{"id":8,"date":"2024-11-05T05:31:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T05:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaarinasirkka.ca\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:59:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kaarinasirkka.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd204a2 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd204a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46a2e31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46a2e31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/kaarinasirkka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25FB878D-03FC-4359-8B29-0CBEF5ED1D81-768x960.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-36\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaarinasirkka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25FB878D-03FC-4359-8B29-0CBEF5ED1D81-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kaarinasirkka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25FB878D-03FC-4359-8B29-0CBEF5ED1D81-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/kaarinasirkka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25FB878D-03FC-4359-8B29-0CBEF5ED1D81-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/kaarinasirkka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25FB878D-03FC-4359-8B29-0CBEF5ED1D81-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/kaarinasirkka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25FB878D-03FC-4359-8B29-0CBEF5ED1D81.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d4dd94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d4dd94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Kaarina Sirkka is a visual artist living and working in Tio&#8217;tia:ke\/Montr\u00e9al.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6>Education<\/h6><h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art and Art History<\/em><\/span><\/h6><h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Concordia University, ongoing<\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a4adea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a4adea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Artist Statement<\/span><\/h6><h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>&#8220;In my art practice, I endeavour to create dreamlike atmospheres that are often rooted in everyday experience, but make the viewer feel a subtle sense of uneasiness. My recent work explores humanity\u2019s effort to contain and control nature, paralleling the containment and control of femininity &#8211; the desire for something beautiful, as long as it is tamed. 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