Kaija studied at Kingston College of Art and is a member of the of the Society of Women Artists.  Her paintings are in collections in America, Australia and Europe.

Exhibitions and Galleries:

• Society of Women Artists annual exhibition Mall Galleries, London

• Royal Institute of Oil Painters  annual exhibition Mall Galleries London

• Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London

• Avery Contemporary Art, Cranbrook, Kent

• Red Leaf Gallery Tunbridge Wells, Kent

• West End House Gallery, Smarden, Kent

• Smallhythe Gallery, Tenterden, Kent

• Cork street Open Exhibition, London

SWA 2014 Best Body of work Prize - Mall Galleries , London

SWA 2017 Best Painting in the Exhibition Prize - Mall Galleries, London

Kaija’s paintings are her personal search for balance of composition, colour, line and tone, and an investigation into shapes,patterns and marks and their relationships to each other.