MARIA BOIJ (b 1966) lives and works in Stockholm. She works primarily in stoneware and porcelain clay. Her sculptures all seem to play a part in an ongoing story about the human condition. They form a continuous reflection over the world in which we live. The characters play different roles, as if they seek to enchance and clarify different aspects of the human psyche.

Maria Boij received her artistic education at the University of Arts, Crafts, and Design, Stockholm, where she graduated with a MA in 2003, Pernby School of Painting and Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm. Maria Boij has had several solo shows and participated in numerous group shows at, among others, Liljevalchs+, Stockholm, Höganäs Museum, Höganäs, Skövde konsthall, Skövde, Eskilstuna konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Arsenalsgatan 3, Stockholm, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Galleri Röda Sten, Gothenburg. Maria Boij has received several grants; The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Hertha Bengtson’s Scholarship Fund, Estrid Ericson’s Foundation, IASPIS, Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Scholarship Foundation, to mention a few. She is represented at, among others, the Swedish Arts Council, Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm and the Swedish Arts Council. Maria Boij has made several public commissions, The Clock and the Mountain, 2019, at Nacka Hospital, Stockholm and A Dog named Deborah, 2021, in Västerås, to mention a few.