Ulla Remes in english
Ulla Remes is an artist from Kuopio, Finland. Her artist style is colourism, expressionism – the colours she uses are strong, charged and significant. Her first international exhibition was in Retretti in 2003, in which five of her installations were presented. Before that her most significant exhibition was in gallery Hagelstam, Helsinki in 2002. The exhibition was related to pregnancy and was named ”The light shade of the stomach” (Vatsan vaalea varjo).
In addition she has had for example an exhibition in the art gallery ”Sitruuna” of Arts Council of North Savo and a private exhibition during the Church Days of Kuhmo in 2001.
As an artist Ulla Remes is taking part in the BeSS project of Academy of Finland during 2004 - 2006. Under the theme of confidence she presents native and immigrant people of different age living in North Savo. She takes face pictures and presents the emotional charge by means of colourism, abstract painting.
The exhibition of the BeSS project will be seen in the Art Museum of Lapinlahti 25.3.- 31.5.2005. In her works Ulla Remes tries to study how confidence is created and how it can become fragile. The works try to evoke a discussion about the meaning of confidence in our life.
