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NEW! “The Rebelle Collection”

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Woohoo! Good news! Here it is – “The Rebelle Collection” with 4 new digital collage, which I made exclusively for the coolest galley/store ever: @lamaisonrebelle ! The original prints will be available on their website soon! You can see all pieces here. I have been working on this collection for the last 5 months and I feel like they have redefined me as an artist. It doesn’t happen often that you feel like you have reached a new artistic level but I do feel it now with my Rebelle Collection and it makes me both excited and happy! I hope you like my new pieces, feel free to give some feedback in the comments! Have a great weekend!

Happy Women’s Day!

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What a week! As you all could see here on the site, the week started out with my big artist comeback and ended with the International Women’s Day! So much GIRL POWER! I made this video for all my sisters out there – but the message is for everyone!

We are women, ladies & girls.
We are not objects.
We are not trophies.
We are not here to please you.
We exist on our own terms.
We own our bodies.
We own our stories.
Happy Women’s Day!

The artworks of 2019

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“The Pink Room” (2019)｜Ed. of 5｜ 51,55 x 50,05 cm + white border
“The Tragic Death of Observation Cat” (2019) ｜ Edition of 10 ｜ 55 x 64,8 cm ｜21,7 x 25,5 in｜ Contact for price
“Paranoi”Paranoia” (2019) acrylics on board. Available as a fine art poster. Contact the artist.
“Portrait of Julee Cruise” (2019)｜Ed. of 10｜27 x 29 cm ｜ 11 x 11,8 in ｜$350
“Last Remains of Lolita” (2016)｜Ed. of 5｜40 x 41 cm ｜$550 ($600)
““The Bully” (2019)｜Ed. of 10｜35 x 35 cm｜ Available.
“The Edge of Glory” (2019)｜Ed. of 10: 30 x 28 cm｜$450｜4500 SEK
“Telephone Room” (2019)｜Ed. of 5｜45 x 45 cm｜ Contact for price
“Lava Girl” (2019). ｜ Contact for price
“God Takes a Day Off” (2019)｜Ed. of 5｜50 x 48 cm｜ Contact for price
“My Prerogative” (2019)｜ acrylic and color pencils on canvas｜ 60 x 60 cm ｜23,6 x 23,6 in. Contact for price.
“Red Story Nr 1” (2019｜50 x 50 cm ｜ 19,7 x 19,7 in ｜Edition of 10｜ Contact for price
“Red Story Nr 3” (2019)｜50 x 50 cm ｜ 19,7 x 19,7 in ｜Edition of 10｜ Contact for price
“Red Story Nr 2” (2019)｜50 x 50 cm ｜ 19,7 x 19,7 in ｜Edition of 10｜ Contact for price
“Creepling Nr. I” (2019)｜Ed. of 10｜30 x 30 cm｜$350
“The Lolita Express” (2019), digital collage. Available.
“She-Devil” (2019)｜Ed. of 5 per size.｜LARGE: 50 x 50 cm｜ $850 ｜SMALL: 30 x 30 cm｜3500 SEK
“My Secret Garden” (2019)｜Ed of 5 per size: _____ 60 x 67 cm ｜$1250 __________ 45 x 50 cm｜$750
“Happy Hunters” (2019)｜50 x 50 cm ｜ 19,7 x 19,7 in ｜Edition of 10｜ Contact for price
“Hitman” (2019)｜Ed. of 5｜40 x 40 cm｜$550｜5500 SEK
“Goldilocks” By Mia Makila, 2019. Edition of 5 Available.
“The Survivors” By Mia Makila, 2019, digital collage. Available.
“The Bird Man” (2019)｜Ed. of 10 per size.｜LARGE: 50 x 50 cm ｜$850 ｜SMALL: 30 x 30 cm｜$400
“Doppelganger” (2019)｜Ed of 10 per size: _____ 50 x 50 cm ｜$550 __________ 26 x 26 cm｜$350
“Melancholia – Portrait of Hedy Lamarr” (2019) ｜ Contact for price and info
“Pink Aquarium – Portrait of Brigitte Bardot” (2019)｜Ed of 10 per size.｜LARGE: 40 x 40 cm ｜$750 ｜SMALL: 25 x 25 cm｜$350
“The Pink Wagon” (2019)｜Ed. of 5｜52 x 48 cm｜ Contact for price
“Blue Innocence – Portrait of Winona Ryder” (2019)｜Ed. of 10: 45 x 45 cm ｜$650
“Queen Rose – Portrait of Bette Davis” (2019)｜Ed. of 3 per size: _____ 50 x 50 cm ｜$950 __________ 30 x 30 cm｜$400
“Space Baby – Portrait of Christina Ricci” (2019)｜Ed. of 5, 50 x 50 cm ｜ Contact for price
“The Lady In The Drum” (2007-2019), digital collage. Available
“The Tenants” (2007/2019), digital collage. Available.

