Email - vickievainionpaa@gmail.com
IG - @vickiejv
Vickie Vainionpää
B. 1992, Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in Montreal, Canada.
EDUCATION
2026 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine (forthcoming)
2015 University of Waterloo, B.A, Waterloo, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Tempest, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2026 Soft Logic, Gainesboro Modern Museum of Contemporary Art, TN (forthcoming)
2024 Gaze Paintings, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2023 Metamorphoses, Museo Belvedere di San Leucio, Caserta, Italy
2022 Software, The Hole, New York, USA
2022 NADA Miami with The Hole, Miami, USA
2021 FLOW_STATE, Nicola Pedana, Caserta, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Exaltation, Plato Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Flux of Light (Duo with Anselm Reyle), Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2025 XXS Small Paintings, COUNTY, Palm Beach, USA
2024 Light of Winter, Perrotin, New York, USA
2024 The Armory Show with Olga Korper Gallery
2024 Sparks, Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2024 Theory of Networks, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2024 Double Vision II, Plato Gallery, New York, USA
2023 X Pink 101, X Museum, Beijing, China
2023 Abstraction, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2023 Cacotopia, Annka Kultys, London, UK
2023 The Armory Show with The Hole, New York, USA
2023 Taipei Dangdai with The Hole, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Art Brussels with The Hole, Brussels, Belgium
2022 Selected Works, Collection of Elizabeth Margulies at the Warehouse, Miami, USA
2022 Imagining Reality, Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022 The Armory Show with The Hole, New York, USA
2022 Her, Fir Gallery, Beijing, China
2022 Transobjectional, Patrick Mikhail, Montreal, Canada
2021 Salto in Altro, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2021 Digital Spirit, GR Gallery, New York, USA
2021 Bio Tech, The Hole, New York, USA
2021 A Posteriori, Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
2021 Fondation du MAC benefit auction, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
2020 Turn on the bright lights, Nicola Pedana, Caserta, Italy
2020 Matériaux, WIP Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2019 Color & Form, Rauschenberg / Captiva Foundation, Miami, USA
2019 While Supplies Last, Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle
2019 (im)permanent collection, A+D Museum, Los Angeles
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2024 The Hopper Prize, Shortlisted Artist
2023 The Fores Project Residency, London, UK
2023 Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, Italy
2021 Explore and Create Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Quebec
2019 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Vermont, USA
2017 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Residency, Banff, Canada
2017 Louis Muhlstock Endowment
COLLECTIONS
X Museum, Beijing
Collection of Elizabeth Margulies at The Warehouse, Miami
Gainesboro Modern, TN
Palazzo Monti, Italy
ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
2024 Paloma Parker, Odessa. Technology is changing how artists create and art enthusiasts engage with the work The Globe and Mail
2024 Lichterwaldt, Daniel. Interview Les Nouveau Riches Magazine
2024 Becker, Noah. “Whitehot Reccomends: Vickie Vainionpää's Gaze Paintings at Olga Korper Gallery” Whitehot Magazine
2023 Dr. Frew, James. “Metamorphoses” Exhibition Catalogue
2023 Bodimeade, Bryony “A Curving Thought” Exhibition Text for Abstraction at Taymour Grahne Projects
2023 Pariante, Fabio. “Generative art in the Painting Process” MuseumWeek Magazine
2023 Simun, Mirium. “Transhumanist Cephalopod Evolution“ Forecast Journal Issue 10
2022 Bogojev, Saša. “6 Artists Intrerpreting the Digital Art Landscape” L’Officiel Magazine
2022 Hencz, Adam. “Between Human & Machine” Artland Magazine
2022 Hencz, Adam. “What is Generative Art?” Artland Magazine
2022 Ehrsam, Anna. “Algorithmic painting in physical space” Battery Journal
2022 Ghassemitari, Shawn. “Vickie Vainionpää Uses Generative Code" Hypebeast
2021 Grayson, Emma. “BIO TECH” The Artist Workspace
2021 Bongiani, Sandro. “Vickie Vainionpää, FLOW_STATE” Exibart
2021 Jeff. “Booooooom Featured Artist” Boooooooom.com
2021 Krysa, Danielle. “Featured Artist: Vickie Vainionpää’” TheJealousCurator.com
2021 Bogojev, Saša. “Digital Spirit” Juxtapoz.com
2021 Mothes, Kate. “Vickie Vainionpää: Soft Body Dynamics 40" SuperRare.com
2020 Olson, Grady. “Blending the natural and digital world” GrossMag.com
2020 Bongiani, Sandro. “Turn on the bright lights” Exibart
2020 Farinotti, Rossella and Biancuzzi, Gianmaria. "The Colouring Book”, Milano Art Guide
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Studio portrait by Emelle Massariol
Vickie Vainionpää makes paintings that integrate the logic of the machine with the human hand. Using generative and wearable technologies—including algorithms, eye-tracking, and virtual reality systems—she creates forms and compositions that are later translated into traditionally executed paintings on canvas. Operating between digital and physical environments, her work reflects the conditions of contemporary perception, in which experience is increasingly mediated by screens, software, and virtual space. Twisting tubular forms, blended brushwork, and smooth gradations of color produce abstractions that foreground the ever-evolving relationship between the human body and digital technology.
