Sirpa Ihanus is a sculptor and paper artist. She was born in Tuupovaaara, North Karelia. She has lived and worked for over 30 years in Hungary. Her artistic journey has been shaped by studies at art schools in both Finland and Hungary, and both places have left their own unique mark on her work. She divides her life between these two worlds and carries their textures, colors and atmospheres into her studio.
She moved permanently to Finland, to Joensuu, in autumn 2024.
She has had over 20 solo exhibitions in Finland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania and Slovakia. She has participated in group exhibitions in Hungary, Denmark, Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, Slovakia and Finland.
She has worked with many paper handling techniques. Often she allows the paper to remain as close as possible to its natural state, but also wants to create intensively worked areas in her works. In these contrasts, a certain tension emerges – a dialogue between the untouched and the transformed. Working with bronze is slower and more deliberate, and the result is a tribute to bronze’s nearly seven-thousand-year history.
She draws themes for her works from her constantly changing environment and the broader, restless world in which we live. Her works are a physical reflection of her inner world. In her works, she releases her uncertainties, vulnerabilities and quiet fears and allows them to find form in bronze or paper. At the same time, she is open to new ideas and eager to explore unfamiliar methods and techniques. She keeps her eyes open to the small and large miracles that sweep past us every day – fleeting details, sudden harmonies and moments of beauty that ask to be noticed.
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