2019 was to me the year of pure creative joy. It was also the year of vivid colors, like hot pink, neon green and nuances of azure blue. It was the year where I made many feminist statements in my art – from my @ladyicona project of making surreal portraits of amazing female icons – to my “Ungagged” suite, which included imagery of personal victories in my trauma recovery and some brutal girl power!

I will continue to be loud, fierce and unapologetic in my art. I already have 8 pieces in progress which will cross over to the new year – and I have ideas for many, many more!

I wish to thank my fans and followers for your kindness, support and love that you have shown me this year. You give me such positive energy and I always put it into my art and hopefully it will return to you in the end. I am grateful for your appreciation of my inner Universe.

I also wish to thank Stan at PROIMAGES AB and Therése at Westréns Glas AB for their loyal support and service.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

NEW! “Red Story nr. 3”

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“Red Story nr. 3” by Mia Makila, 2019. Digital collage. Edition of 5. Available.

DETAILS:

This is the third piece of my “Red Story” suite – a visual series about the traumas I am slowly overcoming. Instead of my usual perspective of examining the emotions of the survivor/victim (me), I am focusing on the crazy actions and bizarre behavior of the abusers. In the third story piece I am exploring the strange behavior of one of my ex boyfriends. Our relationship was based on a power imbalance. I lived in his house, he was a ‘master’ – dominant, in control, better, stronger, smarter – whilst I was made into a submissive ‘lolita’, a living doll, an object, weaker, dependent and isolated. This imbalance had many dimensions – it was economical, material, physical, emotional, psychological and sexual.
 
During our first year of living together in his house, he had a bizarre ritual of unzipping his pants right after he had served me dinner, then he would take out his (soft) dick and place it on the dining table and would just be standing like that for a while – so proud of himself and his ‘thing’. This usually happened when the family across the street (a mom, dad and two teenage boys) also were having their dinner and could see him standing like that, through their window. I would do what all good girls are supposed to do in situations where men make us uncomfortable – I would giggle.
 
But after I was out of this toxic relationship, I started to question this absurd routine. What was he trying to tell me – with his dick on the table, next to the food I was about to enjoy? What did he demonstrate? Was it an act of intimidation, a power demonstration, psychological abuse or perhaps an expression of a sexual fetish (with the eyes of our neighbor family as an important factor)?

NEW! “The Tragic Death Of Observation Cat”

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“The Tragic Death Of Observation Cat” by Mia Makila, 2019. Digital ultrachrome print on cotton archival paper. Edition of 5. Available.

Details:

Earlier this year I found an abandoned piece from 2012 of a very angry observation cat (appropriately based on a recurring nightmare where I feel forced to pet a cat which I forgot I had so it hasn’t been fed or nurtured for years – and it is dusty and starving and the fur is covered with eyeballs). 

NEW! “The Lolita Express”

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“The Lolita Express” by Mia Makila, 2019. New media collage. Limited edition. Available.

I’ve never put so much work into a digital piece before, been working around the clock with this one. It was fun to do but the story behind it is awful and disturbing – about the private jet plane “Lolita Express” – owned by Jeffrey Epstein. What a horrible concept and I feel so much compassion and sadness for those poor girls. My heart is reaching out to them through this intense piece. I hope you like it and fins your own stories in it as well.

New work! “My Prerogative”

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“My Prerogative” by Mia Makila, 2019. Acrylic and color pencils on canvas, 60×60 cm. Click to enlarge.

I dedicate this painting to all women and girls in Alabama, USA. The only person entitled to make a decision about their body is the owner of the body. Especially when it comes to such a profound decision of creating a life or choosing not to.. Women are like God that way (if you believe in one, I don’t) and you don’t interfere with God’s plan. The red cross in her back symbolizes delusional religious people and conservatives – who believe they are entitled to judge, force, exclude, punish, hate and make decisions for other people (in this case women). I was abused by a man of faith and during the attacks of physical and psychological abuse he used to shout: “I must beat the devil out of you! You have the devil inside you and he makes you into a whore!”

I will never stop fighting for women’s right to their bodies, sexuality, expression and independence.