Riitta Maija Vainionpää (3 October 1952 – 24 April 2021) was a Finnish-Swedish textile artist.

Biography

Vainionpää has been awarded several scholarships and ääwas chosen Artist of the Year 2011 by the Swedish-Finnish art association Suomiart.

Riitta Vainionpää

Vainionpää's work has been displayed in galleries throughout Sweden, in exhibitions such as "" () at Liljevalchs konsthall in 2011, and "" () at the Röhsska Museum in 2015/2016.

Riitta Vainionpää

Vainionpää died on 24 April 2021, in Stockholm, from COVID-19. She was 68 years old.

Riitta Vainionpää

References

20th-century Swedish artists

21st-century Swedish artists

Swedish textile artists

Swedish women artists

1952 births

2021 deaths

Swedish people of Finnish descent

Finnish emigrants to Sweden

Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture alumni

Artists from Stockholm

Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden