Sylvia Javén
Sylvia Javén was born on an island in the Finnish archipelago, and she has since continued through her artworks to categorize different places and events as islands. In her installations and paintings, she deals with the many layers of landscape; both emotional and geographical.
Painting is to her a spiritual expression. The works can be understood as esoteric maps where places of survival, longing, solitude, and the mind of the traveler, are materialized in minimalistic form language.
Her artworks has been seen at the Young artist’s biennale in Moscow, the Bristol Biennale in UK, at Västerbottens museum in Sweden and in various exhibitions in Finland. She graduated her bachelor of art in 2011 at Novia university of applied sciences in Nykarleby and has since also studied art and art education at the Valand Academy of Gothenburg University in Sweden and Aalto University in Finland, where she holds a master degree.
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Boat ISylvia Javén, Boat I, Oil on canvas, 90 cm x 60 cm x 4 cm ,2024. Photo: Sylvia Javén.
Dark waveSylvia Javén, Dark wave, Acrylic on canvas, 100 cm x 81 cm x 2 cm ,2021. Photo: Sylvia Javén.
Every place I ever see will continue a life of its ownSylvia Javén, Every place I ever see will continue a life of its own, Paper, metal, ink, Various heights cm x Various width cm x Various cm ,2022. Photo: Sylvia Javén.
Every place I ever see will continue a life of its ownSylvia Javén, Every place I ever see will continue a life of its own, Paper, metal, ink, Various heights cm x Various width cm x Various cm ,2022. Photo: Sylvia Javén.
Travelling back in time by boatSylvia Javén, Travelling back in time by boat, Acrylic on canvas, 100 cm x 80 cm x 2 cm ,2021. Photo: Sylvia Javén.
Blå klippaSylvia Javén, Blå klippa, Acrylic on canvas, 70 cm x 50 cm x 5 cm ,2021. Photo: Sylvia Javén.
Vandra hem över isen tills den brister och det blir vårSylvia Javén, Vandra hem över isen tills den brister och det blir vår, Acrylic on canvas, 50 cm x 45 cm x 2 cm ,2021. Photo: Sylvia Javén.
LandskapSylvia Javén, Landskap, Acrylic, ink, gold, textile, 2000 cm x 13000 cm x 2000 cm ,2017. Photo: Sylvia Javén.
Gallery View “The storyteller” Anna Nova Gallery, st petersburgSylvia Javén, Gallery View “The storyteller” Anna Nova Gallery, st petersburg, Acrylic, gold, textile, 2000 cm x 9000 cm x 1 cm ,2022. Photo: Anna Nova Gallery.
The ground is lavaSylvia Javén, The ground is lava, Acrylic on canvas, 100 cm x 81 cm x 2 cm ,2021. Photo: Sylvia Javén.