Riitta Vainionpää

Vainionpää has been awarded several scholarships and was chosen Artist of the Year 2011 by the Swedish-Finnish art association Suomiart.^[2][3][4]

Vainionpää's work has been displayed in galleries throughout Sweden, in exhibitions such as "Då och nu" (English: "Then and Now") at Liljevalchs konsthall in 2011,^[5] and "Nu får det vara nog" (English: "Enough is enough") at the Röhsska Museum in 2015/2016.^[6][2]

Vainionpää died on 24 April 2021, in Stockholm, from COVID-19. She was 68 years old.^[2]