I make sculpture from wire, paper, textiles and light. I love giving form to things. My sculptures generally look like they were made by a three-year old. I love balancing wonky imperfection with perfect proportions. Many of my sculptures are meant to be hugged, to give comfort, or to silently be an observant part of the world.
All of my paintings and graphic art are vastly autobiographical, including the ones with confused giraffes, flying pigs, endless sets of not quite parallel lines, bunches of feet facing every which way and endless networks of imperfect triangles. A fair share of stuff flying into and out of the frame. Somehow it never fits.
I don’t do illustration often, but here you can see some of my favorite projects. I love the focus on meaning created by another human in illustration, the process of reinterpreting those meanings and adding your own voice to them, and especially the feeling of resonating with the world you get when things really go right.
I value sharing, especially sharing knowledge, enthusiasm, encouragement, kindness and compassion. I love being inspired through sharing. I guess that’s why I tend to share a lot of the new stuff I learn, as it starts making sense to me. My current biggest passion is teaching fellow artists how to set up their own portfolio websites.
Although I have several collections of apparel planned, here I am so far sharing only a few individual individual pieces I did for friends and family. Still working out a reasonable technological approach for the other pieces I have in mind.
I love stickers. I love seeing them in the streets, I love sticking them to my laptop and bullet journal, and I love the kind used in messengers. Here you can see the sticker packs I made for Telegram messenger, Printable stickers coming soon too.
Recent shows
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Flowers, Kitties, Revolution 2020
Ken Kesey Space, St. Petersburg
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Balancing Act 2019
Open Workshops, St. Petersburg
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Kafka Night 2018
Okhta Lab, St. Petersburg
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Metamorphosis 2018
Open Workshops, St. Petersburg
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Blind Date 2018
FFTN Space, St. Petersburg
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Picture Diary 2017
Open Workshops, St. Petersburg
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The Teapot, the Swing and the Rabbit. 2017
Intimate Space Gallery, St. Petersburg
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Fop's Blouse 2017
Mayakovsky Museum, Moscow
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No Complaints! 2017
Egorka Gallery, St. Petersburg
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Setting Up a Portfolio Site for Artists: A Four Week Practical Workshop 2018
Open Workshops Space, St. Petersburg
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What Does the Internet Know about Us: an Interactive Talk 2018
Tartu, Estonia, Erasmus+
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Collage Workshop at Media Literacy Seminar for Young People 2018
Tartu, Estonia, Erasmus+
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How to Set Up Your Portfolio Website: a Practical Guide for Artists 2018
Open Workshops, St. Petersburg
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Collage Workshop at Erasmus+ Media Literacy Seminar for Young People 2018
Tartu, Estonia
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Wire Sculpture Workshop 2018
Open Workshops, St. Petersburg
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Intro to Animation 2017
Open Workshops, St. Petersburg
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Advanced Wood Carving: Making a Hair Fork 2016
Klass TrueDa, St. Petersburg
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Advanced Scroll Saw Techniques: Earrings and Jewellry 2016
Klass TrueDa, St. Petersburg
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Introdution to Woodwork: Basic Scrollsaw Techniques 2015
Klass TrueDa, St. Petersburg
Teaching
On the blog
Suspended — Upcoming Exhibition at B-Galleria, Turku
Suspended is an immersive installation experience by Maria Fox Larsson built with graphic works, automata toys, motorized sculptures, paper, mirrors and boxes. The exhibition program includes an artist talk (14.03.24, 18:00) and an artist-led workshop in paper mechanics (16.03.24, 16:00 – 18:00).
Journal/Sketchbook — 24.02.2022 – …
It’s been two years. 730 days. I’ve tried to find words, but none of them work. Instead, I publish my sketchbook pages from February – March 2022. I have decided not to edit, just publish the scans as they are.
Screaming Mermaid Ferris Wheel — Interactive VR Installation
Screaming Mermaid (Ferris Wheel)Maria Fox Larsson, Ernest SaironVR installation (Spatial.io + Unity)2023 Screaming Mermaid (Ferris Wheel) is part of an ongoing series called “Sad Broken Toys” that Maria Fox Larsson has been working on since February 24th, 2022. This series explores toy/playground techniques and aesthetics as a medium for expressing frustration and pain in a way that can bring emotional support and relief to the people around us. Screaming Mermaid is a
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