ABOUT

Olga Sophie Kauppinen (b.1988) is an oil painter from Helsinki, Finland. 

Kauppinen artwork exists in a constant swinging equilibrium between figuration, abstraction, sculpture, painting and drawing. Non-linearity and intuition work as baseline points for creating paitings, which challenge the limitations of tarditional oil painting. As a dychotomy, her material choices reflect a classical approach, learned through a deep exploration into material: rabbit skin glue, charcoal, dry pastels, woodworking, and oils. 

Her reflections on painting find resonance in the rebellion of modernism expressed in a contemporary format. 

Kauppinen works in closely with her subconscious mind, pulling imagery from an automatic drawing practices, as well as a deep connection to the dream realm.

An other worldly quality is partially a result of this, as is her interest in quantum physics and multidimensionality. 

She is mostly a process based artist, who uses painting as a vehicle with which to connect to unseen frequencies. 

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Kauppinen garudated from Helsinki's Upper Secondary School of Visual Arts (Torkkeli), in 2007. 

She then studied painting at Metáfor Escuela d'Arte in Barcelona. After completing a year in Spain, Kauppinen moved to New York. 

She studied at the New York Studio School, and then continued to master her craft working for such artists as 

Ron Gorchov, Chris Martin, Bill Jensen and Dorothea Rockburne. 

After thirteen yesr, she then returned to Helsinki in 2020. Currently Kauppinen works from her studio space in Helsinki’s Kallio district.

Her artwork has been exhibited internationally in Barcelona, Helsinki, Los Angeles and New York.