BIO

Veera Romanoff, a contemporary Finnish artist and architect, lives and works in Finland and the United Kingdom. She graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1992 and completed courses in drawing, painting and sculpting.
In developing her artistic style and perfecting her skills, Veera draws inspiration from the legacy of Matisse's Fauvism and boldly incorporates the spontaneity of form and the chromatic chaos of metamodernism into her works.

Her visual language stands in contrast to the colorless routine of everyday life.
Having experience as an artist and an architect, Veera bridges functionality and beauty by engaging in a constant dialogue between art and modern technology.
Her two works are part of The Wrong Biennale 2025. Each work is exhibited on behalf of a different gallery, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of her practice and its relevance across diverse institutional contexts.

Veera has exhibited in a range of significant international contexts, including the LA Art Show (2025 & 2026), Art With Me Miami / the 2025 Art Basel Official Off-site Event, the Perseus Gallery exhibition in New York (2024), and Art Fair Miami 2023, among other global programs. Her works created between 2015 and 2025 are held in private collections in more than twenty countries, including Finland, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and China, reflecting both the sustained development of her practice and its broad international reception.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

I believe in the power of color and the might of time. Color is my passion.

My inclination to draw inevitably transforms into a desire to experiment, making each color a symbol of feelings and emotions.
Time is an artist who redraws the world every day.
Time creates and erases, and I want to capture its ephemeral nature in my works, depicting its flow through the black-and-white void of contemporary visual art.

My works can be perceived as an interpretation of Matisse's Fauvism legacy, where aesthetics and visual signs are interconnected, and saturated colors, bold compositions, and free forms stand against the surrounding colorless reality and monochromatic routine.
I am an architect and an artist. In the chaos of the modern world, old orders crumble, and new ones are built at the wrong pace.

Architectural forms merge with art, and walls serve not only as protection but also speak the language of emotions. I want to integrate abstraction and modern trends into my projects, seeking a balance between technological progress and preserving the values of art that reflect the spirit of the times and contribute to the evolution of art. Art knows no bounds in its pursuit of new expressions, displaying fragility and unwavering faith in the values and beauty of the world.

We stand on the threshold of creating a new visual culture.
By creating an environment for transforming emotions into visual art, I contribute to active philosophical reflection and engage the viewer in a dialogue about the variability of perception. This interaction allows the viewer to feel the profound tremor of life and create their own interpretations.

With love for color and faith in birds in our hearts.

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Education:
1986-1992 Architect's Degree Moscow Architectural University (MARHI)
Additional Training:
1986-1992 Sketching / Classical Drawing Course
1986-1992 Painting and Color Theory
1986-1992 Theory of Architectural Composition
1988-1992 Sculpture and Plastic Design
1988-1992 Aesthetics
1990-1992 Art History
1990-1992 History of Architecture
1991-1993 Culture Studies
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Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Mai-Art Gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland
2022 Cross Church exhibition space, Lahti, Finland
2020 Mai-Art Gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland
2019 Culture Center Virta, Imatra, Finland
2018 Finland 100 Years, Cultural Center Nuijamies, Lappeenranta, Finland
2015 Imatra City Hall lobby, Imatra, Finland
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Selected Group Exhibitions:

2025-26 - The Wrong Biennale, "Code Error" Project, JS Gallery by IMC, worldwide
2025 - Code Error Project, Art With Me Winwood Festival/ Art Basel Official Off–Site Event, Miami, USA
2025 - JS Gallery, Artsy Viewing Room, online
2025, Oct, Group exhibition "Beyond the Face“, JS Gallery by IMC, Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, Old Tabacco Factory-Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens, Greece
2025, Oct, Group exhibition "EDEN. Lost Coordinates“, JS Gallery by IMC, Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, Old Tabacco Factory-Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens, Greece

2024 Perseus Gallery, Broadway, New York, USA
2024 Times Square, HMVC Gallery, ArtPlacer, New York, USA
2024 London Frieze week, TBC, London , UNITED KINGDOM
2024 Platforms Project, Public Tobacco Factory – Hellenic Parliament Library+Neon, Athens, Greece
2024 Cultural Center “Melina” - Museum of Athens Municipality, Group Art Exhibition, Athens, Greece
2024 Art Fair San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

2023 Synergy Art Fair Exhibition/ Art Miami Week, Miami, USA
2023 Mai-Art Gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland
2018 Finland 100 Years, Op-bank, Finland / Karelian National Theatre, Petrozavodsk, Russia
2017 Design-zavod Flacon, Moscow, Russia
2017 Culture Center Virta, Imatra, Finland
2017 Finland 100 Years, Library of National Literatures, St. Petersburg, Russia
2016 Imatrarium Gallery, Imatra, Finland
2015 Event, Culture House Virta, Imatra, Finland
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Competitions:
2016 Double 1st Prize. Ideation Competition. Urban sculpture.
2017 Artworks installed in Imatra, Finland.

Selected Curatorial Activities:
2019 Art Platform Norppa, Cultural Platform, Imatra, Finland
2018 Art Platform Norppa, Cultural Platform, Imatra, Finland
2018 Culture Center Virta, Imatra, Finland
2017 Culture Center Virta, Imatra, Finland
2017 Art Platform Norppa, Cultural Platform, Imatra, Finland
2017 Collaboration with Borei Art Center, St. Petersburg, Imatra Art Museum, Finland
2017 Culture Center Virta, Imatra, Finland
2016 Culture Center Virta, Imatra, Finland
2016 Three exhibitions, Art Platform Norppa, Cultural Platform, Imatra, Finland
2016 Collaboration with the Imatran Art Academy, Art Platform Norppa, Cultural Platform, Imatra, Finland
2016 Imatrarium Gallery, Imatra, Finland
2015 Double exhibitions Artgallery.fi, Imatra, Finland

Memberships:
2019 Finnish Artists' Association
2011 Finnish Association of Architects SAFA

Educational Programs:
2022-23 Children's Art Education Program, Home studio, Lahti, Finland
2017-19 Classical Academic Pencil Drawing Course, Imatra, Finland
2016-18 "Children's Saturdays" – Collaboration with UNICEF and Imatra Main Library, Imatra, Finland
2011-17 Children's Art Education Program, Home studio, Imatra, Finland