Marja Lianko

sculpture and painting

email : marjalianko@gmail.com
web : www.marjalianko.com / www.marjaliankoart.com

 

  • Podos II
    2010, acrylic, plaster, paper, mixed media, 10x15x3 inches
  • Podos VI
    2010, acrylic, plaster, paper, mixed media, 12x16x2 inches
  • Driven to Distraction No. 2
    2010, acrylic and mixed media, 14x18 inches
  • Victory Garden No. 3
    2010, acrylic & mixed media, 14x18 inches
 

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You can find pods and fantasy gardens in Marja’s new work.

Currently her two shoe sculptures are in a traveling show titled “Perfect Fit – ShoesTell Stories” at the Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah. The next stop for the show will be the Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho.

In March Marja had a show at the NKGallery in Boston.

Her work is in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Museum and the De Cordova Museum as well as in many corporate and private collections.

Marja has received a number of grants and fellowships, including a N.E. Regional Fellowship from the New England Foundation for the Arts and a grant from the Ballinglen Foundation in Ireland.

Marja taught silk screening and mixed media at the Museum School and Simmons College.