Riitta Vainionpää

Swedish textile artist (1952–2021)

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Riitta Vainionpää
Riitta Vainionpää in 2014
Born	(1952-10-03)3 October 1952 Muuruvesi, Finland^[1]
Died	24 April 2021(2021-04-24) (aged 68) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Textile artist

Riitta Maija Vainionpää (3 October 1952 – 24 April 2021) was a Finnish-Swedish textile artist.^[1]

Biography

Vainionpää has been awarded several scholarships and was chosen Artist of the Year 2011 by the Swedish-Finnish art association Suomiart.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Vainionpää's work has been displayed in galleries throughout Sweden, in exhibitions such as "Då och nu" (English: "Then and Now") at Liljevalchs konsthall in 2011,^[5] and "Nu får det vara nog" (English: "Enough is enough") at the Röhsska Museum in 2015/2016.^[6]^[2]

Vainionpää died on 24 April 2021, in Stockholm, from COVID-19. She was 68 years old.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Death notice.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Konstnären Riitta Vainionpää död i covid". TT News Agency. May 13, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14 – via Aftonbladet.
^ "Riitta Vainionpää". Mar 24, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-03-24.
^ "Årets sverigefinska konstnär 2011 är Riitta Vainionpää" [The Sweden Finn artist of 2011 is Riitta Vainionpää] (Press release). Mynewsdesk. 2011-05-13. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14.
^ Forsberg, Nils (2011-02-02). "Broderar ut sin ideologi" [Embroidering one's ideology]. Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2018-03-24.
^ "Det stora stygnet – broderi som vision och vittnesbörd" [The big stilch – embroidery as vision and testimony]. Röhsska Museum. 2015-12-01. Archived from the original on 2018-03-24.