Vainionpää has participated in shows at The X Museum (Beijing, China) Galerie Perrotin (New York, USA) and The Margulies Warehouse (Miami, USA). Recent solo exhibitions include Metamorphoses at the historic site of The Museo Belvedere di San Leucio (Caserta, Italy); Software at The Hole (New York, USA) as well as a solo presentation at NADA (Miami, USA). In 2026, she will mount her debut institutional exhibition, Soft Logic at The Gainesboro Modern Museum of Art (Tennessee, USA). In 2026 she will also be attending Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Maine, USA).
I would like to acknowledge the generous support from :
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IG - @vickiejv
Vickie Vainionpää
B. 1992, Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in Montreal, Canada.
EDUCATION
2026 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine (forthcoming)
2015 University of Waterloo, B.A, Waterloo, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Tempest, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2026 Soft Logic, Gainesboro Modern Museum of Contemporary Art, TN (forthcoming)
2024 Gaze Paintings, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2023 Metamorphoses, Museo Belvedere di San Leucio, Caserta, Italy
2022 Software, The Hole, New York, USA
2022 NADA Miami with The Hole, Miami, USA
2021 FLOW_STATE, Nicola Pedana, Caserta, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Formative, Ruzy Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, Curated by Thom Oosterhof
2025 Flux of Light (Duo with Anselm Reyle), Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2025 XXS Small Paintings, COUNTY, Palm Beach, USA
2024 Light of Winter, Perrotin, New York, USA
2024 The Armory Show with Olga Korper Gallery
2024 Sparks, Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2024 Theory of Networks, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2024 Double Vision II, Plato Gallery, New York, USA
2023 X Pink 101, X Museum, Beijing, China
2023 Abstraction, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2023 Cacotopia, Annka Kultys, London, UK
2023 The Armory Show with The Hole, New York, USA
2023 Taipei Dangdai with The Hole, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Art Brussels with The Hole, Brussels, Belgium
2022 Selected Works, Collection of Elizabeth Margulies at the Warehouse, Miami, USA
2022 Imagining Reality, Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022 The Armory Show with The Hole, New York, USA
2022 Her, Fir Gallery, Beijing, China
2022 Transobjectional, Patrick Mikhail, Montreal, Canada
2021 Salto in Altro, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2021 Digital Spirit, GR Gallery, New York, USA
2021 Bio Tech, The Hole, New York, USA
2021 A Posteriori, Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
2021 Fondation du MAC benefit auction, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
2020 Turn on the bright lights, Nicola Pedana, Caserta, Italy
2020 Matériaux, WIP Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2019 Color & Form, Rauschenberg / Captiva Foundation, Miami, USA
2019 While Supplies Last, Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle
2019 (im)permanent collection, A+D Museum, Los Angeles
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2024 The Hopper Prize, Shortlisted Artist
2023 The Fores Project Residency, London, UK
2023 Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, Italy
2021 Explore and Create Grant, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Quebec
2019 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Vermont, USA
