ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mia Mäkilä, born in Norrköping, Sweden, in 1979.
I paint my demons. I paint nightmares. To get rid of them. I paint my fears. I paint my sorrow. To deal with them. The motifs of my artworks are scary and macabre, but they also have a dark sense of humour.The paintings and collages are my poems, my diary notes and they are very close to my heart.
I adore painters from the 14th century, such as Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the elder and Lucas Cranach. But my biggest influence comes from movie directors such as David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, Michael Haneke, Terry Gilliam, John Waters and Tim Burton. I think you can see that in my artworks. They have a very cinematic quality sometimes.
I want to have an impact on people. I want to seduce them with my vampires and demons. I try to find different forms of beauty and try to destroy the classical meaning of what beauty is.
ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
DECEMBER 31th, 2007 A new article in Corren Read the article here (In swedish)
DECEMBER 21th, 2007 A new article in Corren Read the article here (In swedish)
NOVEMBER 27th, 2007 Scandinavian Tattoo Magazine #72. Mia Mäkilä is featured in a three page long interview with a lot of her artworks to illuminate the article. Read the article here (In swedish)
OCTOBER 9th, 2007 Article in swedish from Tidningen Kulturen
SEPTEMBER 1st, 2007 Interview with Mashnote.net
APRIL 25th, 2007 Article in swedish from Corren
APRIL 13th, 2007 Article in swedish from Norrköpings Tidningar
JANUARY 14th, 2007 Interview with Foggy Grizzly
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