outline) from reference without looking at the paper. It gives identifiable objects whimsical dimensions. Something familiar with something new.
Maanpää received M.A. in Visual Culture from Aalto University in 2013. She has B.A. in Animation from Turku Arts Academy 2019 and B.A. in Fashion from Aalto University 2008. Maanpää hold a solo show Beyond the Surface in Gallery ALBERT IX in Helsinki in February 2020. Her Augmented Paintings have been exhibited i.e. in the Summer Yard of National Museum in Helsinki in 2019. She has been part of group shows in Finland and US.
