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Elina Ojakangas

Elina Ojakangas

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  • By distorting shapes and perspectives, Ojakangas takes her work beyond mere representation, using surrealism to explore identity and the complex feelings connected to it.
    Elina Ojakangas is a Swedish-Finnish painter and graduate of Gerleborgsskolan School of Fine Art in Stockholm. Her thought-provoking paintings explore themes of identity and melancholy, often drawing from her own memories and emotions. Her works are autobiographical, transforming personal feelings into warped, circular scenes, where the human form is reshaped and distorted through her emotional lens.

    Ojakangas' art features a surrealist, distorted quality, with figures that are twisted and elongated, creating dreamlike compositions. This sense of distortion reflects the emotional depth she aims to convey. Rather than experimenting, she approaches her work with careful intention, analysing and reconstructing her subjects to reflect her inner world.

    Described as “uniquely weird, angular, and well-executed,” her paintings have a haunting, surreal beauty. The strange, angular forms reflect the emotional struggle within, contrasting with the underlying dysthymia her art expresses. 

  • Works
    • Elina Ojakangas, At First Glance, 2024
      At First Glance, 2024£ 2,200.00
    • Elina Ojakangas, Alley, 2024
      Alley, 2024£ 3,000.00
    • Elina Ojakangas, Stair of Despair, 2024
      Stair of Despair, 2024£ 3,000.00
    • Elina Ojakangas, My Belongings, 2024
      My Belongings, 2024£ 3,000.00
    • Elina Ojakangas, Birch, 2024
      Birch, 2024£ 600.00
    • Elina Ojakangas, Smell of Tar, 2024
      Smell of Tar, 2024£ 750.00
    • Elina Ojakangas, Mirva, 2024
      Mirva, 2024£ 2,200.00
    • Elina Ojakangas, Momentum, 2024
      Momentum, 2024
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  • Exhibitions
    • Project Room: Those Moments After

      Project Room: Those Moments After

      Elina Ojakangas 9 Jan - 1 Feb 2025
      Known for her thoughtful approach to oil painting, Ojakangas creates works that deconstruct and reimagine reality, offering fresh perspectives through striking contrasts and fluid, rounded forms. Drawing from her own...
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    • UNTITLED ART

      UNTITLED ART

      Miami, Booth B20 3 - 8 Dec 2024
      Presenting these artists and more on our stand offers the gallery a prime opportunity to engage with the key US art market and its collectors as well as afford our...
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    • ORIGINS 2.0

      ORIGINS 2.0

      Group Exhibition 29 Nov - 21 Dec 2024
      From its humble beginnings as a simple, utilitarian material, paper has evolved into a powerful conduit for artistic expression, allowing for an infinite range of possibilities in form, texture, and...
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    • Embraced: A Lived Experience

      Embraced: A Lived Experience

      Group Exhibition 4 Jul - 31 Aug 2024
      Embraced explores the intricacies of the human form, offering a nuanced perspective on intimacy by capturing fleeting moments that reveal the essence of the subjects' lives. Through the presented works,...
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    • Women's History Month at RHODES

      Women's History Month at RHODES

      Spotlighting a handful of the incredible female artists we represent March 19, 2025
      RHODES is dedicated to supporting and uplifting emerging artists, many of whom are women. March 2025 is Women’s History Month, so here’s a highlight of...
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    • Contrast in Elina Ojakangas' Artwork

      Contrast in Elina Ojakangas' Artwork

      Those Moments After is Ojakangas' debut solo show in the RHODES Project Room January 22, 2025
      Elina Ojakangas is known for her explorative, melancholic oil portraits, and in Those Moments After her themes are exemplified. The most obvious throughout is one...
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