2017 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Residency, Banff, Canada
2017 Louis Muhlstock Endowment
COLLECTIONS
X Museum, Beijing
Collection of Elizabeth Margulies at The Warehouse, Miami
Gainesboro Modern, TN
Palazzo Monti, Italy
ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
2024 ArtBeat Podcast, Vickie Vainionpää When Art and Algorithm Collide, Aug 2024
2024 Schuster, Clayton. Opposing Forces Hi-Fructose Magazine, Issue 71, July 2024, p. 66
2024 Frew, James. Painting as a post-digital formalism Journal of Contemporary Painting, Volume 9, Issue 2, Oct 2023, p. 167 - 1912024 Schuster, Clayton. Opposing Forces Hi-Fructose Magazine, Issue 71, July 2024, p. 66
2024 Paloma Parker, Odessa. Technology is changing how artists create and art enthusiasts engage with the work The Globe and Mail
2024 Lichterwaldt, Daniel. Interview Les Nouveau Riches Magazine
2024 Becker, Noah. “Whitehot Reccomends: Vickie Vainionpää's Gaze Paintings at Olga Korper Gallery” Whitehot Magazine
2023 Dr. Frew, James. “Metamorphoses” Exhibition Catalogue
2023 Bodimeade, Bryony “A Curving Thought” Exhibition Text for Abstraction at Taymour Grahne Projects
2023 Pariante, Fabio. “Generative art in the Painting Process” MuseumWeek Magazine
2023 Simun, Mirium. “Transhumanist Cephalopod Evolution“ Forecast Journal Issue 10
2022 Bogojev, Saša. “6 Artists Intrerpreting the Digital Art Landscape” L’Officiel Magazine
2022 Hencz, Adam. “Between Human & Machine” Artland Magazine
2022 Hencz, Adam. “What is Generative Art?” Artland Magazine
2022 Ehrsam, Anna. “Algorithmic painting in physical space” Battery Journal
2022 Ghassemitari, Shawn. “Vickie Vainionpää Uses Generative Code" Hypebeast
2021 Grayson, Emma. “BIO TECH” The Artist Workspace
2021 Bongiani, Sandro. “Vickie Vainionpää, FLOW_STATE” Exibart
2021 Jeff. “Booooooom Featured Artist” Boooooooom.com
2021 Krysa, Danielle. “Featured Artist: Vickie Vainionpää’” TheJealousCurator.com
2021 Bogojev, Saša. “Digital Spirit” Juxtapoz.com
2021 Mothes, Kate. “Vickie Vainionpää: Soft Body Dynamics 40" SuperRare.com
2020 Olson, Grady. “Blending the natural and digital world” GrossMag.com
2020 Bongiani, Sandro. “Turn on the bright lights” Exibart
2020 Farinotti, Rossella and Biancuzzi, Gianmaria. "The Colouring Book”, Milano Art Guide
Vickie Vainionpää makes paintings that integrate the logic of the machine with the human hand. Using generative and wearable technologies—including algorithms, eye-tracking, and virtual reality systems—she creates forms and compositions that are later translated into traditionally executed paintings on canvas. Operating between digital and physical environments, her work reflects the conditions of contemporary perception, in which experience is increasingly mediated by screens, software, and virtual space. Twisting tubular forms, blended brushwork, and smooth gradations of color produce abstractions that foreground the ever-evolving relationship between the human body and digital technology.
Vainionpää has participated in shows at The X Museum (Beijing, China) Galerie Perrotin (New York, USA) and The Margulies Warehouse (Miami, USA). Recent solo exhibitions include Metamorphoses at the historic site of The Museo Belvedere di San Leucio (Caserta, Italy); Software at The Hole (New York, USA) as well as a solo presentation at NADA (Miami, USA). In 2026, she will mount her debut institutional exhibition, Soft Logic at The Gainesboro Modern Museum of Art (Tennessee, USA). In 2026 she will also be attending Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Maine, USA).
I would like to acknowledge the generous support from :
