She is best known for her large-scale embroidery, which takes a stand against social injustices.
On several occasions she has participated in Liljevalch's Spring Salon, including the six-meter-long work
Now it must be enough
, which has also been shown at the Röhsska Museum.
In
Then and Now
, she rebelled against the health insurance system, and gave the art world a boot, because textile art ends up in the shadows.
Riitta Vainionpää passed away after a 42-day battle in hospital, of which 38 days at IVA.
She leaves behind her only child Ida Vainionpää, who confirms the death.
Riitta Vainionpää had lived in total isolation for a year, and did not even meet her family outdoors.
She herself did not understand how she could have been infected.
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